Do More Great Work

Stop the Busywork. Start the Work That Matters

by Michael Stanier

Number of pages: 200

Publisher: Workman Publishing

BBB Library: Personal Success

ISBN: 9780761156444



About the Author

Stanier is the founder of Box of Crayons, a company that helps organizations and teams to do more Great Work. He regularly speaks at business conferences around the world.

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Editorial Review

Do More Great Work gets to the heart of the problem: Even the best performers are spending less than a fraction of their time doing Great Work —the kind of innovative work that pushes us forward, stretches our creativity, and truly satisfies us. Michael Bungay Stanier, Canadian Coach of the Year in 2006, is a business consultant who’s found a way to move us away from bad work (and even good work), and toward more time spent doing great work.

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"Do More Great Workis an attractive small format book with lots of sidebars, guest columns, and worksheets." Joy Wesse Moll

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Wisdom to Share

Great Work inspires you, enthralls you, pulls you forward – it’s deeply personal.

Doing Great Work requires not just the bold act of saying: “This is my Great Work”, but also the will to keep on doing it even when the choice to not do it is easier.

Many obstacles may stand in your way of doing Great Work.

Deciding on taking the next step is a powerful way to get moving.

Repeat for the other options and the highest score wins!

Most of us work for an organization, and with that come conflicting goals and objectives.

It’s hard to get away from the irritants that buzz around us in our daily lives.

To find and do more Great Work you must shift focus and begin to look more at what surrounds you.

A peak moment is a time when you could see and feel yourself doing something more than you typically do, and made an impact.

t is vital that we make the organizations where we work more meaningful and abundant.

To get a destination, you need to know your starting point.

You spend more than half your life at work and you want your work to make an impact and have a purpose, to be more than just a salary.