Fish!

A Proven Way to Boost Morale and Improve Results

By: Stephen C. Lundin, John Christensen, Harry Paul, Ken Blanchard

Narrated by: Kathleen McInerney

Length: 2 hrs and 23 mins

Publisher's summary

Over 5 million copies sold! Imagine a workplace where everyone chooses to bring energy, passion, and a positive attitude to the job every day.

A powerful parable that will help you see your life and work in a new way.

It's a rainy day in Seattle, and on the third floor of First Guarantee Financial, people have stopped believing they can make a difference. To new manager Mary Jane Ramirez, the challenge of bringing life back to her unenthusiastic and unmotivated team seems impossible, until she discovers an incredibly successful workplace down the street where the employees are so alive and passionate that people stop just to watch them work!

FISH! is the remarkable story of what happens when Mary Jane seeks the help of these unlikely business "experts" and learns their secret: Four simple practices that, when applied daily, help anyone to be more energized, effective, and fulfilled.

Filled with inspiration and timeless wisdom that will resonate with anyone in any field or career level, it's easy to see why FISH! is one of the most popular business parables of all time. People in organizations around the world use its practical lessons to improve customer service, build trust and teamwork, bolster leadership, and increase employee satisfaction. They also use the lessons to strengthen personal relationships, fulfill lifelong dreams, and realize their ambitions.

FISH! will help you discover the amazing power that is already inside you to make a positive difference-wherever you are in life.

Based on a best-selling ChartHouse training video which has been adopted by corporations including Southwest Airlines, Sprint, and Nordstrom.

©2014 Stephen C. Lundin (P)2014 Hachette

Beast mode

A book that I needed as a team leader. If the atmosphere and culture is good/fun The team will work harder for the team and company. If not it will be treated as just another job where workers will want to do their jobs and go home. But it all starts with leadership. A really fun and interesting concept used to this book.

From the 1.3 to PhD
The comeback kid.

Best Advice

Good words for life implementation. Be honest with your self for true benefits of its application.

great suprise

the plotline became a wee bit cheesy and part of the "story" was unnecessary. But overall the book was a very good read and has great questions/activities to help grow or recover a positive fun work environment.

Changes needed once known!

Thank you for reinventing and reinvigorating my mind. I needed this, my first copy had been appropriated before completing the book.

GREAT PERSPECTIVE

So many of us forget the level of control we have over our attitude and how that in turn impacts how we are perceived and how we ourselves perceive others, which in turn greatly impacts our overall happiness.

Interactively Enjoyable

Reading a book is one thing but, listening to this book was amazing. Helps to bring the characters to life and enjoy a great read while being able to multitask.

Loved it. I recommend it.

For me this was my first audiobook and also the book is indeed a great book. I like the stories and the example shared. The audio is great !! Not easy to implement in real life… you got to be determined and make the choice of what you want to be.

Amazing!

I was honestly shocked by this book. I thought that I would dread having someone read me a book, but I loved it! I was expecting a monotoned reader, but I received an engaged reader who had many different tones. Along with multiple readers. I read the first 20 pages of the book and i got 10 times more out of her reading it to me than reading it myself.

Great book on making work fun!

I have personally found ways to apply all 4 practices to my job. This is a must read if you aren't happy at work.

Great short effective story

If you're struggling with morale in your workplace this is definitely a good read and place to start. You may even notice that you're already implementing some of the concepts individually. But taking all elements in together.... really wonderful idea! Can't wait to see for these practices and concepts pan out in my work place!