Motivational & Inspiration

Release - 2009

It has never been more difficult to be a manager. The pressure to increase productivity and profits by doing more with less, while trying to corral a new high maintenance workforce that brings its own set of expectations and demands, has never been greater. All of this has led bestselling author and management consultant, BRUCE TULGAN, to declare the days of “hands-off” management officially over.

IT’S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS is a humorous, highly entertaining call to action for managers, supervisors and leaders. Based on Tulgan’s bestselling book, this motivational video dispels the 7 myths that have created the current under-management epidemic at all levels of business. As Bruce says, “Follow any problem in business…bad service, missed deadlines, soggy fries...whatever. Everything is somebody’s job and everyone has a boss. Everything leads back to the boss.”

Tulgan challenges managers everywhere to give up their “hands off = empowerment” style of managing and to re-engage with their employees - spelling out expectations, providing specific guidelines, correcting failure quickly and rewarding success even more quickly.

IT’S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS provides leaders and managers a step-by-step guide back to being the boss their employees appreciate and deserve.

Length: 27:00

IT'S OKAY TO BE THE BOSS includes...

• It's OKAY to be the BOSS on DVD
• Bonus Video - The Five Common Jerk Boss Scenarios
• 10 Pocket Reminder Cards
• Leader's Guide on CD-rom
• Participant Guide on CD-rom
• Self-Study Guide on CD-romIt's OKAY to be the BOSS on DVD
• Bonus Video - The Five Common Jerk Boss Scenarios
• 10 Pocket Reminder Cards
• Leader's Guide on CD-rom
• Participant Guide on CD-rom
• Self-Study Guide on CD-rom

• It's OKAY to be the BOSS - DVD $895.00 [Add to Cart]
• It's OKAY to be the BOSS - DVD (7 Day Rental) $350.00 [Add to Cart]

Are you maximizing every opportunity to connect with participants before, during and after training? This is the key to optimizing the learning experience of every individual – and the focus of these 125 tested and proven-effective activities for trainers.

The activities are grouped under five critical points of contact trainers have with participants:

• Making Contact Before the Workshop includes activities a trainer can do after the participants are identified or selected.
• Saying Hello at the Beginning of the Workshop presents activities for introducing the trainer, clarifying objectives and expectations, helping participants get better acquainted and leading warm-up activities
• Making Transitions Within the Workshop offers activities for building on what participants have learned from the workshop and one another.
• Saying Goodbye at the End of the Workshop focuses on activities that help participants review what has been learned, develop a plan of action, celebrate and receive awards.
• Following Up After the Workshop includes strategies for reinforcing what participants have learned and ensuring continuous learning.

Based on the principles of accelerated and adult learning, the activities have sound objectives. But they are also fun. Some utilize all the senses. Many get participants on their feet and moving around. Others encourage participants to reveal what they already know and apply what they learn.

The activities are formatted for easy use with clearly marked objectives, best occasion to use them, group size, estimated time equipment and supplies needed and materials. Many of the activities have ready-to-use handouts.

• Compendium of Icebreakers Volume 2 Connections: 125 Activities for Faultless Training - Binder/Book $129.99 [Add to Cart]

Three new simulations! Now there are six realistic adventure simulations in all! Set in America's most popular scenic wonder!

Take participants on an unforgettable learning adventure! Set in the Grand Canyon, these stimulating group activities provide an adventurous backdrop for enthusiastic participant involvement and memorable skill building.

Use Grand Canyon Adventures for active learning in:

• Creativity and Problem Solving
• Collaboration
• Teamwork
• Leadership
• Conflict Resolution
• Consultation

More than the usual consensus-building activities
The creative design of the participant scenario booklets gives these learning activities a distinct advantage over other consensus-building simulations by supporting participants throughout the activity with helpful techniques and key learning points.

Six related activities provide new training flexibility
The Grand Canyon Adventures package includes three interrelated activities on problem solving, collaboration, and consensus decision making, which makes the program extremely flexible. Use all six activities with your entire team, or split up your group to focus on individualized skill development with a single activity.

Inspiring DVD gets participants involved
Start your session with The River Song, an 18-minute video which sets the scene for the simulations. It is an all-original, breathtaking video tour of the sites within the Grand Canyon where the simulations take place. It will motivate and focus participants on the activities, and ensure high-impact learning.

