Fired Up! Kindling & Keeping the Spark in Creative Teams

Get Your Team Fired Up!

In his latest book Fired Up: Kindling and Keeping the Spark in Creative Teams, Dr. J encourages leaders and equips them to make the most of the people they lead. Written with an emphasis on managing and maximizing creatives, Fired Up has become a must-read for any leader wanting to unlock potential and collaboration in their team.

Dr. Johnston describes practical principles that will help you fire up your team and keep them burning bright. Fired Up will quickly be your go-to guide for tuning up your leadership and transforming your team.

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What’s Inside

In Fired Up! Dr. Johnston uses the familiar components of the fire triangle– Oxygen, Fuel, and Heat– to organize and unpack powerful principles for making the most of your team. Each section focuses on a different leadership objective...

Part 1: Oxygen

Oxygen lets a fire breathe. This first section of the book helps leaders put wind in people’s sails and provide the physical and conceptual space they need to create.

Part 2: Fuel

Fuel feeds a fire. The second section helps leaders stoke the flames and keep their teams from burning up or burning out in the consuming process of creation.

Part 3: Heat

Heat ignites a fire. The final section helps leaders turn possibilities into reality by turning up the heat on motivation, quality, and direction.

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Praise for Fired Up...

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Andrew is a seasoned leader, teacher and coach who is as comfortable with C-level executives as he is with new professionals. He understands leadership and what it takes to create a great team. In this book, he uses his unique blend of humor and insight to tune leaders’ perspectives and prepare them for success. Fired Up is an encouragement and a practical tool for anyone in management.

–Joe Scarlett, Former, CEO and Chairman, Tractor Supply

Quite simply one of the best things I’ve read recently about doing business in a fractured world. One reading of Fired Up changed how I think about teamwork. The stories, real-life examples, terrific questions, and practical suggestions in this easy-to-read, encouraging book will supercharge your leadership and transform your team.

–Susan G. Williams, PhD, Professor Emerita of Management, The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business

Andrew Johnston’s new book, Fired Up, is a must-read for anyone leading a team of creatives. He beautifully articulates how to build, keep, and release your team for high-quality output all while growing as a leader. His pragmatic approach to this topic is solid gold and I found myself agreeing, and taking notes to implement with my own team every step of the way!

–Joshua Brown, Owner SoulHeart Strategy & Creative

Dr. Johnston gets to the heart of the matter we all face as leaders and delivers a profound and powerful metaphor anyone can relate to. This book causes leaders to take a look inward, into their hearts, and discover their passion again!

–Richard C. Perko , President & CEO Lee Company

In Fired Up, Dr. Johnston presents practical ideas and solutions for firing up and fueling those we lead. He invites you into a personal conversation about what it takes to be an effective leader and provides a relatable, achievable, and encouraging framework for fostering a team's continued growth and development.

–Melanie Adams, Executive Director, Center for Executive Education, Belmont University

Andrew targets the core of what makes teams successful over time: creativity and innovation. If you’re a leader responsible for a team, you will find this book appealing to both your head and heart. It’s a practical guide for growth, a great spark and catalyst for increased creativity in your organization.

–Al Lopus, President Best Christian Workplaces Institute.

Dr. Andrew Johnston is a trusted colleague, advocate and friend. He is an innovative collaborator- drawing the best out of both emerging leaders and tenured professionals. In this book, he combines his intellect and wit to create compelling word pictures and ideas for execution. It changes the way you look at team leadership, and I can't wait to share this book with our leaders!

–Tara VanderSande, Development Director, Willow Creek Community Church

Fired Up is a refreshing and practical approach to leadership and team building! Johnston does a masterful job of weaving his decades of experience throughout this work. Readers will want to keep Fired Up readily available on their desk to serve as a strategic reference in leadership and team-building into the future.

–Dr. Claude Pressnell, President, TICUA Nashville, TN

Fired Up weaves together fresh ideas for any businessperson seeking answers on how to keep teams energized. It is practical and prescient, taking big ideas and making them graspable and usable in everyday workplaces. He shifts the paradigm on navigating a complex world at work. Fired Up is a book I’ll recommend and buy for friends.

–Susan G. Williams, PhD, Professor Emerita of Management, The Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business

Are you ready to fire up your creative team? Dr. Johnston does an amazing job setting the canvas for not just your team, but also for your personal creative leadership! From trust to communication, challenging to encouraging them, this book walks you through how you will not just get the best out of your team, but how you will make them feel valued in the process. It’s time to get your team FIRED UP!

–Stephen Brewster, Executive Creative Pastor, Freedom House Church