Flying Spirit: A Leaders Guide to Createing Great Organizations.

FLYING SPIRIT is a practical, no-nonsense guide to building a highly spirited organization that recognizes people as the prime value.  It will help you create teams with extraordinary understanding, trust, and shared mission.  FLYING SPIRIT is all about values, vision, mission, teamwork, and the human element.  These are the issues that spell the difference between success, mediocrity, and failure.

“In a great organization,” Hal Shook writes, “people share the value of the company and own its mission. They have a sense of joy in being there. They like what they do, and they’re proud of it.” Getting to that place where everybody is “on board,” working together with full energy to accomplish the mission, “no matter what,” does not come easily. That kind of spirit must be created, and Hal Shook offers this guide expressly to help you do just that.

The methods detailed in FLYING SPIRIT have spurred scores of companies and public units to work through internal differences and force a solid team effort. Take for example one computer-solutions company that was grossing $600K in 1990 and approached $200M before the high tech turn down. Having adopted Shook’s blueprints for change, and with a constant DNA throughout and a magnificent team, this company not only survived this costly and harrowing period, but emerged stronger and more disciplined than ever.

FLYING SPIRIT shows you how to generate an atmosphere of enthusiastic and loyal cooperation among fellow managers and employees. It also shows how to build synergy and creativity to get even the toughest jobs done – and done well. Weaving in stories from his Air Force missions, both in war and peace, and anecdotes from business and nonprofits, Shook helps readers: define their deepest values, see the “big picture,” identify problems, match talents with tasks, align resources into a Team, and have fun while building a great organization.

What folks are saying about FLYING SPIRIT:

• “Thanks for your excellent FLYING SPIRIT! A terrific read!” Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor, Marshall School of Business, USC


• “Hal Shook’s FLYING SPIRIT is now the favorite text of more than 90% of my students…” Jack Christ, Professor of Leadership Studies, Ripon College


• “Thank you for renewing our motivation to really make a difference in the world.” Ripon College students


• “Thank you for allowing us to use your book and surveys to help us improve our organization.” Robert N. Webster, Pick ‘N Save proprietor


• “What I like best is the book’s solid foundation of values, backed up by the practical advice you would expect from someone who has been there – one of the most inspiring leaders I have ever worked for.” General Merrill A. McPeak, USAF (Ret.), Chief of U.S. Air Force 1990-1994


• “[Hal’s] concepts…are sound and fundamental to the successful conduct of business or other activities in our lives. [FLYING SPIRIT] is clearly written and Hal’s ideas can help anyone who reads it.” Donald Petersen, President and Chairman/CEO, Ford Motor Co. 1980-1990, author of A BETTER IDEA: REDEFINING THE WAY AMERICANS WORK