PRAISE FOR GREAT MOTIVATION SECRETS OF GREAT LEADERS

The essence of effective leadership is persuading others to follow

your lead. We call it motivation.

Great Motivation Secrets

gets to the

heart of how leaders create conditions for motivation to occur by

energizing their minds, encouraging their hearts, and exhorting their

spirits.”

—John Maxwell, America’s preeminent author

on leadership and founder of Maximum Impact

“When John Baldoni writes on leadership, I pay close attention.

Great Motivation Secrets

is his best book yet. After you read it, I

know you’ll agree with me.”

—Pat Williams, Senior Vice President, Orlando Magic

“Rousing others for common cause is essential but elusive. For fresh

insight into what makes the difference, John Baldoni offers compelling

portraits of leading figures who have done it, ranging from Colleen Barrett

of Southwest Airlines to Magic Johnson and Ernest Shackleton.

Great

Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders

reveals what we all must do if we are

to be great at inspiring others to a cause.”

—Michael Useem, Professor and Director of the

Wharton School’s Leadership Center and author of

Leading Up

and

The Leadership Moment

“Leaders accomplish very little by themselves. In fact the job of lead-

ership is to bring others along with you. That requires motivation. You can

learn a great deal about how leaders motivate through example, communi-

cation, and coaching in

Great Motivation Secrets

. Baldoni reveals insights

you can put into practice to achieve the right results, the right way, right

now!”

—James G. O’Connor, Group Vice President,

North America Marketing Sales and Service,

Ford Motor Company

“John Baldoni has written a very readable and useful book on

motivation. He mixes sound advice on motivational techniques with

entertaining and relevant examples from leaders past and present to

bring the subject alive. A great read.”

—Personal comments of Dr. A. Peter Green,

Vice President, Pfizer Global Research & Development

“This book is a timely reminder that our success as leaders

depends on our ability to successfully motivate and inspire peo-

ple! John Baldoni provides us with insight into the successful

motivational techniques and abilities of some of our great leaders.

Great Motivation Secrets of Great Leaders

will be required read-

ing for everyone in our leadership development program.”

—Michael L. Bivens, V.P. Kellogg’s Morning Foods

Learning & Development