The Red Rubber Ball at Work: Elevate Your Game Through the Hidden Power of Play (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780071599443)

How do you ignite creativity, problem solving, and risk taking to score big in business? According to bestselling author Kevin Carroll, it's child's play!

Former 76ers athletic trainer Kevin Carroll, has turned his childhood passion for playing ball into a bestselling franchise. In this fun and thoughtful follow-up to his bestselling Rules of the Red Rubber Ball (2007), Carroll switches the playing field to the workplace, where innovation, motivation, engagement, and teamwork are the headline issues. Drawing on "play profiles" from thought leaders, change agents, and business leaders, heexplains how to bring a sense of play into the workplace to stimulate creativity, encourage risk-taking, achieve goals--and have a great time doing it.

Fully illustrated, with 31 profiles of successful"players" including ESPN president George Bodenheimer, bestselling authors Seth Godin and Malcolm Gladwell, FoodNetwork host Duff Goldman, South Bronx activist Majora Carter, renowned author Paulo Coehlo, and many others

Author: Kevin Carroll
ISBN-10: 0071599444
ISBN-13: 9780071599443
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2008
Pages: 176
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 0.72lbs
Size: 6.54h x 6.06w x 0.66d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 12/15/2008 pg. 138
Reference and Research Bk News 02/01/2009 pg. 113