This PowerPoint was created for a local school based off the book written by Jon Gordon called The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy. Directed towards management, this PowerPoint empowers leaders to treat employees better, thus creating a better work environment.

1. From "The Energy Bus" by Jon Gordon comes Five Ways
to Love Your Passengers (or your team, or your family, or
your staff, or your community, or you.......):

2. You nurture your relationship with them. You can’t
nurture business relationships sitting at your desk,
just as you can’t spend quality time with your
spouse if you are watching television.
So the key is to come out of your office and get to
know your team. Spend time with them. Meet with
them individually. Get to know them as people, not
numbers.
And while you are with them it is important to be
present with them. Be engaged in the present
moment.
Don’t be thinking about 10 things you have to do
that day or the 10 other people you need to meet
with. Really be with that person and focus your
energy on them. They will feel the difference.

3. Does the manager hear what the employee has to say? Does the
manager listen to the ideas and needs of the employee? Your
employees and customers just want to be heard, so listen to them
and hear them. We’re not talking about some active listening class
technique, either.
We’re talking about really sitting down and listening with your
heart and caring about what they have today.
When employees feel seen and heard, there is a moistening in the
eyes. Yet researchers estimate that in more than 95 percent of daily
interactions there is no moistening in the eyes, according to High
Energy Living, by Robert K. Cooper (New American Library, 2002).
For instance when you ask someone how they are doing, an easy
way to show you are listening is to actually wait for the answer and
make eye contact.

4. We don’t mean trophies or some awards dinner. We want
you to make it real personal. Honor them for who they are
and what they do.
One leader we know sends each employee a personal
birthday card with a handwritten note, not some
electronic fake signature but a real note. While it’s not
possible to do this in every company, every manager can
do this with their team.
Another company allows employees to choose the UPC
codes for their new products. Employees choose codes
that feature their birth dates, anniversaries, kids’
birthdays, and so on. This makes it very personal.
Another very powerful way to recognize them is to
. The more you
recognize them for doing things right the more they will
do things right.

5. A great leader once said, the higher you
get in an organization the more it is your
duty to serve the people below you
rather than having the people below
serve you.
The key is to serve their growth, their
future, their career, and their spirits so
they enjoy work, life, and being on your
bus.

6. We saved this one for last because it’s
the most important.
Thus the best way any leader can
demonstrate their love for their team is
to help each person discover their
strengths and provide an opportunity for
that person to utilize them.
When you create a system that provides
a way for your people to shine you not
only bring out the best in them but in
the rest of the team and company as
well.