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A Culture of Purpose : How to Choose the Right People and Make the Right People Choose You.
Title:
A Culture of Purpose : How to Choose the Right People and Make the Right People Choose You.
Author:
Lueneburger, Christoph.
ISBN:
9781118895993
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (274 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword by Daniel Goleman -- Introduction -- Part 1 Placing Leaders with a Purpose at the Core -- Chapter 1 The Boost of Change Leadership -- Change Leadership -- How Frank Rejuvenated Owens Corning -- Going for the Handprint Instead of the Footprint -- Next -- Discovering the Leader: Markers for the Competency of Change Leadership -- Chapter 2 The Power of Influencing -- Influencing -- How Pascal Embedded His Vision at Lend Lease -- Discovering the Leader: Markers for the Competency of Influencing -- Chapter 3 The Impact of Results Delivery -- Results Delivery -- How Andy Delivered for Walmart -- Discovering the Leader: Markers for the Competency of Results Delivery -- Chapter 4 The Payoff of Commercial Drive -- Commercial Drive -- How Curtis Made His Passion Pay Off for Bloomberg -- Discovering the Leader: Markers for the Competency of Commercial Drive -- Chapter 5 The Scale of Strategic Orientation -- Strategic Orientation -- How Jochen Led PUMA from Last to Lasting -- Discovering the Leader: Markers for the Competency of Strategic Orientation -- Part 2 Hiring Talent with a Purpose at the Frontier -- Chapter 6 Spreading Faster with Engagement -- Engagement -- The Draw of John's Engagement -- Understanding the Person: Markers for the Trait of Engagement -- Chapter 7 Reaching Farther with Determination -- Determination -- The Muscle of Peter's Determination -- Understanding the Person: Markers for the Trait of Determination -- Chapter 8 Going Deeper with Insight -- Insight -- The Edge of Mark's Insight -- Understanding the Person: Markers for the Trait of Insight -- Chapter 9 Staying Hungry with Curiosity -- Curiosity -- The Primacy of Curiosity -- Incorporating Curiosity -- All Together Now -- Understanding the Person: Markers for the Trait of Curiosity.

Part 3 Building a Culture of Purpose -- Chapter 10 Energy -- High-Energy Cultures -- Bob Sparks Shared Energy -- Understanding the Culture: Markers for the Attribute of Energy -- Chapter 11 Resilience -- Resilient Cultures -- Kees Takes a Stand for Shared Resilience -- Understanding the Culture: Markers for the Attribute of Resilience -- Chapter 12 Openness -- Open Cultures -- Alberto Exposes Shared Openness -- Understanding the Culture: Markers for the Attribute of Openness -- Part 4 Taking Action -- Chapter 13 The Sequence of Building a Culture of Purpose -- The Starting Point -- Phase One: The Early Stage -- Phase Two: The Intermediate Phase -- Phase Three: The Advanced Phase -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index.
Abstract:
How innovative leaders create meaningful cultures that attract and retain top talent Building a culture of purpose is one of the greatest challenges facing modern leaders, as today's best minds are looking for meaning, not just jobs. More than any other single factor, cultures of purpose power winning organizations, attracting the smartest, most creative, most passionate talent. For leaders building cultures of purpose, the commercial pursuit of sustainability provides the most reliable blueprint. While sustainability has been commonly misconstrued as a description of a set of problems, Christoph Lueneburger shows that it is really a solution to problems, capable of inspiring people and forging cultures.Sharing his exclusive, in-depth dialogues with chief sustainability officers, CEOs, and board chairmen, Lueneburger reveals how sustainability works at places where it works best, including Chrysler, Unilever, TNT, Walmart, and Bloomberg. Featuring a clear three-phase process that helps leaders assess the talent needed to develop organizations characterized by energy, resilience, and openness, A Culture of Purpose offers leaders the right questions to ask in order to: Tap and Nurture Your Current Corporate Strengths: Learn how to recognize, cultivate, and leverage the competencies of your current talent to develop your leadership team. Hire the Right Team: Ask the right questions to identify the innate personality traits in potential new hires, regardless of level and function, to bring on board those most likely to succeed in and shape your organization. Craft Your Culture: Create an environment that unleashes these competencies and traits and pushes them to the fore. Shape how people relate to one another and collectively go for what would be out of reach to them individually. Many books have described the "what" and the "how" of sustainability,

but this is the first to reveal the "who." Lueneburger changes dated preconceptions to show that sustainability is not an ideological mindset but a cultural trait of a resilient business. For leaders ready to build and strengthen a winning business, A Culture of Purpose is an education, a revelation, and an invitation to the next generation of success.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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