The Art of Encouragement: How to Lead Teams, Spread Love, and Serve from the Heart - Hardcover

by Jordan Montgomery (Author), John C. Maxwell (Foreword by)

Supercharge the wellbeing and productivity of everyone around you using the power of encouragement

In The Art of Encouragement, renowned performance coach and keynote speaker Jordan Montgomery delivers a captivating story designed to walk the reader through a dramatic journey of heartfelt, easy-to-understand lessons about encouragement and its many facets. The author compels you to take action by showing you that you're fully equipped and ready to implement encouragement within your own organization, team, family, and community.

In the book, you'll find compelling narratives and simple truths you can activate immediately to achieve real change and big results. You'll also discover:

• How to develop your leadership in a way that allows you to identify the good in your followers
• How to maximize your impact in your firm and community in meaningful, tangible ways
• Strategies for attracting and retaining the best talent available--and driving results once you've captured it

A must-read resource for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, The Art of Encouragement will also appeal to human resources professionals, heads of sales and other professional teams, consultants, entrepreneurs, founders, and anyone else interested in improving the lives and productivity of everyone around them.

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In The Art of Encouragement: How to Lead Teams, Spread Love, and Serve from the Heart, veteran performance coach, speaker, and author Jordan Montgomery delivers an inspiring and exciting discussion of the straightforward power of encouragement. The author explains the many facets of encouragement, showing you the concept from several sides, each of which reveals a new and practical piece of wisdom.

In the book, you'll find captivating storytelling drawn from the author's extensive experience as a performance coach and advisor to youth groups, professional athletic teams, sales organizations, and business executives. You'll be taken on a journey built from dramatic, heartfelt stories containing simple and easy-to-understand lessons you can apply immediately to your own life and the lives of the people you care about. By the end of the book, you'll feel compelled to take action to make lives better as you realize you're fully equipped and ready to implement encouragement within your organization, your team, your family, your community, and the world at large.

The Art of Encouragement will equip you to supercharge the well-being and productivity of everyone around you with simple truths and engaging narratives. You'll learn to identify the good and the positive in the people who follow you. You'll also discover how to develop and build your leadership style in a way that maximizes your impact in your company, church, school, or team in meaningful and tangible ways. Finally, you'll find strategies for attracting and retaining the best available talent and then drive measurable results once you've found them.

An indispensable resource for managers, directors, executives, and other business leaders, The Art of Encouragement will also earn a prominent place on the bookshelves of human resources professionals, sales leaders, athletes, coaches, consultants, entrepreneurs, founders, and everyone else responsible for the productivity of the people around them.

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Praise for THE ART OF ENCOURAGEMENT

"Jordan's ability to empower, encourage, and pull the most out of others is truly innate and uniquely special! The Art of Encouragement provides a heavy dose of inspiration and practical tools to help you do the same!"
--JON GORDON, bestselling author of The Energy Bus and The Power of Positive Leadership

"We all want to be positive, encouraging people. But there is more to it than intent--we actually need tools. Jordan Montgomery has given us those tools, and I am eager to put them into practice."
--PATRICK LENCIONI, bestselling author of The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

"This book will immediately help you differentiate yourself from the crowd by becoming the most encouraging person in the room. And the author is the most encouraging person I've ever met. If there's anyone who has a PhD in making others feel like a million bucks, it's Jordan Montgomery."
--RYAN LEAK, top keynote speaker, bestselling author of Chasing Failure

"Jordan Montgomery is one of the world's best encouragers--I've watched him empower teams, transform relationships, and create amazing impact with the principles shared in this book! This book includes timeless wisdom that will inspire you to take massive action!"
--JESS EKSTROM, Founder & CEO of Headbands of Hope, best-selling author of Chasing the Brightside

"The Art of Encouragement is the ultimate guide toward becoming a more effective and encouraging leader! I've personally witnessed Jordan demonstrate the principles shared in this book to impact and serve others at the highest level! This book is a big time win for leaders of any age!"
--CHAD GREENWAY, Former All-Pro Linebacker, Minnesota Vikings