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Common Purpose : How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary.
Title:
Common Purpose : How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary.
Author:
Kurtzman, Joel.
ISBN:
9780470583388
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Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (243 pages)
Contents:
Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary -- CONTENTS -- FOREWORD -- INTRODUCTION: NO ONE LEADS ALONE -- REJECTING A LEADER -- LEADERS VERSUS LEADERSHIP -- LEADERSHIP GLUE -- COMMON PURPOSE -- MAKING THE GOAL -- Chapter One: THE LEADERSHIP DISCONNECT -- THE END OF HIERARCHY -- POOR LEADERSHIP, POOR RESULTS -- THINKING LEADS TO RESULTS -- MISSED OPPORTUNITIES -- LEADERSHIP DETERMINES RESULTS -- A NEED TO ACHIEVE -- Chapter Two: THE NEW RULES OF EMPLOYMENT -- MUTUAL MISTRUST -- ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES -- MUTUAL INTERESTS -- KEEPING ORGANIZATIONS TOGETHER -- POWER TO THE PEOPLE -- THOSE WHO CONTRIBUTE, THOSE WHO DON'T -- Chapter Three: LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS -- TODAY ISN'T YESTERDAY -- A SCRIPTLESS MILITARY -- HOW TO MAKE DECISIONS -- IT STARTS AT THE TOP -- Chapter Four: INTERNALIZING WHAT THE ORGANIZATION STANDS FOR -- THE COMMON PURPOSE ORGANIZATION -- LEADERSHIP AT THE START -- LEADERSHIP AT FM GLOBAL -- FM GLOBAL'S PRACTICAL VALUES -- Chapter Five: THE BEST LEADERS ARE PART OF THE GROUP -- MODELING THE LEADERSHIP'S BEHAVIOR -- CASE STUDY: FM GLOBAL -- Chapter Six: CULTIVATING CURIOSITY, NOT COMPLACENCY -- KEEPING AND CELEBRATING LEADERS -- LONGEVITY VERSUS HOMOGENEOUSNESS -- EMPLOYMENT LONGEVITY -- COMMON PURPOSE AT THE TOP -- BRINGING OUT THE BEST IN OTHERS -- ACCESSIBILITY -- TOXIC CEOs -- LEARNING CULTURE -- Chapter Seven: CREATING A CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP -- GOAL SETTING -- SOCIALIZING THE MESSAGE -- Chapter Eight: WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER -- US VERSUS THEM -- HIGH ROAD OF LEADERSHIP -- US VERSUS THEM AND THE WRONG INCENTIVES -- REAL COMPETITION -- NOT THE ART OF WAR -- OTHER INDUSTRIES -- THE CHALLENGE OF LEADERSHIP -- CONTRARIAN THINKING -- US VERSUS THEM WITHIN THE COMPANY -- NEED FOR DISCIPLINE -- Chapter Nine: HOW LEADERS STAY POSITIVE AND DETERMINED -- A LITTLE REALISM, PLEASE.

THINKING TOGETHER, THE BOYATZIS WAY -- POSITIVITY HELPS COMMON PURPOSE -- FOUNDATIONS OF COMMON PURPOSE -- DISSIDENCE -- Chapter Ten: LEADING IS A MENTAL GAME -- USING POWER -- LEARNING AND LEADING -- WHO LEADS? WHO FOLLOWS? -- WHY PEOPLE FOLLOW NOW -- TYPES OF LEADERS -- BRINGING TOGETHER THE THREE LEADERSHIP ROLES -- LEADERSHIP TRAINING -- Chapter Eleven: DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GENERATIONS -- THE NEWEST GENERATIONS -- INDIVIDUALITY -- BUSINESS AND LIFE -- Chapter Twelve: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RUTHLESS TO LEAD -- WHO FINISHES FIRST? -- SURVIVAL OF THE KINDEST -- LEADING WITH THE HEART -- Chapter Thirteen: IDEAS MATTER -- THOUGHT LEADERSHIP -- GROWING IDEAS -- COMMUNICATING KNOWLEDGE -- INNOVATION LEADERS -- THINKING DIFFERENTLY -- TRUE LEADERSHIP -- EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP -- LEADERS VERSUS MANAGERS -- NEW LEADERS, NEW ORGANIZATION -- A LEADERSHIP LIBRARY -- ABOUT THE AUTHOR -- INDEX.
Abstract:
From one of the most respected names in business and leadership, a rare look at the specifics of how great leaders achieve "common purpose" and success within their organizations. What is common purpose? It is that rare, almost-palpable experience that happens when a leader coalesces a group, team or community into a creative, dynamic, brave and nearly invincible we. It happens the moment the organization's values, tools, objectives and hopes are internalized in a way that enables people to work tirelessly toward a goal. Common purpose is rarely achieved. But Kurtzman has observed that when a leader is able to bring it about, the results are outsized, measurable and inspiring. Based on Kurtzman's all-new interviews with more than 50 leaders, including Ron Sargent, Ilene Lang, Micky Arison, Simon Cooper, Joel Klein, Janet Field, Steve Wynn, Shivan Subramaniam, Michael Dell, Richard Boyatzis, Tom Kelley, Michael Milken, and Warren Bennis Contains research on leadership Kurtzman has conducted during his years at The New York Times, the Harvard Business Review, Booz & Company, as well as with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Mercer, and Korn/Ferry Based on all new interviews with some of the most dynamic, successful, and enduring leaders, