A must read for anyone in a Leadership position.

Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust on the Job

Business & Money

Castro, Ellen

Management & Leadership

Thomas More Pr

In today’s challenging times, Happy in Spite of People, is the crucial missing “peace” that nourishes your mind, heart and spirit. This uplifting, liberating and relevant parable provides an innovative and pragmatic approach to dealing with people at work and in life where 12 complex human personas and personalities are represented as cats. You will laugh while you learn and be energized with refreshing insights, proven techniques and timeless truths for having healthier relationships. Break through personal roadblocks, take charge of your choices and communications, and achieve better results and more success! Happy in Spite of People makes people skills simple and fun for everyone! Gain a glimpse into the human psyche to see beyond the appearances to the truth. Everyone is on your team for greatness – no exceptions. REJUVENATE your soul by putting the fun back into dys-fun-ction and LIVE your greatest and most fulfilling life now! You are meant for greatness! Everyone is in the people business! Emotional intelligence (EI) is gaining momentum as the critical success factor for organizations and business people where job competence and experience no longer suffice. According to Daniel Goleman, EI accounts for up to 69 percent of job performance. Applied emotional intelligence - people genius - builds trust in oneself, in others and in life. Through my experiences as a global executive coach and trusted consultant across 17 industries, I have found that trust is the factor that ultimately determines our competitive advantage, our success and our well-being. Happy in Spite of People takes EI from a mental and intellectual theory to a practical, personally relevant and authentic approach to people and life through light-hearted storytelling and humor providing giggles, laughter and refreshing insights that refuel and energize the time-starved, stretched, stressed, depleted or weary. The cats deliver life messages, the struggles and tensions of interpersonal relationships. The parable is depersonalized as you see the cats acting out in your everyday life. Happy in Spite of People alleviates the “mystery” of identifying various personalities and how to adjust to their style thus optimizing interactions and creating heartfelt connections by providing insightful practical, concise tips and actions while eliciting self-understanding and self-acceptance. Happy in Spite of People is easy to understand and is a real-world blueprint for dealing with all the “cats” in your life and a life-changing solution for living as courageously as only you can. You were created on purpose for a purpose! Unwind, reflect, learn, smile and ignite your relationships while gaining a greater sense of significance, meaning, self-confidence and true success. You are meant for greatness!

Happy in Spite of People

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Live energized and empowered with inside-out confidence. Be resilient in these intense and unpredictable times. Experience the passion and purpose of Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust. Spirited Leadership is your uplifting real-world toolkit for staying competitive and relevant – to living on purpose and fulfilled. You are far more powerful than you imagine. This best-selling classic will show you how to ignite and harness the power that lies within to navigate the changing world of business and life and learn to skyrocket to success with less stress. Competence alone is not enough to succeed. You need relational capital based on trust. That is your greatest asset, your competitive advantage. People help people they trust and like. Learn to be a magnet for promotions, referrals and good breaks with Ellen’s proven framework for success and success principles. The 52 Ways and choices equip you to use obstacles for breakthroughs — not breakdowns. The 52 Ways did that for the author, Ellen Castro. What some would call beating her head on the glass ceiling at an oil company in the mid-1980s was really the devastating, demoralizing experience of losing her soul at work. But that experience was her launching pad for sharing with others the way to get off the exhausting treadmill of “never enough” and onto an energizing, amazing path of happiness and meaningful success. You can, too, with Spirited Leadership! Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust, now in its fourth edition, is a global best-selling classic in the fields of business, leadership and trust. The third edition received an International Latino Book Award in 2014 for its updated exercises and insightful applications and solutions. Practical, clear, concise and chock-full of earned wisdom, this workbook is perfect for individuals and teams wanting to increase their emotional intelligence and leadership skills – to motivate and inspire excellence in others through example. Authenticity is irresistible! Be uplifted and positively challenged! Build your leadership muscle and emotional stamina to achieve greater success with and through people. Strengthen your personal brand value and reputation by defining and living by your values. Get lasting results with gems of wisdom for the workplace and a life well lived. Live your unique imprint of excellence, service, generosity and love today and leave that legacy for future generations. Live Bigger! Dare to be Greater with Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust!

Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust

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Why level the playing field when you can OWN it?! You have the power to change the game. Score BIG with Women, Adjust Your Jockstrap, your game changing down-to-earth pragmatic Playbook for career advancement and a fulfilling life.\nBy internalizing the Playbook, you’ll gain stamina, authentic power and inner self-confidence to exude executive presence. Rewire your mindset and brain from societal and cultural conditioning. Become formidable. You’ll understand and learn the rules of the game to unapologetically take your place at the table.\nYou’ll live life to the fullest as a self-empowered woman – happy, comfortable and confident in any boardroom or situation.\nIsn’t it time to thrive in the workplace not just endure it? Women do have more challenges in the workplace. Do yourself a favor, get over it. Is it fair? No! Is it changing? Much too slowly. Adjust Your Jockstrap gives you proven strategies, game changing approaches and new plays to level the playing field and multiply exponentially your likelihood for winning big in a man’s world. It’s time to take your rightful place as a colleague and thought partner in the workplace and in life. These insights and 225 Practices have already helped countless people worldwide own their playing field.\nAdjust Your Jockstrap is about taking 100% accountability for your choices and career. It’s about taking your life off autopilot with self-awareness and self-understanding that sparks new choices and actions. It’s about unpacking engrained societal patterns, cultural myths, outdated biases and invisible barriers, including the ones in your own mind. You’ll gain the home field advantage by defeating your inner trash talk that keeps striking you out. You’ll learn how to call fouls on culturally mind-made conditioning with a smile.\nIf you struggle with self-doubt and need encouragement, this raw Uncensored Playbook provides self-confidence training while building your leadership muscle and executive presence. You will gain winning plays to approach any challenge with a smile, to turn every curve ball into a home run, to garner strength and resiliency with every tackle. You have what it takes to achieve your best, create success on your terms and live your boldest dreams.\nWhat is mind-made can be changed! Change your thoughts, change your game, change the workplace. Your life has meaning. You have the power to change the game! Be unapologetic, daring and authentic - THRIVE! “Adjust your jockstrap” to score big at work and in life!\nThe raw insights, no nonsense Practices and wisdom come from Ellen Castro’s challenging personal experiences. Ellen, an MBA Latina trailblazer, scrambled up the corporate ladder with 6 promotions in 11 years amidst the racial slurs, groping and daily harassment in the good ole’ boy Exxon in the 1970-1980s. Being a punching bag left her feeling bruised and battered with no hope. In 1985, she found herself on suicide watch in a psycho ward. Instead of shattering the glass ceiling; the glass ceiling shattered Ellen. Her demoralizing defeat became her purpose and her miracle. She is determined to help others not lose hope and have faith in their potential and greatness. She has spent decades decoding the unwritten ground rules and creating game changing plays she shares with multitudes on how to be wildly successful and fulfilled in any world.\n“Introspection is the breakfast for champions. Go within and sit quietly. Listen. Observe and explore your beliefs, thoughts and past. A belief is only a thought you keep repeating. Don’t believe everything you think.”\n“Interview for giggles. Men, in general, when applying for positions, do not ask themselves, ‘What if I don’t meet all the qualifications?’ They apply. Women tend to feel they need to meet all the requirements. Apply like a man.”

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“Spirited Leadership is a must-read for anyone who wants to live according to values.” — Ken Blanchard, co-author of The One Minute Manager Series  Trust is the most important currency for business leaders in the Digital Age. Building trust, however, doesn’t come naturally to everyone. If you need actionable guidance, Spirited Leadership is a quick read that will transform the way you do business. It might even change your life.   Now in its fourth edition, this award-winning, international bestseller continues to help professionals learn how to build trust authentically and harness its amazing power. The result? A new type of spirited leadership—based on trust—that helps individuals, teams and communities reach their goals and exceed expectations with less stress and more innovation and breakthroughs.   Author and Chief Energizing Officer Ellen Castro knows what it takes to build trust, even in the toughest of environments. Starting her career in the 1970s as one of the only female executives in the rough and tumble Texas oil industry, Ellen rose through the ranks with 6 promotions in 11 years. She went on to get her second masters from Harvard University. Since that time, she has become a bestselling author, sought-after motivational speaker, trusted coach and consultant to startups and Fortune 500 companies around the world.   Spirited Leadership offers Ellen’s proven framework for staying relevant and competitive through a new type of leadership—Spirited Leadership—which is built on trust. In this book, you’ll learn how to:  Build an authentic personal brand based on credibility and excellence Create successful cross-functional teams that create innovative solutions Actively engage your employees and help them be their “better selves” Foster effective communications—based on trust—that generate exceptional outcomes  Winner of the International Latino Book Award in 2014 (third edition)  “…stunning in its clarity and simplicity. It is profound in its insight into the essence of leadership.”  —Dr. Linda O’Neal, Center for Creative Leadership  “…goes beyond describing effective management and leadership characteristics. Ellen provides ‘how-tos’ for enhancing and implementing essential leadership skills.”  —Paula Hill Strasser, Director Business Leadership Center, Edwin L Cox School of Business, SMU

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Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust on the Job

Happy in Spite of People

Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust

Women, Adjust Your Jockstrap: The Uncensored Playbook to Win at Work and in Life

Spirited Leadership: 52 Ways to Build Trust