Conquer complacency and transform your team into a happy, winning crew. Polar Bear Pirates are highly focused, successful characters, they can’t help but motivate everyone around them and just like you; they love to have some fun.
In their latest quest, they take on the Sleepwalkers, the workplace zombies who are with you in body but never take a step beyond the ordinary because their minds have drifted into sleep mode. Going through the motions, thinking the same old stuff and delivering the same results, they stand out like beacons of disappointment.
Sleepwalkers can be found orbiting Planet Complacency. This place is in the arch enemy of success! It is a huge planet, more powerful than the inhospitable Rock Bottom, it appears to be a comfortable, safe and popular place to be. Yet this silent assassin is responsible for snuffing out millions of dreams and kidnapping untold potential.
Stepping Beyond Ordinary
The Polar Bear Pirates’ mission is to re-awaken dormant talent and release untapped potential. Join them and meet a cast of amazing characters, from Neg Ferrets and Bloaters, to Amps and Vamps. One thing’s for sure, you’ll come out the other side inspired and ready to get the best out of your team and the people around you.
Polar Bear Pirates shows you how to motivate everyday people to deliver extraordinary results.
Table of Contents:
Introduction – 1
Who Are the Sleepwalkers? – 9
Stepping Beyond Ordinary – 17
The Beautiful Planet Complacency – 27
Growing People in a Family Environment – 31
Look Sideways as Well as Vertically – 41
Amps and Vamps – 49
The Sperm That Won – 59
Tnt Sticky Picture Bombs – Handle With Care! – 69
Why Wake Up for You? – 89
Don’t Do Perfect – 101
Sonar Leaders – 109
Developing Their Pictures Together – 119
Making Time and Space for the Big Doable Stuff – 125
Your Ground Rules – 135
The Power of Peers – 143
Get Out of That Box! – 149
The Dent You Leave Behind – 155
Health Warning – 161
Six Polar Bear Pirate Attitudes For The Journey Ahead – 165
Polar Bear Pirate Terminology – 167
About Adrian Webster – 173
About the Author :
Adrian Webster speaks at over 100 events a year to companies in all sectors including: BAE Systems, Virgin Media Group, BT, IBM, Nationwide, KPMG, Hewlett-Packard, David Lloyd Leisure, Network Rail, HSBC, Business Link, Yell Group.
He specialises in delivering key messages on behalf of clients in a humorous and completely unique down to earth style that audiences can easily relate to. His addictively inspirational presentations help people at all levels and from diverse backgrounds to make a very real difference in their workplace.
Riot cooper, milkman and salesman were just a few of the entries on Adrian' Webster's CV before he moved into the IT industry and discovered an ability to motivate and inspire others. He has spent time as a Corporate Sales manager and Group Sales and Training Manager at two large corporates and established himself as one of the most successful sales professionals in the industry, responsible for recruiting, training, motivating and 'driving' 150 staff to achieve phenomenal success on shoestring budgets.
Review :
"This is a management book like no other -- you're going to laugh, cry... and come away with plenty to think about." (The Bookbag.co.uk, May 2011)
