Praise for BOOM!

"The Freibergs' have written the Manifesto every leader wants their company to read! This book has the power to change your life and transform your company. Read it, practice it, and hand it to everyone who has an impact on your business."
Marcus Buckingham, author First Break All the Rules

"If you improve the process by which you make a choice – you will exponentially increase your wealth and influence. The greatest accomplishments you’ve ever had can be traced to a great choice you made at a critical time. Most of the time you lucked into making that choice. The lion share of our mistakes and missed opportunities were choices made with a faulty process. This book will give you the process to leverage the power of choice into success. In this breezy but helpful book, the Freiberg’s deliver with easy to act on ideas and their spirited and irreverent voice. Make the choice to read it, and put yourself on course."
Tim Sanders, author Love Is The Killer App: How To Win Business And Influence Friends

"Warning—Dead People Working! The Freibergs offer a much-needed cure for this sweeping epidemic. You know them, you may be one of them—physically present but psychologically and emotionally checked out. This is just the book to help you wake up and take personal responsibility for your life and success at work."
Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and
Self Leadership and The One Minute Manager

"The Freibergs have hit another home run with "Blow the Doors Off Business as Usual!" People are our most important resource—our competitive advantage. Every leader asks, "How can we motivate our people?" Kevin and Jackie get to the heart of what it takes to create engaged, indispensable, and results oriented team members—one choice at a time. A must read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be indispensable at work and in life."
Wells Fargo
Jay Welker, Executive VP, Head of Private Client Services

"You can’t change your boss, your employees, or the team, but you can change yourself. If you’re serious about becoming indispensable, more engaged, and making a difference, read the Freibergs’ Manifesto for a new lease on what it takes to achieve lasting success at work. At the end of the day YOU are the difference."
Carlson Companies
Marilyn Carlson Nelson, Chairman & CEO

"This is the Freibergs’ best book yet. It empowers you to enjoy your life at work and make the most of turning a job into a career. It’s the prescription for more successful employees, better companies, and happier customers."
Don Peppers and Martha Rogers, Ph.D., co-authors Return on Customer and the "1to1" series of books on managing customer value

"In a world of downsizing and outsourcing, workplace bullying, and companies and managers that don't tell the truth, it is easy to get discouraged and cynical. "Blow the Doors Off Business as Usual!" reminds us that none of us have to be victims and that each of us, by how we approach our work and our colleagues, can choose to live a fully engaged, joyful, and productive life. In a book filled with inspiring stories, the Freiberg's challenge us to change our world by changing how we think."
Jeffrey Pfeffer, Professor, Stanford Business School and author of The Human Equation: Building Profits by Putting People First.

"Every leader wants the secret recipe for motivating people. The Freibergs get to the heart of what it takes to create engaged, indispensable, and results-oriented employees—CHOICES—one at a time. A must read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be fully engaged at work."
McDonald’s Corporation
Richard Floersch, Executive VP Worldwide HR

"The Freibergs have done it again with their newest manifesto on becoming indispensable. The message here is all about realizing the value of engagement, understanding the impact of personal choices, and unleashing the passion to wake up and make a difference every day. If you’ve ever wondered what it takes to achieve lasting success at work, this book is for you."
LendingTree
Tom Reddin, CEO

"The Freibergs’ principles have been key in helping us make our corporate promise to customers, "With Us It’s Personal", a reality. We are convinced that only engaged associates at store level can deliver this promise. This book inspires individuals to engage by realizing the value of their life at work, the freedom of personal choices and the power to make a difference everyday. It’s a companywide must read!"
Rite-Aid
Mary Sammons, CEO

"If you are unhappy with your job and with your work environment, there are basically three choices: fix it, change it or leave it. Whatever decision you take, it is your personal decision. The Freibergs remind us in their book, "Blow the Doors Off Business as Usual," that we have to take personal responsibility for the situation we are in, and, no matter how difficult the situation, the way out always starts with the understanding that the first step has to come from yourself and not from others. Taking responsibility, engaging yourself, and getting involved not only will help you to be more satisfied at work, it also will help to live a more rewarding private life."
Heidelberg Americas, Inc.
Marcel Kiessling, President

"Engagement with our ChiliHead employees and the 1 million customers that we serve everyday is what will determine the success of our brand. Our restaurant leaders know that the curtain goes up every day at 11 am and we don't have the luxury of a dress rehearsal. This book is a call to action for anyone who wants to make a difference as a leader."
Chili's Grill & Bar
Todd Diener, President

"In their prior literary hits, "Nuts" and "Guts", the Freiberg's provided breakthrough leadership insights for students of corporate culture. In "Blow the Doors Off Business as Usual!", Jackie and Kevin have cracked the code for surviving, thriving and engaging in the new world of work. Their "Seven Choices for Being Indispensable at Work" are timely and important."
Lee, Hecht, Harrison
Steve Harrison, President, Chairman

