Leader to Leader -- Contents -- FROM THE EDITORS -- HESSELBEIN & COMPANY -- Confidence in Leadership -- "Comfortable Indifference" Is Not for Us -- Leaders of the Future -- My Leadership Lesson Recently Relearned: Positivity as an Intentional Leader Bias -- Related Leadership Rhetoric -- Reality of Leadership Dynamics -- My Reconciliation of Leadership Rhetoric and Reality -- Leadership Communication to Beat the Odds -- Power of Communication -- Direction: Carve the Path Toward a Larger Purpose -- Dignity: Promote Relationships over Transactions -- Defining Moments: Celebrate the Moments of Truth Across the Organization -- Managers, Guards, and Gardeners -- The Secret of a Leader's Success -- LISTENING PAYS!: Achieve Significance Through the Power of Listening -- The LISTENING PAYS Framework -- Build a Solid Foundation Using SIER* -- Three Ways to Profit by Applying SIER* -- Small Actions Add Up -- Responsibility Row -- Conclusion -- Corporate Citizenship: Good for Business -- Good for Employees -- Roots in the Community -- Professional and Personal Development -- Have a Formal Program -- Align Your Projects with Your Company's Strengths -- Choose Causes That Resonate -- Give Employees a Voice -- Be Fair to Employees -- Whomever You're Working for Is Stilla Client -- Be Clear About What You Can Do -- Don't Be Afraid to Say No -- Speak Up -- Quantify -- Getting by Giving -- EXECUTIVE FORUM -- Leadership Sustainability: What's Next for Leadership Improvement Efforts -- Why Does Leadership Matter? -- What Makes an Effective Leader? -- How Do Leaders Sustain Their Desired Improvements? -- DREAM ON: The Art of Strategic Imagination -- The Road to Pre-Reality -- The Missing Bookend -- The Five (Known) Rules of Strategic Imagination -- Stop with the Data -- Game Out Failure -- Dream Your Narrative -- Don't Just Think the Unthinkable, Speak It.

Muster True Belief -- The End Is the Beginning -- Talent Development for the Twenty-First Century: Boosting Engagement, Innovation, and Returns -- Why Top-Down Talent Development Falls Short -- How a Take-Charge Talent Culture Helps Everyone Win -- What Leaders Need to Do to Enjoy the Benefits of a Take-Charge Talent Culture -- Judging Others Has Not Worked . . . So Let's Join Them -- The Essence of a Joining Mode -- A Role for Judging -- The Impact of a Joining Mode -- The Benefits of Not Being in a Judging Mode on Organizations -- Concerns About Joining -- What Leaders Can Do -- One Leader's Decision to Join -- To De-Humdrumify Work Make the Job a Game! -- The Humdrum Organization Life -- Stirring Up Some Fun: Gaming the System -- Crises Provide a Hint -- Games Can Spice the Culture -- Infusing the Company with the Game Spirit -- The Challenge for Senior Management -- FROM THE FRONT LINES -- Creative Problem Solving and Knowledge Sharing in Organizations -- Product Design and Design Management.