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Transform Workplace Drama into Workforce Empowerment!

If you have ever experienced infighting, such as a team or a department pitting itself against another team or department; if you have ever worked for a micromanaging and overbearing boss; if you have ever navigated the changes that come with a merger or other significant restructuring process, then you have had a front-row seat for organizational drama.

3 Vital Questions is a teaching story about transforming workplace drama and its heavy costs to organizations.

Working late at night, Lucas, a middle manager in a large organization, meets a custodian named Ted. The two strike up a friendship as Ted teaches Lucas three vital questions with the power to transform the disillusionment he is experiencing at work. Readers follow Lucas as he learns how to shift from feeling like a Victim to acting as a Creator in his career. With the wise guidance of Ted and Kasey, a senior manager, Lucas applies the three vital questions and begins transforming his workplace relationships, with exciting results. At home, Lucas and his wife Sarah discover how the questions can spark creative collaboration with each other and their two young children.

This long-awaited and highly enjoyable read by the author of the bestselling self-leadership title, The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) ushers in a new era of possibility for the world of work. This book teaches David Emerald’s groundbreaking 3 Vital Questions® approach for empowering leaders and teams to become collaborative, engaged, and resilient in the face of the rapid changes that mark today’s increasingly complex competitive environment.

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March 26 2019
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12.7 x 1.52 x 19.05 cm
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0996871837
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“An engaging story that will help you escape from the traps of victimhood and enablement. Applying what you read will help you become truly proactive as you develop high trust in yourself and healthy relationships with others. Enjoy it and make the shift that creates true effectiveness!” —Stephen M.R. Covey, author, The Speed of Trust

“David Emerald is one of the great champions of positive behaviour change as the best remedy for the heavy cost of workplace drama – both personally and organizationally. His book, 3 Vital Questions, provides accessible new insights and tools that will be valuable for anyone.” —Michael Bungay Stanier, author, The Coaching Habit

“Creators change the world, but victims suck. They suck time, energy and momentum out of challenges desperate to become great opportunities. David Emerald has mastered helping leaders move from being victims of circumstance to creators choosing the brilliant futures they want. His new book, 3 Vital Questions is the roadmap for how to make this happen.” ––Mike Maddock, author, Free the Idea Monkey

“Really smart and helpful information about . . . stronger, saner, and healthier ways of behaving.” —Elizabeth Gilbert, author, Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear

"This book illuminates the secret ingredient in change leadership—the human dimension. With its laser focus on outcomes, the 3 Vital Questions will revolutionize the way you think, relate and act to create sustainable change in times of rapid transformation." —Alison L. Ferren, MBA, Senior Vice President, Integration and Performance Improvement, Thomas Jefferson University & Jefferson Health

“Like many of us, I have encountered several change management approaches over the course of my career. I’ve found none as helpful and practical as those in David Emerald’s The Power of TED* and his new book 3 Vital Questions. It is a vital read for any leader looking to inspire breakthrough change throughout their organization.” —Robert T. Green, Senior Vice President, GE Healthcare Partners

"It is impossible to describe what a profound impact the 3 Vital Questions have had on my life, personally and professionally.” —Chris Nagel, Director of Leadership & Team Development, Cleveland Clinic

"David Emerald’s 3 Vital Questions: Transforming Workplace Drama empowers us to create healthy workplaces focused on dynamic interactions and sustainable results." —Karen M. Wall, Vice President, HR Shared Services, Fresenius Medical Care—North America

“This is a must read for anyone. This is practical, easy to read and easy to apply management tool. It uses positive thinking in an easy to apply method to create effective teams and organizations by cultivating positive working relationships. When employees feel they are valued and contributions to the workplace matter it creates an energy that motivates others to be and do their best. As individuals, we have a choice how we choose to ‘show up’ to the workplace. It places value on self-awareness, ingenuity and encourages self-leadership. In essence, how you live your life reflects on how you lead others. Instead of reacting to problems, create outcomes, use managements skills to benefit others and focus on positive actions.” —2020 Benjamin Franklin Awards™ Editorial Comments (Psychology category)

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Drawing on three decades of applied experience, David Emerald is the celebrated creator of leadership frameworks proven to powerfully boost teamwork and productivity. Since the release of David’s bestselling book, The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) thousands of people and organizations have achieved breakthroughs by applying his self-leadership techniques and attending his seminars worldwide. Working in close collaboration, David and his wife and business partner Donna Zajonc MCC have developed the frameworks that form the basis of the engaging workplace fable, 3 Vital Questions:Transforming Workplace Drama. He and Donna are the co-founders of the Bainbridge Leadership Center.