Stranded in Grand Canyon
A Creative Problem-Solving Adventure: In this activity, set on the Colorado River, the group must find its way out of the canyon using the problem-solving method provided. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code SIGC)

Incident at Elves Chasm: Action Plan
Consensus and Consultation In this simulation, set on the Colorado River, a crisis has occurred and the group must build consensus and create a plan of action. 1 to 2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code IECAP)

Incident at Elves Chasm: Priority Setting
Consensus and Consultation In this simulation, a crisis has occurred and you as an individual and then with the group practice prioritizing. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code IECPS)

Hiking Out of Lava Falls
A Creative Problem-Solving Adventure This activity, based on an actual event and set on canyon trails, gives team members practice in using a proven problem-solving model to accomplish their survival mission. 1 '2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 Code GCHO)

Up Deer Creek without a Boatman
Collaboration Designed for two leaders or two teams, this exercise provides experience in working together and resolving conflict. Participants will assess their own effectiveness based on three measures of collaboration. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code GCDC)

Overboard in the Roaring River
The Confluence of Crisis and Management This crisis management simulation, set on the Colorado River, gives groups practice in building consensus and action planning. 1 “2 hours. (additional copies/ 5 pack $29.95 / Code GCRR)

Grand Canyon Complete Package Includes:

• 10 copies of Hiking Out of Lava Falls simulation
• 10 copies of Up Deer Creek simulation
• 10 copies of Overboard in the Roaring River simulation
• 10 copies of Incident at Elves Chasm: Action Plan simulation
• 10 copies of Incident at Elves Chasm: Priority Setting simulation
• 10 copies of Stranded in Grand Canyon simulation
• Scenic 18-minute full color video, The River Song
• Comprehensive Leaders Guide which includes detailed debriefing suggestions, instructions for leading adventure simulations, and valuable tips on involving and motivating participants.

• Grand Canyon Adventures $499.99 [Add to Cart]

Produced - 2004

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The aim
To show how to become a better team

About the program
"For me tonight was a very powerful night really. Because there was no one to catch them, they concentrated so hard. I think today they came together really well as a team." (Jamie Oliver)

Jamie Oliver's passion and vision transformed a bunch of unemployed kids into an efficient, organized team, capable of running a first-class London restaurant. Fifteen lessons on teamwork identifies the key stages of team development - forming, storming, norming and performing. It follows Jamie's young trainee chefs as they move through these stages to come together as an effective unit. The program identifies four easy-to-remember learning points so your team can apply the trainees' experiences to improve their own team skills:

Get it straight
This corresponds to the team development stage known as forming, when the team members are put together for the first time. The goals and expectations of the team have to be clearly established. Individual team members ask themselves what they each bring to the team.

Get on board
The team is now at the storming stage. Individual strengths and weaknesses start to emerge as team members work out how to support each other. Individual wants and needs have to take second place to what the team needs.

Get stuck in
The team now moves into the norming stage, where ground rules are established. The team has to work out how to resolve conflict and solve problems, as well as dealing with practicalities such as how tasks are shared out. It's a time to make sure everyone is committed to the team's goals.

Get better
This learning point corresponds to the performing stage, when the group is functioning as a true team. The question for the team now is: Are we learning all the time, not just from the good things but also from our mistakes? The team must also keep striving to achieve more, both individually and together.

The benefits

• Real life example of classic team development in action
• Energetic style will keep audience engaged
• Motivational for all teams
• Encourages continual development
• Relevant for all levels

Program includes: DVD (25 minutes),course leader's guide, self-study workbook, customizable worksheets, powerPoint slides and handouts.

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Leaders of organizations need to understand how cognitive processing, decision making, memory, and motivation change as they, their employees, and their customers age. Dr. Carstensen shares research findings on motivation grounded in the uniquely human perception of time horizons and the theory of “socioemotional selectivity,” in which our values and goals change over time. As time horizons are constrained, she found, we channel energies into what supports our emotional well being, affecting where we focus attention and what we remember.

Program Highlights:

• Common predictors of how people will function at advanced ages.
• Why motivation and memory change as people grow older.
• Scientific breakthroughs that will improve the quality of life across generations.

Produced 2008

This course is also available for online training, see details below.

Leaders who understand how small acts can lead to big results are invaluable to an organization. This compilation DVD helps build that understanding. Containing four stand-alone videos plus two meeting openers, this set provides real-world examples of "average" people who did small things to focus and motivate others toward significant accomplishments--many times under trying circumstances.

