This is the Safari online edition of the printed book.

You may not know it, but it is true: Companies that know how to have fun make more money. In this book, transformation agent Roxanne Emmerich shows you a system for bringing more of both to your business: more fun, and more money.

This book combines the human elements of a great business parable with a focused set of repeatable processes that have been proven in dozens of the companies across North America–a system that delivers major business performance improvements in just months.

In the tradition of books like The One Minute Manager, Emmerich introduces you to two CEOs: one desperately struggling to stay afloat–and another who’s discovered a better route to growth and profitability. As you join them both on their journey, you’ll master a step-by-step roadmap for jumpstarting positive change from anywhere in the organization...replacing dysfunctional organizational behaviors with passion and creativity...overcoming setbacks...making vision and values actually work...thinking big, and making big things happen!

•  Rock your workplace, change your life, supercharge your results
  A fast route to superior growth and profitability–proven in dozens of companies

• Results are the goal, fun is the byproduct
  Making it great to be your customer– and your team member

• A “How To” toolbox for transforming your workplace culture
  Getting everyone to show up, buy in, and mean it

• Clearing roadblocks, getting past sabotage
  Keeping the dark past from poisoning your bright future

Amazon.com® Reader Reviews (Ranked by Helpfulness)

Average Amazon.com® Rating:  Based on 71 Ratings

Thank God It's Short - 2009-11-10
Reviewer Rating:
Now here's a great way to get yourself fired from you job - have THE conversation with your boss. Emmerich advocates the following on page 145, "I'm so excited about where our team is going. I could be wrong but my sense is you don't share that excitement. And that's okay. Because maybe this isn't your thing. But if this isn't your thing, you need to go find your thing!"

Then on the next page she says, "If you're thinking your boss or coworker needs to hear this, no problem. You can have this conversation at any level."

Yeah, right. Try telling your boss that, and let me know how well that works for you.

Decent but slim - 2009-11-03
Reviewer Rating:
This book is very slim. Could easily be a pocket paperback soon. Not a lot of amazing content but a good re-energizer.

Concept Works, Even For Small Home Office! - 2009-10-23
Reviewer Rating:
For the past 9 years, our office has consisted of my husband, me, and our daughter. At first, I wasn't sure that this book could benefit us, but I was so wrong! The material can actually apply to any individual in any office. Whether or not the entire company participates, if you incorporate Roxanne's approach in your daily work, you will see a change in yourself and those arround you. Every aspect of your life should be enjoyable, and Thank God It's Monday is a tool you can use to achieve balance and joy in your job & life. The only part that I just don't agree with is the whole *hoopla* thing. It's just way too goofy. Don't get me wrong, I really believe every tiny acomplishment should be acknowledged and rewarded, but that part just came across to us as patronizing and just awkward. I think that celebrating success can be done in a much more dignified manner. Everything else in the book is definately worth reading and implementing!

Thank God It's...Another Management Book - 2009-10-20
Reviewer Rating:
Like any management/workplace book, what you get out of "Thank God It's Monday" will vary by what you're willing to put in. While the advice is simplistic, as some reviewers have pointed out, it has the potential to be a good start to turning around a negative work environment. One caveat: Emmerich over-reaches when she says that the mind controls the body and begins speaking about thymus glands, spleens, livers, and neurochemicals. "Thoughts change your body," she writes. Yes, this may be true to some degree, but thinking "positive thoughts" isn't going to change the fundamental way in which your liver processes chemicals. While it's unknown as to the exact mechanisms that the mind works on the body, such oversimplifications will make thinking readers wary of the author's message.

If Corporate Managers Implemented This Book, Most People Would Enjoy Their Jobs More - 2009-10-15
Reviewer Rating:
As a former business owner, I think there are some basic things in this book that every owner ought to bear in mind.

You can boil this book down to a sentence: Identify and encourage a positive environment while at the same time identifying and banning a negative environment. This paraphrase of a statement from the last chapter of the book, captures the authors intent.

Honestly, I found some of the language to be a bit odd for a business leadership book, with terms that almost seem placating. For example, the author promises that even though it will take awhile to turn a big ship around, the principles will leave management smiling like a circus baboon. Terms like nurturing will speak to the hearts of some leaders, but type A managers may be turned off. There is some redundancy as well, with same or similar concepts coming up in multiple sections of the book.

However, I've seen very successful business owners who, if they had the basic principles working in their paradigm of operation would have been much more successful.

In summary this 170+ page book has four sections. They are:
1) Problem or Opportunity
2) Initiating Change
3) How to Make any Workplace better (38 pages)
4) Obstacles

You can summarize the How To section, which is the key to the book (pretty short in my opinion), with a few statements: A New Attitude, Enthusiasm, Consistency (Life Balance is what she calls it), Values, Moving Beyond Job Descriptions, Profound Service.

Simply stated, there are a lot of corporate owners and managers who ought to try to apply the basic principles laid out in this book. It is impressive that Kenneth Blanchard endorses this book. If you are a business owner, I would recommend you read through pages 91 through 128. You may not need to read the rest of it, but if you have any trouble implementing her ideas, then check out the other parts of the book.

There's not a lot of new material here, with 37 pages devoted to explaining the core 'how to' concepts. So if you have read Leadership books you might want to skip this one. If you haven't, it's a fun book and will introduce you to some proven and helpful concepts.

I give this book a four star.

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