Idiot Bosses & the People Who Work for Them:  John Hoover teaches employees how to thrive and survive without killing their bosses, and how to keep their inner idiots from sabotaging their careers.  He leaves employees convinced that their bosses are not blocking their success at work as much as their own attitudes about authority. Nobody ever enhanced his or her career by making the boss look like an idiot. This is the ultimate message about taking responsibility for your own success at work.  Dr. John also teaches managers and executives how to avoid becoming idiot bosses and driving their direct reports crazy.  If bosses are already acting like idiots (as Dr. John himself has done at Disney, McGraw-Hill, and elsewhere) he teaches them how to begin their recovery and work the necessary steps to achieve a serene, peaceful, and  collaborative state with those below, beside, and above them on the organizational food chain.

Constructive Confrontation to Raise Accountability, Reduce Conflict, & Give Change the Traction it Needs to Stick:  John Hoover is a communications specialist at the mass media and interpersonal level.  He helps people at all levels understand the communication stumbling blocks that disrupt career growth, as well as productivity and performance. By learning the process of confronting difficult issues sooner rather than later, Dr. John teaches line supervisors and Chief Executives alike how to script and carry out critical conversations on crucial issues. More importantly, this easy-to-follow Constructive Confrontation process makes enterprise-wide change management and the communication techniques that support it consistent.  Dr. John teaches everybody why “One can never not communicate.”

From the Individual to the Organization—Secrets to Career Success from the Chief Executive Moose:  Yes, the Big “B” is back!  After bringing the Communist Block to its knees, Bullwinkle moves to the private sector as Chief Executive Moose.  Accompanied by his right-hoof pal & better angel, Rocket J. Squirrel (now Chief People Officer), Moose & Squirrel lead the Frostbite Falls Mitten Company to unprecedented success by developing and inspiring their team members like never before.  The ten lessons include:
1. Develop a Personal Vision or Tell Me Again Why I go to Work Every Day
2. Develop a People-centric Business Concept or Cross Your Fingers and Hope Somebody Out There Likes This
3. Seek Answers from the People who Understand the Questions or There’s a Mitten in this Mess
4. Get the People Who Know Involved or A Great Team Beats a Great Moose Every Time
5. Motivate for Maximum Productivity or Organization Anyone?
6. Assemble Teams Based on their Natural Motivation or Why is there Paint on that Moose?
7. Involve the Team When Threats and Opportunities Appear or Somebody Call the SWOT Team
8. Find a Place at the Table or Never Leave a Knitter Behind
9. Grow the Business or Machines Don’t Need Naps
10. Meet the Kompetition Where it Lives or What’s that Blowing in from Siberia?

Unleashing Leadership:  Pent up inside every member of your organizational population is a leader just waiting to emerge. Your mission, should you decide to accept it, is to align what your people do best with what your organization needs most. This means tapping into their most natural and energy-producing interests and motivations and using them to propel your organization forward. More enthusiasm. More Fun. More profit. Google does it and so can you. What are you waiting for?