Built from materials used in various FranklinCovey leadership workshops, these videos have contributed to the development of thousands of leaders worldwide. The stories will remind your team that they too can lead and bring about real results no matter what the situation may be.

Trim Tab A "trim tab" is a small rudder built into the big rudder of a ship, which makes it easier to change course. Similarly, in organizations, one small change effort can be the catalyst for bigger changes. This was exemplified by Madeline Cartwright, a school principal. After rolling up her sleeves and implementing small but symbolic solutions, she inspired staff, students, and parents to turn the school around.

A Legacy of Winning How would you like to manage an organization where some of your best employees leave every year? That's the reality of a collegiate sports team. Anson Dorrance, coach of UNC women's soccer, has done that for nearly 30 years. See how Anson uses a blend of performance measurement, purposeful practice and personal encouragement to bring out the best in all his players.

Store 334 Imagine a place where the employees don't want to work and the customers don't want to shop. That's just what Jim Dixon faced as the manager of the worst-performing supermarket in the district. After trying various methods, Jim hit upon the secret to motivational and revenue-producing success: Get each department to make one small improvement at a time.

Emma Brandon When she assumed supervision of a psychiatric facility, Emma Brandon found a staff that was simply "going through the motions". Rather than immediately instituting change, Emma took time to watch and understand what was going on, and why. As she involved employees (and patients) in decisions, held them accountable for results, and encouraged them to try new ideas--amazing successes were achieved.

Meeting Openers: Your Best Moment on transitioning strategies into goals; and Live Love Learn Legacy, inspirational thoughts for leaders; complete this powerful set.

Program Includes:

• chaptered DVD
• Discussion Guide, as a PDF on the disc, with suggestions on how to use the videos together or independently, and two pages of discussion points and questions for each video

Length: 9 minutes

Online Training Option

• Pricing - $9.95 per user
• Minimum order - $500
• Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test�s passing grade.
• You get an Administrator�s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

Please contact us by email if you have more than 1000 users for special pricing options.

Note: When you order the online training version of this program, our shopping cart will show 50 items listed (minimum number of participants) for $500, each additional participant/item added is $9.95

• Ordinary People, Extraordinary Results: True Stories of Great Leadership - DVD $895.00 [Add to Cart]
• Ordinary People, Extraordinary Results: True Stories of Great Leadership - DVD Rental $495.00 [Add to Cart]
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In this video program, Pat Riley demonstrates the management concepts and techniques that have made him one of the top coaches in NBA history. Using exciting footage of the LA Lakers in action, Riley shows how managers, businesses and other organizations can apply his teamwork concepts to build a unified and motivated team.

Length 24 Minutes

• Teamwork with Pat Riley - DVD $595.00 [Add to Cart]
• Teamwork with Pat Riley - DVD Rental $295.00 [Add to Cart]

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For the first time in history, there are four generations in the workplace at the same time. Each of these age groups has different expectations and different demands, and employers who cannot recognize these will lose their best employees and see their workplaces in turmoil. In this scenario-based sequel to the best-seller Mixing Four Generations in the Workplace, Cam Marston helps supervisors and managers learn the techniques needed to handle cross-generational communications problems, avoid conflict, and maximize performance.

This program will teach you how to "Gen-Flex" or move into another generation's comfort zone. Do you remember the golden rule, "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you?" The golden rule would be great if we were all the same generation. But because people are different they need to be treated differently. This is the basis for what we call Gen-Flexing, operating in another generation's world. Treat them as they want to be treated. Gen-Flex out your comfort zone into theirs.

Learning Objectives

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Describe the characteristics, attitudes, and values of each generation
• Identify specific actions a manager can take to coach, motivate, and get results from each generation
• Determine how your management approach may need to change when coaching, managing and retaining employees of different generations
• Discover ways to Gen-Flex™ in order to solve generational problems in the workplace

DVD includes:

Program One - Learning How to Gen-Flex - 21 Minutes
Program Two - Solving Five Difficult Problems - 14 Minutes

Program includes: 2-program DVD, CD with Facilitator's Guide, Participant Guide, and customizable PowerPoint Presentation that can be printed and used as a handout.

The Coaching Effectiveness Profile provides a detailed process for assessing an individual's capacity to coach others. This is done by measuring coaching ability in seven separate categories.

