Soup: A Recipe to Create a Culture of Greatness Hardcover – 18 June 2010

This was an amazing book that provides sound business and sales advice in the form of a story or fable.Nancy, the CEO of struggling Soup Inc. Company - the board wants to sell to a competitor? Can Nancy turn the company around in time?It all begins in the funniest places - ironically, a small family restaurant - but will it be enough help and in enough time?Read this book - you won’t be able to put it down - you just want to keep up with the story. Thank you Jon Gordon!!

Love it, a dry topic brought to you in a narrative way that makes it easy to understand and remember!

SOUP: A Recipe to Nourish Your Team and Culture, by Jon Gordon is written as an allegory. As with most business allegories, the story is a little corny and just a tad beyond the real world, but the message is fantastic.I'll get the corny part out of the way first. Before anyone follows the example (that I am sure Mr. Gordon simplified for the reader's benefit) please note that if you go in and start eliminating un-engaged workers, you had better check the employment laws in your state or you will facing some serious issues with the EEOC and Soup Worker's Local Union. Also, before you do as suggested and start hugging your employees (and yes, I do hug my employees, both male and female) be mindful of the possibility of sexual harassment charges.Now for the stuff that makes SOUP well worth reading. If you've read any of Jon Gordon's other books (and if you haven't, you should), you know his writing style is very easy to follow and he has a unique way of putting his points in front of the reader in a relatable fashion so that you can immediately implement his ideas. For example, I thought the "Winning Habits" manifesto presented in this book was such a tremendous idea that I stopped reading mid-page and starting typing one up for my team that I will introduce at next week's meeting.I don't want to give away too much story here, but the book gives some great insight to building better, stronger relations with your team and some great ideas for inspiring, empowering and coaching your team. The end result will be a much more engaged group of workers.There's no rocket surgery here. Most of this is what good leaders already know, but Jon Gordon has a very succinct way of reminding us what good leadership and team building is all about. I do recommend this book, as well as Gordon's other books. My personal favorite of his is still the No Complaining Rule, but I rate this one right up there with it.

Amazing read. Jon does such a great job of making such powerful messages so simple and easy to not only understand but implement into our own lives. Thank you, Jon.

I only ordered this book in the first place because my (old) job required me to read it for an upcoming Managers meeting. At first, I wasn’t excited about it because it’s not something I’d normally read.However, I ended up getting a lot out of it. Soup helped me better understand my role as a Leader and how to identify those who may not be in a role that best fits them. It’s an easy read as well.I highly recommend if you’re in any position in your career that requires you to be an effective Leader. I believe you’ll, like me, get a lot out of it.