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Polaris Publishing (March 26 2019)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Paperback ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0996871837
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0996871839
Item weight ‏ : ‎ 236 g
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 12.7 x 1.52 x 19.05 cm

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Drawing on three decades of applied experience, David Emerald is the celebrated creator of leadership frameworks proven to powerfully boost teamwork and productivity.

Since the release of David’s bestselling book, The Power of TED* (*The Empowerment Dynamic) thousands of people and organizations have achieved breakthroughs by applying his self-leadership techniques and attending his seminars worldwide. Working in close collaboration, David and his wife and business partner Donna Zajonc MCC have developed the frameworks that form the basis of the engaging workplace fable, 3 Vital Questions: Transforming Workplace Drama.

David is a consultant, facilitator, executive coach, speaker and author. He and Donna are the co-founders of the Bainbridge Leadership Center. As director of the Center's Organizational Leadership and Self Leadership practice areas, his focus is on supporting and facilitating individuals, teams, and organizations in making a conscious shift to leading and working from a vision-focused and passion-based orientation for their lives and livelihoods. David helps clients cultivate collaborative capabilities to create sustainable change and growth and to create powerful partnerships.

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3 Vital Questions, provides a persuasive antidote to the emotional, spiritual and financial drain of workplace drama. David Emerald presents us with a compelling fable that makes the content accessible, thought-provoking and profound. An instructive and enjoyable read that is both personally and professionally relevant. 3 Vital questions shows us how to work with greater elegance and ease.

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Beth Davis

Workplace culture transformations made possible with 3VQ

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on March 26, 2019

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If ever there was a hope in your heart or thought in your mind that your workplace could be different or could be better - take the time to read this book and invest in its practical yet powerful message. I learned of The Power of TED* many years ago and it was a life-bettering moment I will never forget. 3VQ takes all of the insights of TED* and brings them to the workplace in a powerful and down-to-earth way.

I have worked in and with many organizations both as a leader of HR (People Development now) and as a consultant. Time and again, you see how we all can be the cause of drama - often unintentionally. It is this drama that really robs us of our joy in our work. I would love to say that after all these years I am drama free - yet as a human being, it is simply not realistic to believe we will not face it in our work and lives. The difference for me today is that I am very aware of what is happening and when I make a choice that isn't so helpful to my work (or life), I can coach myself out of the situation much better now.

Why this matters to workplaces - in my profession - and in companies all over the world, we are working to create thriving workplace cultures. Cultures where people can bring their whole self to work, places where we can be creative and innovative and feel heard. The cost of drama to the bottom line is measurable. If you want to do something strategic for your company - invest in 3VQ. It is the hard work of culture transformation that is made that much easier when you have 3VQ with you for the journey. Once you know these things, you can't not know them - and I hope your desire to make your workplace somewhere special is strengthened by this work.

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C C Johnson

This is necessary to put into practice The Empowerment Dynamic.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 12, 2022

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This is the book you need to put T.E.D. into practice. The drama on my team has been cut to zero with the use of this book and The Power of T.E.D.! Combined with The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz these two books by David Emerald create an accessible, teachable package of interpersonal skills for teams of all ages and education levels. These are tools for life. Great book!

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Eric Klein

Deep Wisdom in a Easy to Digest Package

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This book is potent. David Emerald follows the example of sages throughout time - deliver wisdom in story form. Once you read this book, the power of Emerald's insights AND methods will begin to weave themselves into your daily life. Opportunities to notice drama abound! And so do opportunities to use the principles and practices for transforming the endless spinning into creative, purposeful action. This book is medicine for our ailing organizational cultures. Start a book club where you work. Don't wait for a "change program" - Get a group of people together. Read the book. Talk about it. Live it.

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Burke Miller

A Fresh Approach to the Essential Work of Empowerment

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on October 11, 2019

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This book by David Emerald is a gem. As an executive coach, I am always looking for ways to give my clients simple yet powerful tools to help with the complex work of building relationships and culture. 3 Vital Questions is one such tool – a simple yet powerful framework for not just navigating, but truly transforming, toxicity in relationships, teams, and organizational cultures.

While no one consciously chooses drama or toxicity, almost everyone can relate to experiencing it in their lives. David gently and firmly reminds us that we are always contributing to what we experience, and gives us a way to change our experience by asking the right questions that empower. His questions all have the word “you” in them – meaning that the power to change experience is ours to activate. He shows us how to get on-track by asking the right questions rather than being dis-tracted by the wrong conclusions (about ourselves and each other).

I’m grateful to David for discovering and articulating the principles and questions in 3 Vital Questions. It’s a great read and resource.

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Robyn S

Transformative Book

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I highly recommend this book for anyone looking to understand the core motivation of people. Such helpful insight in understanding myself, others and the way I relate to the world. I’ve also learned quite a bit about anxiety, unmet needs, and wounds. It’s been helpful on my journey to healing.

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