• With team leader, supervision and management candidates.
• As an introductory training activity on coaching to expose participants to the full breadth of important coaching behaviors.
• With leaders and managers who may need development to become more motivational leaders.
• With team leaders and supervisors who are experiencing performance problems.
• With team leaders and supervisors who are working with inexperienced or unmotivated direct reports.
• As the center piece of either a 1-day facilitated training on coaching or with the CEP Workshop in more comprehensive 2 to 3 day coaching training.

Andy Kirby

Use these participative training techniques to rejuvenate, challenge, and motivate participants. This collection of over 145 group games will get participants involved in the learning process and add substance to new or existing programs on any training topic.

In addition to providing you with a substantial stock of games, the manual includes an in-depth discussion of the unique dimension that well-presented games add to a training session. It covers proper preparation for the use of games in training, techniques for providing feedback to participants, and methods for choosing a game that is right for your audience and subject matter.

Named One of the Best Training Programs in 2007

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Climbing Mount Everest is hard. Climbing Mount Everest blind is ... impossible. Or at least that's what they told Erik Weihenmayer. This incredible true story follows Erik's quest to reach the summit of the tallest peak in the world - and the amazing team that made it possible.

Erik Weihenmayer has never believed in limitations - even though he is blind. And he's good at questioning other people's perceptions of his abilities. That's why it was easy to ignore the ones who said he was crazy to pursue his dream of climbing Mount Everest. Erik knew that he couldn't do it alone. And here's the key - he never wanted to. He knew that his vision could only be achieved through the power of teamwork.

Remarkable, yet unfathomable, Everest is essential for anyone who has ever worked on a team -- or is responsible for making teams strive to reach higher performance goals. Unlike any other training program, Erik's journey vividly illustrates the weight and significance of teamwork and leadership at a most crucial time.

Team interviews and footage from the actual climb help viewers learn about:

• Choosing the right people
• Keeping the goal in sight
• Banishing ego
• Understanding sacrifice
• Discovering your inner leader
• Finding joy in the success of others
• Overcoming immense setbacks
• Believing in the dream

Viewers see the amazing things that are possible when people work together as a cohesive team.

Includes: 14 minute DVD or VHS video and discussion guide.

Online Training Option

• Pricing - $9.95 per user
• Minimum order - $500
• Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test’s passing grade.
• You get an Administrator’s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

Please contact us by email if you have more than 1000 users for special pricing options.

Note: When you order the online training version of this program, our shopping cart will show 50 items listed (minimum number of participants) for $500, each additional participant/item added is $9.95

Produced - 2006

In 1988, Lou Holtz filmed Do Right an examination of the three values at the heart of his success. Shortly thereafter, Do Right became the best selling corporate film in America.

In Do Right The Plan, Lou Holtz illustrates the way to apply these values to achieve individual and organizational success. Through trial and error, victory and defeat, every success begins with two things: a vision and a plan.

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Film Highlights

• Through trial and error, victory and defeat, every success begins with two things: a vision and a plan.
• A vision provides the direction necessary to achieve our goals.
• A plan is the vehicle by which we achieve our goals.
• Teaches audiences how to develop the vision essential to achieving their goals.
• Guides individuals, organizations and teams to consistent and lasting success.

Lou Holtz illustrates how many of America's most influential leaders nurtured success by focusing on these key elements, including former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Super Bowl Champion Jerome Bettis, and Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Do Right The Plan teaches audiences how to develop the vision and the plan essential to achieving their goals. Along with the enduring values illustrated in Do Right, the message of Do Right The Plan guides individuals, organizations and teams to consistent and lasting success.

Running Time: 35 Minutes
Formats: DVD and VHS
Subtitles: Spanish
Closed Captioning: Yes
Includes: One each of Trainer's and Participant's Playbooks
Additional Playbooks: $6.00 each

• Do Right! The Plan - DVD $695.00 [Add to Cart]

To demonstrate to managers how they can change a problem person into a positive performer.

This comprehensive six-part set of videos introduces typical problem people and how managers and team leaders should deal with them to improve performance.

