The Energy Bus Field Guide.

Intro -- The Energy Bus: Field Guide -- Contents -- Introduction -- The Case for Positive Energy -- Rule 1: You're the Driver of Your Bus -- Who Is the Driver of Your Bus? -- A Team of Drivers -- You're the Driver: Team-Building Activities -- Drivers Wanted Advertisement -- Driver Interview -- Bus Driver Scavenger Hunt -- Rule Presentation -- An Organization Filled with Drivers -- Best Practices -- Launch Events -- Drivers of Weekly or Monthly Meetings -- Drivers as Future Leaders -- Chief Energy Officer (CEO) -- Rule 2: Desire, Vision, and Focus Move Your Bus in the Right Direction -- Consider Your Desire, Vision, and Focus -- A Team Vision -- Creating the Vision: Team-Building Activities -- Create the Vision -- Make a Mural to Show Desire, Vision, and Focus -- Desire and Focus -- An Organizational Vision -- Best Practices -- Desire, Vision, and Focus: Team Tracking Practice -- Vision Consistency -- Rule 3: Fuel Your Ride with Positive Energy -- How Do You Fuel Your Ride? -- How to Help Your Team Fuel Up -- Fuel Your Ride: Team-Building Activities -- E + P = O -- Turning Negative into Positive -- Read The Energy Bus and Discuss With Your Team -- The Positive Pledge Culture Activity -- Steering Wheel Activity -- Safety Zone Activity -- Creating Positive Progress -- How to Fuel Your Organization with Positivity: Best Practices -- Catch People Doing Things Right -- Chief Energy Officer Awards -- Positive Pledge Commitment -- Rule 4: Invite People on Your Bus and Share Your Vision for the Road Ahead -- Questions to Help Get People on Your Bus -- Invite People and Share Your Vision: Team-Building Activities -- Share the Vision -- How to Invite People onto the Bus -- Best Practices -- Keep Asking -- Be Creative -- Be Prepared -- Believe in Your Bus Ticket -- Rule 5: Don't Waste Energy on Those Who Don't Get on Your Bus.

Discover How to Avoid Wasting Energy -- Don't Waste Your Energy: Team-Building Activities -- See Ya Later -- Right Way-Wrong Way -- Using this Rule with Your Organization -- Maintaining Positive Energy When People Don't Get on Your Bus: Best Practices -- Rule 6: Post a Sign on Your Bus That Says ``No Energy Vampires Allowed´´ -- Identify Energy Vampires -- Dealing with Energy Vampires in Your Life and on Your Team -- No Energy Vampires Allowed: Team-Building Activities -- Love Letter to an Energy Vampire -- Protection from Energy Vampires -- Energy Vampires: A Word of Caution -- Dealing with Energy Vampires in Organizations -- Positivity and Proactivity -- Best Practices to Deal with Energy Vampires -- Rule 7: Enthusiasm Attracts More Passengers and Energizes Them during the Ride -- Enthusiasm for the Ride -- Team Energy and Enthusiasm: Team-Building Activities -- Start the Conversation -- Share the Enthusiasm -- Best Practices: Enthusiasm throughout Your Organization -- Rule 8: Love Your Passengers -- Questions about How to Love Your Passengers -- Love Your Passengers: Team-Building Activities -- Discussion-Loving Your Passengers -- Trust and Fun for the Road Ahead -- Loving Your Passengers in an Organization -- Organizational Leadership Discussion -- Best Practices -- Love Your Passengers: Make Sure Everyone Feels Onboard -- Rule 9: Drive with Purpose -- Think about Your Bigger Purpose -- Determine Your Purpose -- Purposeful Team-Building Activities -- One Word -- Team Purpose Discussion -- One Word for Your Bus -- Drive with Purpose -- Share Your Purpose -- Purpose Best Practices -- Passengers Participating with Purpose -- Rule 10: Have Fun and Enjoy the Ride -- Ask Yourself about the Ride -- Activities for Enjoying the Ride -- Make Time for Adventure -- The Power of Possibilities -- Best Practices -- Team Fun -- Organization Fun.

Who's on the Bus? -- Keep the Bus Rolling -- Additional Case Studies -- The Energy Bus Training Program -- Acknowledgments -- Other Books by Jon Gordon -- End User License Agreement.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.