Volume 5 Number 6
June 2009
Thank God It's Monday by Roxanne Emmerich
A Book Review By Alain Burrese
I enjoyed the positive message in "Thank God It's Monday: How to Create a Workplace You and Your Customers Love" by Roxanne Emmerich. It's a fun book full of motivation and strategies to help employees and employers alike have more fun in the workplace, thus increasing performance and most of all customer satisfaction.
It's a short book, less than 200 pages, and very easy to read. However, it contains some very motivating practical advice for the workplace. Many of the ideas would improve one's personal life as well. Emmerich writes some of the book as a story or parables, and other parts of the book are written more traditionally as in, "do this, don't do that." Both methods are blended well and make for an enjoyable as well as educational read. Additionally, the chapters have summaries in the way of suggestions you should try.
The first part of the book focuses on finding opportunity rather than a problem, or at least pointing out that a problem is an opportunity to do better and improve. Part two works at initiating change with chapters such as Vision it Possible, Commit to Your Commitments, and Measure Everything. Emmerich calls part three the "how to" toolbox for making any workplace better, and she includes topics such as getting a brand new attitude, enthusiasm, life balance, values, and going beyond the job description. Part four, the final part, contains a handful of short chapters on things such as communicating clearly, vanishing energy vampires, busting bad attitudes, and gossiping.
I really did enjoy reading this book, and feel it contains some excellent advice. I liked how chapter 22 discussed that some people need to be somewhere else. I also liked the message in the life balance chapter, fifteen, regarding being wherever you are at the moment. Personally, I think this is an extremely valuable lesson and one I teach to people as well. I'm glad Emmerich included it here because it is important for both work and personal lives. It's important for productivity and enjoyment of friends and family time.
If you would like a quick motivating read about how you can turn a workplace into a place that is more enjoyable for those who work there, with increased productivity and customer satisfaction, I recommend "Thank God It's Monday" as just such a book.
About the Author
Alain Burrese, J.D. is a performance and personal development expert who teaches how to live, take action, and get things done through the Warrior's Edge. Alain combines his military, martial art, and Asian experiences with his business, law, and conflict resolution education into a powerful way of living with balance, honor, and integrity. He teaches how to use the Warrior's Edge to Take Action and Achieve Remarkable Results. Alain is the author of Hard-Won Wisdom From The School Of Hard Knocks, the DVDs Hapkido Hoshinsul, Streetfighting Essentials, Hapkido Cane, the Lock On Joint Locking series, and numerous articles and reviews. You can read more articles, over 100 reviews, and see clips of his DVDs as well as much more at http://www.burrese.com Article Source: http://EzineArticles.com/?expert=Alain_Burrese
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