Rulebound Reggie (12 mins) tells his manager that nothing can be done until the paperwork is in order. Encouraging Reggie's sense of belonging makes him much more amenable. Free Preview

Bigmouth Billy (16 mins) promises everything but does nothing until his boss helps him to plan an effective schedule and set realistic deadlines.Free Preview

Moaning Minnie (19 mins) can give a thousand excuses why something cant be done, but her manager quickly learns how to turn a whinger into a winner.Free Preview

Wimpy Wendy (17 mins) needs constant reassurance before making decisions, but by consulting her and empowering her, her manager boosts Wendy's confidence.Free Preview

Lazy Linda (15 mins) gets away with murder. But by balancing quality and quantity, her manager brings her performance up to scratch. Free Preview

Silent Sam (17 mins) knows his job backwards but just cannot communicate. Therefore he is given time to plan and encouragement to express himself. Free Preview

The benefits

• Six videos available only for series purchase
• Complement or instigate all types of management and interpersonal skills training
• Amusing and versatile resources for teaching all inexperienced managers and team leaders

A production featuring John Cleese, Stephen Fry, Rik Mayall, Emma Thompson, Dawn French, Jennifer Saunders, Cassie Stuart, Michael Percival and Patricia Hodge. Release date: 1988

• Managing Problem People - DVD $2,190.00 [Add to Cart]

Produced - 2007

In What's Your Pickle? Bob hits the road in his red 1954 Cadillac convertible in search of "all-star" Pickle Givers from across the country. He uses the best of these stories to create an endearing and inspirational video that continues to build upon the pickle philosophy.

In Bob's contagiously enthusiastic manner, he teaches viewers that "if you look and listen, your customers will tell you what your pickle is". He then offers four key steps--ways to help give your customer "The Pickle":

• CONNECT with your customers. ~ How would you want to be treated?
• ANTICIPATE what they'll need next. ~ How can you be one step ahead?
• DELIGHT your customers. ~ How can you exceed their expectations?
• INSPIRE yourself and others. ~ Are you willing to do what it takes?

What's Your Pickle? is fun and entertaining, and offers a fresh new look at how your team can integrate the pickle-giving culture into your own workplace. The stories will inspire viewers to new heights--some are endearing, some are practical, and some are simply amazing. They will provide trainers with a great spring board for discussing new and inventive ways to serve the customer. Find out about the "trickle-pickle".

Program includes: A 17 minute DVD or VHS, Leader's Guide on CD-ROM, Customizable PowerPoint Presentation (available with DVD purchase only), 10 Reminder Cards, 10 Green Pickle Lapel Pins, 3 Travel Postcards and 1 Pickle Sticky Notepad.

• What's Your Pickle? - DVD $895.00 [Add to Cart]
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Featuring John Cleese

This collection of short humorous ice breakers focus on key business issues or skills and the mishaps and mayhem that can occur when things go wrong. The series features John Cleese and many others. The programs are designed for use as humorous meeting openers, breaks and/or meeting closers.

Bosses From Hell!
There’s an art to being a good boss, but some people have yet to learn the right skills. Some typical examples will raise a smile in this collection of clips from videos such as Can you spare a moment?, The helping hand, The best of motives, Where there’s a will and I’d like a word with you. Free Preview

Colleagues From Hell!
You can rarely choose who you work with, and there are some characters that are a nightmare to deal with day-to-day. They’re typified in these clips in From ‘No’ to ‘yes’, Talking to the team, The paper chase, Straight talking and other programs. Free Preview

Communicators From Hell!
Some people just don’t know how to communicate at work, and need a helpful push through training to get the skills right. This amusing video really gets the message across. Free Preview

Customer service from Hell!
What can go wrong when you don’t have the right service skills? These amusing clips show the types of gaffes that can be avoided. Free Preview

Customers from Hell!
Difficult, demanding and down-right dangerous customers crop up in this collection of light-hearted clips.

Free Preview Employees From Hell!
Being a manager can feel like the hardest job in the world, especially when you’re dealing with Employees from Hell! This collection comes from titles including The dreaded appraisal, Managing problem people and Oh what the hell. Free Preview

Interviewers From Hell!
A light-hearted 10-minute look at interview gaffes and nightmares, featuring clips from classic John Cleese programs. Suitable as an ice-breaker, meeting break or to reinforce key interview skills learning points. Free Preview

Public Services from Hell!
Dealing with the public is a responsible position - but the service from some of those in authority leaves a lot to be desired in this selection of blunders.

