"How do you increase the forward momentum of your company? How do you get your people excited about helping you implement your vision? Learn how to Motivate Like a CEO. Suzanne Bates will help you discover how you can be the catalyst for your organization's future success. What a great book."

Ken Blanchard,
coauthor of The One Minute Manager®
and The One Minute Entrepreneur

"An inspiring treatise for leaders, Motivate Like a CEO explains what it is to connect people to the mission of the organization! An exciting read, you won't want to put Motivate Like a CEO down until you've mastered all of its secrets!"

Marshall Goldsmith, NYT and WSJ #1 bestselling author of
What Got You Here Won't Get You There.

"Motivate like a CEO richly articulates the importance and nature of motivation. With this book, Suzanne Bates insightfully goes against the current models of business, based mainly on financial stimulus and behavioral response, and illustrates the importance of people rather than institutions. In a nutshell, this book is important, because it's about people connecting. Bates does a nice job of making that point-if not explicitly, then by example in every chapter."

Charles H. Green, co-author, The Trusted Advisor

"Motivate Like a CEO tells you why, then how to motivate an organization. It is well written, clear and motivating both for the experienced CEO and the new leader."

Robert Chappell, CEO,
Penn Mutual Life Insurance Company

"Suzanne Bates argues convincingly that if nature abhors vacuums, CEOs must fill them. If the CEO is silent, the company will go dark. A great read."

Frank Keating,
Governor of Oklahoma, 1995-2003

"If you're a leader who wants a high performance team, make this book your 'bible!'"

Christine Comaford, Business Accelerator,
Mighty Ventures; NY Times Bestselling Author, Rules for Renegades

"Motivate like a CEO is chock full of great ideas and strategies. Suzanne Bates has written a valuable guide that will not only help leaders to inspire others but also will help them get their own batteries recharged."

-Diane Hessan, CEO,
Communispace Corporation

"Once again Suzanne Bates delivers a must-read guide for all business leaders. With her innate talent to communicate, Suzanne offers sagely advice and shares the wisdom of high-powered motivators. She combines these with actionable suggestions, worksheets, and "snackable" chunks of information to help business leaders to digest and master the art of motivating."

-Sheryl Lindsell-Roberts, Author of 22 books
including 135 Tips: Writing Successful Business Documents

"Not every leader is born a natural motivator, but it's a critical management skill that can be learned, as Suzanne Bates effectively demonstrates in her new book. Executives seeking to motivate--not dictate--to achieve results will find a wealth of practical, helpful information here."

-Margie Myers, SVP,
Communications, Dunkin Brands, Inc.

"In a time when truly effective leaders are as rare as 40 mpg SUVs, along comes Suzanne Bates with powerful, practical advice on how to motivate people to achieve extraordinary outcomes."

-Lynn A. Robinson, author of Trust Your Gut

"Suzanne Bates gets it. This book will vastly improve the motivational skills of the reader and should become required reading for anyone who aspires to be a more effective leader."

-Peter Rollins, President, Chief Executive's Club of Boston

"Unleash the power of your company's biggest asset - empowered and connected employees. Motivate Like a CEO provides practical methods to help leaders identify their personal passion and their company's purpose, including how to translate them in a manner that will truly inspire your entire team."

-Mark R. Tolosky, J.D., FACHE,
President and Chief Executive Officer, Baystate Health

"Suzanne has it spot on when she says 'After years of coaching executives I know what a challenge it is to rise above the daily grind'. This book lays out the 'escape' plan to free yourself from an agenda of 'reacting' to one of being 'proactive' and creative, with great insights and stories from leaders who have used the tools she lays out. I'd call it a 'must read' for anyone who is, or aspires to be in a position of high leadership.

-Chuck Wright, Retired Senior Executive Vice President,
Chief Agency and Marketing Officer, State Farm Insurance Cos.

"Suzanne will mo-ti-vate YOU through revolutionary advice that will change the way that you see your own role as a leader. Get ready…change is coming!"

-Maureen O'Brien, CEO, MOF, O'Brien & Son, Inc.,
Author of "Get Your Big Girl Pants On and SELL SOMETHING - A Handbook for Women (and Really Progessive Men) In Sales!"

"Suzanne Bates does for business what Viktor Frankl's Man's Search for Meaning (my all-time favorite book) did for psychology. Just as Frankl showed that people thrive when their lives have meaning, Suzanne demonstrates that companies thrive when they are designed around a shared purpose."

-Stephen Shapiro, author, Goal-Free Living

"Motivate like a CEO is a must-read for every executive and leader who wants their company to succeed in an ever-changing economy."

-Shelley Zalis, Founder and CEO, OTX