"This book is inspiring and challenging, it brings to life the freedom in personal choice, the value of finding more life at work and the significance of making a difference. The Freibergs' place the power of personal and professional success in the right hands—YOURS."
Sharp Healthcare
Mike Murphy, President & CEO

"In the fast paced realities of the global economy—when faced with instability, changing requirements and uncertainty, action is required to make a difference. Every leader wants to recruit and motivate results oriented people. The Freibergs hit the target on what it takes to lead and inspire engaged, resilient, and indispensable people."
Marine Corps Recruiter School
LtCol Eric C Hastings, Director

"I love this book. I absolutely love it! Blow the Doors Off Business as Usual is a no-nonsense, kick-in-the-seat-of-the-pants, wake-up-and-smell-the-coffee declaration of the one thing that matters most to the quality of our daily lives — our personal choices. Choice is the glue that binds us to our actions, and it unleashes our internal drive to do what’s necessary to make things happen. In "The Manifesto for Being Indispensable", Jackie and Kevin Freiberg dedicate themselves to supporting us in making the choices we must make to fully use our gifts and talents. They entertain, educate, and inspire with compelling stories, straight talk, and practical examples. I implore you to choose to read this book and choose to put to use. That choice will be richly rewarded."
Jim Kouzes
Co-author of the best-selling, The Leadership Challenge and A Leader’s Legacy

"Life is incredibly short and the Freibergs challenge each and every one of us to make sure that our lives count in everything we do. It’s a phenomenal piece of writing that begs the question "what are you doing to take personal responsibility for your life and success at work." And it reminds us that the only limitations we have are those that we place upon ourselves. It’s a must-read!"
Owens & Minor
Hugh "Goldie" Gouldthorpe, Senior Vice President, "Head Cheerleader"

"This book inspires and challenges everyone to step-up and engage. It’s about realizing the value of life at work, the freedom to personal choices, the power to make a difference every day. A must read for anyone who wants to know what it takes to be fully engaged at work. "Engagement is a choice. I choose to be fully engaged!"
Sony of Canada Ltd.
Barry Crystal, VP Retail Division

"This book is a must read for all who work in retail stores where the quality of the interaction between the employee and the customer can either build the brand or damage it. The Freibergs’ Manifesto will show you how to become fully engaged and make a difference in the lives of your customers by delivering great experiences, everyday."
Sony of Canada Ltd.
Lester Nazareth, National Customer Experience Manager

"Drs. Kevin and Jackie Freiberg book is meant to shake up people, most of whom go about their jobs in a very pedantic way. It makes you think and almost forces you to re-evaluate how you live your life both in official and personal spheres. It lays down direction peppered with interesting examples to bring zest in work, bringing passion to work and being engaged. It not only makes you feel good but is also highly productive for the organization, who in their own interest must find ways and means to encourage engagement of its people within the organization as well as in the outside world.
Tata Motors Ltd., India,
Ravi Kant, Managing Director

"This book puts the spotlight on the most significant aspect of leadership -- the choices we make including the choice of ownership. Ownership for action and ownership for the results of those actions. The approach is palpable and not theoretical -- an authentic distillation of the leadership manifesto."
Britannia Industries Ltd. Bangalore, India
Vinita Bali, Managing Director

"The Freibergs’ unique ideas and concepts always refresh us with the truth about life and management. "Blow the Doors Off Business as Usual!" is filled with profound choices to make the world around us a better place, through a personal and corporate commitment to being indispensable! A must read!"
Autobacs Seven Co., Ltd. Japan
Kouichi Sumino, Chairman and CEO

"It’s about time someone wrote a book about every workplace I’ve ever seen! "Dead People Working" so accurately describes the disease, but even more precisely describes the remedies. As one who’s tried to practice servant leadership for many years, I was re-energized and refocused by reading the entertaining trials, tribulations, and successes others have had on their journeys through life. This is a must-read for the newest entry-level employee to the sagest of CEOs!
Jeff Bowman, Fire Chief, Retired
Cities of Anaheim, San Diego, Oceanside...

"The Freiberg’s have delivered a message that will catapult individuals, companies and America’s global competitive culture to perhaps unprecedented levels of success and fulfillment. It invites – no, it demands - individuals to become the CEO of Me, Inc. It’s about making individual choices and seizing the opportunity to personally lead ourselves and our companies to breakthrough levels of performance. Every individual who wants to put their signature on their performance, will absolutely love what they learn from this book. It’s one of the very few I would put on the "must read" list for those committed to leaving it all on the field."
Allen M. Fredrickson, M.C.E.
President/CEO
Signature Performance