Salespeople from Hell!
A collection of clips from award-winning Video Arts titles that confirm your worst fears about the sort of salespeople that give you hell. Free Preview

Teams from Hell!
A light-hearted look at what happens when teams aren't performing up to expectations, featuring clips from Talking To The Team, Meetings, Bloody Meetings and From 'No' To 'Yes'Free Preview

The series includes the following programs: Bosses from hell! Colleagues from hell! Communicators from hell! Customers services from hell! Customers from hell! Employees from hell! Interviewers from hell! Public service from hell! Salespeople from hell! and Teams from hell!

• Complete Hell Series - DVD $1,049.00 [Add to Cart]

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What Bob Farrell did for customer service in the run away hit Give `em the PICKLE!, he's doing again for leadership with The Leadership Pickles! A fun and exciting new video from Media Partners, The Leadership Pickles! combines Bob's passion for serving others with powerful leadership stories to create a memorable and motivating message for leaders of all kinds.

Just as customers need pickles - those special things you do for them to keep them coming back - your employees need their pickles too. They want and need certain things from you as their leader. If they get them, they'll follow you and achieve great things. If they don't get their leadership pickles, their belief and respect for you as a leader may begin to slip.

Being in leadership is a tough job. It requires you to be the best you can be. The Leadership Pickles! will inspire you to give your employees their leadership pickles!

Program Incudes: A 16 minute video or DVD, 1 50 sheet Pickle Sticky Pad, 10 Pocket Reminder Cards, 1 Gold Pickle Lapel Pin, 5 Green Pickle Lapel Pins and 1 Leader's Guide on CDRom

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In the corporate world, success is only restrained by one's perceptions. If one thinks she can't do it, then she certainly won't succeed. This program is an inspiration to these people, to those who let limitations get in the way of their success. They’ll come face-to-face with and be spurred by some of the greatest personal triumphs of our time – the touching stories of individuals who have surmounted the odds and pushed the envelope of success.

• The high school drop-out who started a business empire that now exceeds $28 million in sales per day (Ray Kroc of McDonalds)
• The young girl from rural Mississippi who became one of pop culture’s most important figures (Oprah Winfrey)
• The inexperienced film director no one would hire who went on to direct the top movies of all time (Steven Spielberg)
• The Olympic hopeful who turned ten years of tragedy into triumph and a gold medal (Dan Jansen)

Length: 12 minutes

• Either Way You're Right II - DVD $595.00 [Add to Cart]
• Either Way You're Right II - DVD Rental $250.00 [Add to Cart]

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What does it take to inspire a work group to greater commitment and productivity? It’s not charisma. Rather, it’s behavior that any well-intentioned leader can emulate, as this program demonstrates. The video follows Tom, a competent manager, on his quest to find out what makes Elliot, an exceptional manager in his organization, so inspiring to his workers. He learns that Elliot found what was meaningful in their work, and communicated that – in words and actions – to everyone on his team.

The “Would I Inspire Me?” video program gives viewers practical ways to make work life more meaningful, productive, and rewarding for themselves and their team.

Joe Torre has managed one of the most successful teams in baseball history – the New York Yankees. During his remarkable managing career, Joe Torre has realized that success is not just about winning; it is a culmination of victories and defeats and what you learn from each opportunity. While slumps and setbacks are inevitable for teams and organizations, the true measure of success is how you respond to and bounce back from adversity.

In Sacrifice is Not Just a Bunt, Joe Torre illustrates how to achieve individual and organizational success by cultivating a positive attitude, team communication and self-confidence. Joe Torre’s tremendous success in both his playing and coaching careers is a result of his steadfast focus on six guiding principles:

• Be ready to play – be prepared for every opportunity
• Learn from your wins and losses, successes and failures
• Communicate on and off the field Play little ball – break down challenges into smaller tasks
• Play with confidence – it is the key to success Sacrifice

Sacrifice is Not Just a Bunt teaches audiences that individual success can be greater and more satisfying when individual goals are tied to team success. The more individuals contribute to fulfill team goals, the better the team or organization, and the greater the individual achievement. Joe Torre speaks not just about winning, but about the importance of learning from wins and losses. Sacrifice is Not Just a Bunt is ideal for building confidence, commitment, and collaboration in teams and organizations.

