The Language of Excellence
by Tom Collins
About
The Book has been hailed as one of the best five books on the subject of leadership and management. Gary Slaughter, author and nationally recognized management expert, recently wrote:
“Over the past fifty years, I’ve devoured dozens of leadership and management books. In fact, I’ve also taught hundreds of leadership and management workshops to Fortune 500 corporate executives. In my judgement, "The Language of Excellence" by Tom Collins is among the best five books I have ever read on this subject. The other four include these classics:
• The Motivation to Work by Fredrick Herzberg
• The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker
• On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis
• The Transformational Leader by Noel Tichy
Moreover, The Language of Excellence replaced One Minute Manager on my ‘best five’ list. OMM, written in 1982 by Ken Blanchard and Spenser Johnson, has sold over 13 million copies and been translated into 37 different languages. Despite OMM’s popularity, The Language of Excellence is far more informative and easy to apply.”
This book is simple. It will help you start a conversation that can lead you and your team to greatness. It will give you the tools to empower others with the confidence to take the right action while they are on the front line—when they are confronted with a decision to make, a problem to solve, or an opportunity to pursue. You will be able to move the know-how for achieving excellence from the back of the brain to the front. You can make doing and saying the right things—making the right decisions and avoiding the wrong ones—a habit. It is the best gift one could give to a young professional. It can be invaluable to the entrepreneur starting a new business or seasoned executive frustrated by the difficulty of steering an unresponsive corporate ship
“Over the past fifty years, I’ve devoured dozens of leadership and management books. In fact, I’ve also taught hundreds of leadership and management workshops to Fortune 500 corporate executives. In my judgement, "The Language of Excellence" by Tom Collins is among the best five books I have ever read on this subject. The other four include these classics:
• The Motivation to Work by Fredrick Herzberg
• The Practice of Management by Peter Drucker
• On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis
• The Transformational Leader by Noel Tichy
Moreover, The Language of Excellence replaced One Minute Manager on my ‘best five’ list. OMM, written in 1982 by Ken Blanchard and Spenser Johnson, has sold over 13 million copies and been translated into 37 different languages. Despite OMM’s popularity, The Language of Excellence is far more informative and easy to apply.”
This book is simple. It will help you start a conversation that can lead you and your team to greatness. It will give you the tools to empower others with the confidence to take the right action while they are on the front line—when they are confronted with a decision to make, a problem to solve, or an opportunity to pursue. You will be able to move the know-how for achieving excellence from the back of the brain to the front. You can make doing and saying the right things—making the right decisions and avoiding the wrong ones—a habit. It is the best gift one could give to a young professional. It can be invaluable to the entrepreneur starting a new business or seasoned executive frustrated by the difficulty of steering an unresponsive corporate ship
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