Are you highly motivated by the work you are doing? Are you are performing at your best? Are your employees highly motivated and performing at their best? For some people, Steve's book will be about helping organizations improve performance by tapping into the heart and soul of their employees. For others it is a book about finding a place in this world where they can feel productive and alive, where what they do has meaning, satisfaction, and a sense of purpose and fulfillment. Others might take what is learned and apply it to family and loved ones. Through Steve's book, you will learn concepts and techniques about SIMA® (the System for Motivated Abilities®) that will enable you to better tap into your motivated strengths and those of your employees to improve effectiveness, productivity, and work satisfaction; how to prevent those strengths from becoming weaknesses that can damage performance and productivity; and how to create a work environment that helps your organization and teams maximize their potential. Steve Darter has a distinguished career as a consultant, author, educator, and speaker. For more than forty-five years he has counseled people, ranging from CEOs of Fortune 500 corporations to troubled teenagers, on work, career, and life issues. He has written and presented extensively about the importance of understanding, using, and effectively managing motivated strengths to live a more meaningful, purposeful, and successful life. Read below what twenty-six people have said about the book "Managing Yourself Managing Others" and  SIMA: "I have used Steve and SIMA for 12 years and it has had a tremendous impact on me and my organization. It has been incredible to see my own MAP and the MAPs of others and to experience the power of good job fit. One of the most amazing things I've seen as a manager. I highly recommend Steve's book to you."      Kenneth Klepper, President and COO, Medco Health Solutions "Your performance, the performance of your team, and the performance of the organization will dramatically improve if you apply the principles contained in this book."      Richard G. Barnaby, President and COO, Kaiser Permanete "Steve's book reinforced for me the enormous value I extracted from the SIMA process and understanding my MAP."      Fredrick J. Sievert, President, New York Life Insurance Company "Managing Yourself Managing Others contains information, insights, and understandings that will endure throughout your business career, and beyond. A truly impactful approach to understanding personal motivations and success factors."      James E. Miller, Executive Vice President, MassMutual Financial Group "This book addresses the very core of managing and presents the finest tool I've seen that promotes human development within the workplace."      Joseph Carlone, General Manager, Linemaster Switch Corporation "Not just very interesting and intriguing to read, but a very useful and practical tool. We used SIMA extensively for managerial hiring, internal moves,and promotions as well as career planning."  Herman Fonteyne, President and CEO, Ensign Bickford Industries   "The basic idea of finding out what people are driven to do well and then developing their jobs around those abilities is clearly explained in Steve's book. I have used this basic approach for the past 15 years and found it to be tremendously rewarding."    Stephen D. Ban, President and CEO, Gas Research Institute "To learn what motivates you and your people to be effective and advance your organization, invest the time to read Steve's book."       R. Channing Wheeler, CEO, Uniprise, A UnitedHealth Group Company "Steve teaches us how to understand and use our personal motivations to manage our careers and the careers of the people we manage. The insights are immediately applicable."       Jerry Gotthainer, President, Ascendia Health "By far the most productive assessment and personal awareness tool I have ever used. This book distills the entire process and its value thoroughly, but clearly - a must read." Thomas Kilby, President, Waring Products "Fortunately Steve Darter introduced me to SIMA as I was retiring from a long career in healthcare management."      Sam Havens, Retired President, Prudential Healthcare   "SIMA has been enormously helpful to me and the organizations I have served."      Albert Quie, Former Governor,Minnesota   "As I made my personal decision to leave my business career and join World Vision, I found the results of my SIMA assessment very helpful in reinforcing my call to ministry. We have used SIMA extensively to assure job fit and performance at the senior levels."       Richard Stearns, President, World Vision United States   "The SIMA process is the most detailed and in depth assessment I have discovered."      Robert Andringa, President, Council of Christian Colleges and Universities   "Insightful,unusual, intelligent, and interesting."      Marylouise Fennell,