Length: 35 minutes

• Sacrifice Is Not Just a Bunt (DVD) $695.00 [Add to Cart]
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This highly motivational program takes you behind the scenes at Midway Field in Minnesota, where fun is encouraged daily. Visit a workplace where a costumed pig tosses out the balls, "ushertainers" serenade you in the stands and games are always sold out. See firsthand just how much fun, when combined with commitment, relates to organizational success and personal satisfaction.

Sure, a day at the ballpark might sound like a good time. But when it's your job, it can mean a fifteen-hour day of hard work, whether you're cleaning the bleachers, keeping the books or taking care of customers. How do they do it?

For the people who work here, fun is an attitude. An experience. It's why everyone from head groundskeeper to the president and co-owner is passionate about coming to work. Having fun on the job makes these employees more creative, more productive, and ultimately more satisfied. They don't take themselves too seriously. They treat each other with respect. And they make every day an event.

Key concepts in the video can bring this mindset to any workplace:

• Discover Your Passion
• Bring a Positive Attitude
• Show People You Care

Program includes: VHS or DVD, Leader's Guide, PowerPoint Presentation on CD-ROM with film transcript, 10 Participant Workbooks, 10 Reminder Cards. Bonus extended-cut DVD version of show included with either video format.

Online Streamed Video Training Option:

• Pricing - $9.95 per user
• Minimum order - $500
• Users receive a post-test and certificate of completion. You set the test’s passing grade.
• You get an Administrator’s Page that shows who has logged on to take the training and the test score of each viewer.

Please contact us by email if you have more than 1000 users for special pricing options.

Note: When you order the online training version of this program, our shopping cart will show 50 items listed (minimum number of participants) for $500, each additional participant/item added is $9.95

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Your business is not what you sell, it's who you serve. Meet Bob Farrell, founder of Farrell's Ice Cream Parlor and Restaurant, as he serves up the most important aspect of any service business taking care of the customer. We're all in the same business, the people business. Our job is to make customers happy. What's the best way to do that? By giving out pickles. Pickles are those special or extra things you do to make people happy. The trick is figuring out what your customers want and then making sure they get it. That's the pickle.

Make sure your employees have the scoop on effective customer service with this fun, lighthearted and highly effective training tool. Viewers will learn what it takes to foster and maintain customer loyalty.

Participants will learn to: 

• Service-Make serving others your #1 priority. You work in a noble profession, be proud of what you do.
• Attitude-Choose your attitude. How you think about your customers is how you will treat them.
• Consistency-Set high standards, and stick to them. Customers return because they liked what happened last time.
• Teamwork-Look for ways to make each other look good. In the end, everything ends up in front of the customer! 

Program Contents: DVD or Video, Leader's Guide with reproducible handouts, Give 'Em the Pickle hardback book, 10 Reminder Cards and 10 Pickle Pins

Hosted by John Cleese

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At the top of the list of why people think of leaving their jobs is the fact that they feel they aren't appreciated enough.

This new program makes the point that giving praise where it's due is a management tool that's powerful, cheap and easy to use. It can bring amazing results in terms of increasing the quality and quantity of the output of the people who work for them, providing it is correctly applied.

A department with a high staff turnover is in danger of losing another member: the individual displayed initiative and commitment in helping a customer, yet their manager could only criticize the unauthorized expense of a taxi fare.

The Employee's attitude changes with renewed enthusiasm when the manager shows interest and appreciation in a job well done. Among the rules learnt are that it's important to let people know why they are being praised, make sure that the effect isn't ruined by a sting-in-the-tail remark, and to pass on praise from customers or superiors.

Features and applications:

• Addresses the reasons why managers don't praise
• Shows the value of adding praise to the corporate culture
• Makes managers aware that it's important to seek opportunities to praise staff
• Provides six easily-remembered rules for praising staff correctly
• Proves that praising is not a natural gift but a learnable skill

Program includes: 24 minute VHS or DVD video

• Performance Matters: The Importance of Praise - DVD $999.00 [Add to Cart]
• Performance Matters: The Importance of Praise - CD-ROM $999.00 [Add to Cart]

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Simple, inspiring and thought-provoking wisdom from across the ages is presented through gentle and visually arresting animation and moving music.

Life’s Lessons: Change is a wonderful short program to help embrace and understand change in the workplace and in life. A great way to start introducing ideas about change and how it can be beneficial and inspiring.

Life's Lessons works with YOU to fit your individual training needs. For the first time, you determine how to present these unique programs.

