Amplifiers: The Power of Motivational Leadership to Inspire and Influence
Author(s): Matt Church (Author)
Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
Publication Date: 6 Dec. 2013
Language: English
Print length: 240 pages
ISBN-10: 0730304906
ISBN-13: 9780730304906
Book Description
Discover the secrets of motivational, inspirational, and transformational leadership. Great leaders do much more than just make decisions; they inspire those around them to excellence and form the vital link between strategy and execution. Amplifiers explains how great leaders use the art and practice of motivational leadership to light the path to success and inspire others to take that journey with them. Written by Matt Church, one of the top motivational speakers in Australia, this practical, powerfulguide explores how great leaders move people to action and excellence-and how you can do the same. Church gives you the essential skills and strategies of motivational leadership, from effective communication frameworks and roles to proven guidance on choosing high-impact words when speaking to others. Includes lessons from such motivational speakers as Julius Caesar, Winston Churchill, Bobby Kennedy, and Barack Obama, among others. Features case studies from successful companies that have discovered andprofited from the power of motivational leadership. Arms readers with tactical tips and actions for inspirational leadership. Written by one of the most successful and well-known motivational speakers in Australia. Great leaders aren’t born; they’re made. For anyone who leads people, motivational leadership is the key to turning strategy into success. Read Amplifiers and boost your leadership skills to a higher level.
Editorial Reviews
From the Inside Flap
What are Amplifiers?
Amplifiers are leaders who have the ability to bring out thebest in others.
An amplifier is a device that uses power to increase the signal.Like an amplifier in a sound system, leaders who motivate canincrease the power in the people around them to get more done.
Leaders who are ‘amplifiers’ make a difference by turning up thetalents in people and using that power to make things happen. Abusiness full of amplifiers can be heard above the market’s noise,attracts brilliant people and makes extraordinary thingshappen.
Amplifiers are the leaders worth following—they help us dowork worth doing and create cultures worth belonging to.
Amplifiers are those leaders who make a difference at all levelswithin a family, a business or a community.
Amplifiers replace fear with confidence, they replace confusionwith clarity and their biggest impact is in how they mobilise us inpursuit of a better future.
‘As one of the best speakers on leadership in the world,whenever Matt Church speaks people listen. When Matt brings hisconsiderable intelligence, insight and laser-like focus to awritten project you, the reader, are provided with the uniqueopportunity to think about leadership in ways you will have neverconsidered before. As with everything Matt does, Amplifiers isahead of the normal leadership game. Read this book and apply itsapproach and you will be too.’ —Michael Henderson, Corporate anthropologist, speaker andauthor
From the Back Cover
This is an extraordinary book for leaders who think big! MICHAEL PORT, New York Times best-sellingauthor of The Think Big Manifesto
Great leaders motivate Exceptional leaders inspireTransformational leaders amplify
Amplifiers are the rare and extraordinary leaders who amplifythe best in themselves and others. They amplify the messages thatmatter, amplify the positive mood in a culture and amplify theresults achieved. They are the masters of maximising humanpotential and developing other great leaders.
Author and global leadership expert Matt Church gives you thevital skills and strategies to strengthen your own amplificationskills and ensure that you’re a leader worth following.
Packed with tips, case studies and the powerful lessons of othergreat leaders, Amplifiers will show you how to:
master the essential communication tools for making animpact
bring out the best in people and help them to maximise theirpotential
employ positive tactics that inspire others to achieve theunimaginable.
Great leaders aren’t born; they are made. Whether you are theCEO of a global company or the coach of your local sports team,this book will boost your leadership skills and bridge the gapbetween strategy and execution.
About the Author
MATT CHURCH is the founder of the international leadership development company Thought Leaders Global. He has been a motivational speaker for over 20 years and is the author of several other landmark business books. Learn more at mattchurch.com.