Beyond the Book

Activities, exercises and worksheets that support the chapters in Fire Up Your Employees and Smoke Your Competition.

Before starting each chapter, click on the corresponding chapter PDF below and print the supporting activities, exercises and worksheets. The text will direct and guide you through using these worksheets so be sure you have the complete PDF file available as you start each chapter. This practice with the Fire Up! Process components will be critical to your success.

Action Plan
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Download Action Plan MS Word Document (2 mb)

Chapter 1 – Invite the Best – Create an Employee-Focused Workplace
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Chapter 2 – How You Spark – Understand the Role of Talents and Strengths in Performance
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Chapter 3 – Define What You Need – The Talent Matrix
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Chapter 4 – Find the Right Employees – Develop a Robust Sourcing Strategy
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Chapter 5 – Hire the Best – A Progressive Interview Process
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Chapter 6 – Find Out What You Need to Know – The Interview and Talent-Based Questions
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Chapter 7 – You Hired the Best – Create a Powerful On-Boarding Process to Hook Your New Employee
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Chapter 8 – Activate Owner Thinking – Customized Roles and Performance Expectations
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Chapter 9 – Speak to Me About Today – Using Powerful Performance Feedback and Coaching
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Chapter 10 – Speak to Me About Tomorrow – Career Conversations and Performance Development
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