• Full program with music and narration.
• Music only (no narration).
• Continuous play of the core material with music that will repeat as long as you need it. Great for video “wallpaper” to enhance meetings or conferences.

Includes: 3 Minute DVD (includes Full program with music and narration, Music only (no narration) & Continuous play options.

• Life’s Lessons: Change - DVD $295.00 [Add to Cart]
• Life’s Lessons: Change - DVD Preview $0.00 [Add to Cart]

Do Right II is an extension of the award-winning motivational video Do Right, starring Lou Holtz. Holtz recognizes teamwork as the cornerstone to every successful organization. To succeed in the nineties, everyone in your organization needs to be working together toward a common goal. Each employee in your organization must be committed to everyone’s success. With this as your goal, you can establish an effective means of communication, utilize your employees’ diverse talents and empower employees to make sound decisions.

• Make a commitment to succeed
• Set common goals
• Communicate effectively
• Be the best you can be
• Utilize each individual’s talents
• Empower others to accomplish objectives

Includes: 35 minutes DVD or video

• Do Right II with Lou Holtz - DVD $595.00 [Add to Cart]

Do Right II is the follow-up to the best selling motivational video Do Right. In Do Right II, Lou Holtz focuses on the importance of teamwork, the cornerstone of every individual and organizational success. Lou Holtz discusses the four fundamental factors at the heart of every successful team or organization:

• Develop a sense of purpose – a clear, strong and common goal
• Communicate your goal
• Utilize the diverse individual talents of everyone in your organization
• Empower others to make their own decisions

Lou Holtz inspires listeners with a sense of teamwork, commitment to excellence, organizational loyalty, and personal dedication. Filmed in 1991, Do Right II continues to instill pride and dedication in executives, employees, students and athletes.

Includes: 35 minute DVD or video

• Do Right with Lou Holtz - DVD $595.00 [Add to Cart]

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What defines great leadership? Using original research on 360-degree feedback data for thousands of managers, Jack Zenger, with colleagues Joseph Folkman and Scott Edinger, identified 16 specific competencies the most effective leaders share. Of these, the ability to inspire and motivate others to high performance had the most significant, positive impact on the performance of the organization. And yet, it was the area in which managers were weakest. Inspiring others is a “soft skill,” one that many believe you need to be born with to possess. But in evaluating the research, Dr. Zenger and his colleagues determined that inspiring others to greatness is, in fact, something that can and should be learned. The attributes of inspiring leaders, such as being a role model or a change champion, can be acquired. The skills, ranging from goal setting to developing staff to being a good communicator, are learnable. And even the most critical characteristic of an inspiring leader—the ability to make an emotional connection with a team—is achievable, by building on key strengths in your own personality and leadership approach.

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If Enough People Care illustrates Lou Holtz’s firm belief that satisfaction and organizational success – in football or business – “can’t come from the job you’re doing . . . but from how well you’re doing the job.”

Liberally sprinkling his impassioned presentation with personal and professional anecdotes and humorous stories, Lou Holtz expresses his seven essentials for success:

• Have a Plan
• Know the Fundamentals
• Set Goals
• Develop the Right Attitude
• Care for Others
• Commit to Teamwork
• Improve your Self Image, Practice Loyalty, and Play like a Champion

Includes: 28 minute DVD or video

• If Enough People Care with Lou Holtz - DVD $695.00 [Add to Cart]

Best-Seller!

Purchase all four of Lou Holtz best-selling training programs for one low price. This package includes:

Do Right - This best-selling program is the perfect vehicle to instill the spirit of teamwork, commitment to excellence, loyalty to the organization and personal dedication to success. (23 min.)

Do Right II - focuses on the importance of teamwork, the cornerstone of every individual and organizational success. (22 min)

If Enough People Care - In this motivational program, Olympic Champion Mary Lou Retton introduces Lou Holtz who shares his three play-like-a-champion rules: Do It Right, Do Your Best, and Care About Others. (28 min.)

Do Right: The Plan - In Do Right – The Plan, Lou Holtz illustrates the way to apply these values to achieve individual and organizational success. Through trial and error, victory and defeat, every success begins with two things: a vision and a plan. Released in 2006. (35 min)

Package Includes: 4 DVDs or 4 VHS videos

You'll save $185.00 when you purchase all four programs - regular price $2,380.00

• The Lou Holtz Library - DVD $2,195.00 [Add to Cart]