Polar Bear Pirates and Their Quest to Engage the Sleepwalkers: Motivate everyday people to deliver extraordinary results

by Adrian Webster

Conquer complacency and transform your team into a happy, winning crew. Polar Bear Pirates are highly focused, successful characters, they can’t help but motivate everyone around them and just like you; they love to have some fun. In their latest quest, they take on the Sleepwalkers, the workplace zombies who are with you in body but never take a step beyond the ordinary because their minds have drifted into sleep mode. Going through the motions, thinking the same old stuff and delivering the same results, they stand out like beacons of disappointment. Sleepwalkers can be found orbiting Planet Complacency . This place is in the arch enemy of success! It is a huge planet, more powerful than the inhospitable Rock Bottom , it appears to be a comfortable, safe and popular place to be. Yet this silent assassin is responsible for snuffing out millions of dreams and kidnapping untold potential. Stepping Beyond Ordinary The Polar Bear Pirates’ mission is to re-awaken dormant talent and release untapped potential. Join them and meet a cast of amazing characters, from Neg Ferrets and Bloaters, to Amps and Vamps. One thing’s for sure, you’ll come out the other side inspired and ready to get the best out of your team and the people around you. Polar Bear Pirates shows you how to motivate everyday people to deliver extraordinary results.  

192 pages, Paperback

First published March 15, 2011

Reviews

[Karen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Gave me lots to think about - quite a quick read but think I’ll need to go back to it and reread to get things to stick.

[Suzanne Hazelton · Rating 3 out of 5]

Management books and stories. Stories are supposed to deliver information in a format that is compelling, more compelling than facts, research and statistics. The risk of stories is that it can oversimplify human behaviour, and risk putting people into "boxes" based on their behaviour. However if you like caricatures, are new to a management role and can handle over-simplification without generalising - then this is a very quick and easy to read book - with some great ACTIONABLE messages.

I had not read Webster's previous book - and like another reviewer - felt that it might have started the book on firmer ground - but to be honest after the first couple of pages - I didn't feel that I had missed out by not having read the previous book.