Joe Tye

Biography

Joe is CEO and Head Coach of Values Coach Inc., which provides consulting, training and coaching on values-based life and leadership skills. Values Coach clients include hospitals, corporations and nonprofit organizations across North America. He is the author of a dozen books on business and personal success, including most recently All Hands on Deck: 8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership and The Florence Prescription: From Accountability to Ownership.

His most popular keynote - Building a Culture of Ownership on a Foundation of Values - universally earns rave reviews from audiences while addressing one of the most important challenges facing many organizations.

Joe is a powerful and effective speaker on the topics of values, leadership, building a culture of ownership and personal motivation. He is a passionate and dynamic presenter who shares real-world strategies for personal, professional and leadership success. He earned a masters degree in hospital and health administration from The University of Iowa and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he was class co-president.

Prior to founding Values Coach in 1994 he served as chief operating officer for a large community teaching hospital. During his healthcare career he helped establish one of the nation`s most comprehensive emergency medical services programs at the University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, and was first president of the Association of Air Medical Services. As founder of the nonprofit organization STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) he was a leading activist in the fight against unethical tobacco industry practices, especially those targeting children.

Joe and his wife Sally have two adult children. They live on a small farmstead in Iowa, and their second home is a tent in the Grand Canyon.

Publications

All Hands on Deck:
8 Essential Lessons for Building a Culture of Ownership

In the stormy seas of today`s world economy, organizations need people to own their work, not just rent a spot on the organization chart. All Hands on Deck is a fun-to-read story that is both a business strategy book about creating competitive advantage through corporate culture, and a personal development book that will inspire readers to be more committed and engaged with their work and their organizations.

Drawing upon the wisdom of some of the greatest and most beloved business leaders of the 20th century, this essential guide:
~Creates a virtual roadmap for building a culture of ownership where so workers are inspired to think and act like partners in the enterprise, and not just hired hands
~Shares practical and proven strategies for earning employee buy-in and commitment to the values, vision, and purpose of the organization
~Features the real-world wisdom of some of the most successful and beloved business leaders of the 20th century, including Walt Disney, Ray Kroc, Mary Kay Ash, Bill Hewlett, and Dave Packard

A stirring resource for today`s business environment, All Hands on Deck shares the tools you need to create an organization that competes and succeeds in today`s turbulent world, and the inspiration that your people need to put those tools to work.

Titles

The Florence Prescription (for hospitals and healthcare)
Joe presents practical and proven strategies for earning staff loyalty and ownership, including eight essential characteristics of a culture of ownership -- commitment, engagement, passion, initiative, stewardship, belonging, fellowship and pride (which also happen to be essential ingredients for personal success and happiness), gained from over a dozen years of experience with Values Coach clients across North America.

All Hands on Deck: 8 Essential Lesson for Building a Culture of Ownership
No one ever changes the oil in a rental car. Why? Because they don`t own it. Why invest in something that you don`t own? What about your staff or those you lead? Do they own their work, or are they just renting space on the organization chart? The truth is, you can`t hold people "accountable" for the things that really matter. Caring, pride, loyalty, fellowship, and passion all come from a spirit of partnership that is created by a culture of ownership. Joe Tye will show you why having a culture of ownership is the only sustainable source of competitive advantage. All Hands on Deck also provides a roadmap of action steps that you can take to build that culture of ownership on a foundation of value.

The Invisible Architecture of Your Organization
Most leaders give extravagant attention to the design of the physical facilities, but it`s the "invisible architecture" that creates lasting impressions on both patients and staff. Employing the metaphor of architectural design, this presentation shares strategies for designing and building the invisible structure of core values, corporate culture, and workplace environment to create a sustainable source of competitive advantage, foster employee ownership, and earn long-term loyalty.

The Four Dimensions of Values-Based Leadership
The four most important duties of every leader are fostering character strength, creating high expectations, promoting a spirit of fellowship, and earning commitment to the quest. This presentation features proven strategies for promoting a culture of values-based leadership (including ideas from the book Take the Stairs, which Joe co-authored with Roger Looyenga, CEO of a Fortune 500 company that is a longstanding Values Coach client).

Honey & Glue: Recruiting and Retaining the Best People
The most serious challenge facing every organization in the years to come will be finding and keeping great people. You attract people with the "honey" of pay and benefits, opportunities for advancement, working conditions, etc. but you retain them with the "glue" of such intangibles as purpose, pride, trust, and fellowship. This presentation shares values-based recruiting and retention strategies for a "sticky" organization.

The Pickle Challenge
Do you have people in your organization whose negative attitudes make them look like they were born with dill pickles stuck in their mouths? The Pickle Challenge, and companion Pickle Pledge, is a fun and effective approach for creating organization-wide commitment to eradicating toxic emotional negativity the way we once eradicated toxic cigarette smoke.

Staying on Top When the World is Upside Down
It`s official -- our world has turned upside down. Millions of people have lost jobs, lost savings and lost serenity -- and everyone else is worried about losing those things. Joe wrote the book Staying on Top When the World`s Upside Down in 1996, but the message -- which has been totally updated -- is more necessary today than ever before. Packed with practical suggestions for staying on top of your time, money, career and life -- and richly illustrated with real world examples.