The Fire Up! Process^SM is a new and powerful way to connect employees intellectually and emotionally to their work, workplace and team; it presents a step-by-step process to help all managers learn how to ignite today’s intellectual-age employees’ passion for performance.

To that end, it is important that you have an opportunity to review its thinking and its approach. Please download the selected chapters below. They will give you a good feel for the The Fire Up! Process^SM and its ability to drive your organization’s performance. Be sure to click the “Beyond the Book” link; it will provide Fire Up! activities, worksheets and practice exercises for each of the book’s chapters.

A Personal Note From the Author
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Introduction – Ignite the Fire for Passionate Performance
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Fire Up! Process^SMOverview
Fire Up! Process^SMStep-by-Step Instructions
Fire Up! Process^SM Summary of Tools

Section 1:
INVITE Employee Performance

Chapter 1 – Invite the Best – Create an Employee-Focused
Workplace Culture
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Chapter 2 – How You Spark – Understand the Role of Talents and Strengths in Performance
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Section 2: INCITE Employee Performance

Chapter 8 – Activate Owner Thinking – Customized Roles and Performance Expectations
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Section 3: IGNITE Employee Performance

Chapter 9 – Speak to Me About Today – Using Powerful Performance Feedback and Coaching
Download Chapter 9 PDF (105 kb)