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The Approachability Playbook: 3 Essential Habits for Thriving Leaders and Teams
Why do some leaders succeed while others fall flat on their faces? Approachability.
- Do you struggle to keep your team motivated?
- Do some team members avoid you—are there some you avoid?
- Do you wish your folks made more suggestions or took more initiative?
The Approachability Playbook reveals 3 essential habits the best leaders use to build connection and get “above and beyond” performance from their teams. What’s more, they’re easy to learn.
The Playbook is a practical guide full of ready-to-use tools and templates. It is not theory about what could work, or what works when things are going great. Instead, it provides hands-on tools, tested and proven by research and with real-life leaders in organizations ranging from Fortune 50 global manufacturing and retail operations to small entrepreneurial companies.
- 106-pages.
- High-quality paperback binding (includes FREE digital copy).
- Easy-to-read for any level leader.
- Get copies for your whole team! For bulk orders of 10 or more use the code BUY10 at checkout.
Andrea Jurgensmeyer, HR Leader, Koch Industries Inc. –
Simply put, people want to work with those who are approachable. Phillip Wilson does an excellent job bringing to life actionable steps with his book “The Approachability Playbook”. The book and seminar sessions offer participants a way to discover opportunities within themselves and provide the tools to be successful. These tools are a game changer for any leader.
Daniel Kurmaskie, Director of Training & Development, UF Health Jacksonville –
Phillip Wilson’s The Approachability Playbook is a perfect blend of practical leadership ideas anchored in great reflection questions along with many activities a leader can do to become an approachable leader. Deceptively small book with big ideas great for thoughtful leadership development with an individual leader or a group of leaders.
Veronica Coleman, Principal, Mobile County Public School System –
The Approachability Playbook is very honest and compels one to take a frank look at their behaviors. Not only did it allow me an opportunity to reevaluate myself and my actions, it provided me with the necessary tools to become a more approachable leader. Change nothing about this book!
William Hartman, Director, Employee Relations, Boeing –
If you care about the people who work for you and want to bring out the best in them, read Phil Wilson’s Approachability Playbook. It is an immensely readable, practical guide to becoming a better boss, and it will make you think and laugh as you turn the pages.
Mark Floyd, Senior Director, Global Labor Relations, Uber Technologies –
The Approachability Playbook is a rare find among those of us who continually work on developing leadership skills in ourselves and in others. Phil Wilson hits the right combination of research insight with practical guidance and exercises to make this read an indispensable part of any leader’s skill development toolbox. The Approachability Playbook offers those who lead, from the boardroom to the front line, the coaching and the tools needed to create the daily habits fundamental to bridging the distance between a leader in name and leadership in action.
Scott Purvis, Vice President, HR, Lowe’s –
Phil…BRAVO! As you know, I’ve been an early adopter and fan of the concept of approachability. The way you have so simply illuminated this construct is brilliantly digestible, leaving the reader with a sizable portion of “I can do this.” Amongst the sea of leadership approaches, principles, theories, and practices, The Approachability Playbook gravitates to the top when it comes to practical actions you can take to get the best out of your workplace interactions and speed with which those changes can be implemented.
Ken Cannon, Owner, Cannon Labor Relations LLC (verified owner) –
I enjoyed the book due to its depth yet simple language in which a difficult subject is presented. The book was given to a VPHR of one of my accounts and she liked it so much, she purchased one for each of the company’s manager. She followed up by presenting the book and its key messages in a meeting of all plant managers and senior level managers. The story I connected with was chapter two, “Curb Appeal.” Mark Zuckerberg’s quote reminded me of all the tough jams I have had to work my way out of in the past and how to be open and pragmatic in the future.
Phil, my granddaughter taught me recently that what determines if a book is a classic is when you read it over and over and you learn something new each time you re-read the book. I predict this book will become a business classic and will be used in management training sessions in the future especially where managers need to redress their lack of a “neighborly” attitude towards their employees. You have hit a grand slam with, “Approachability.”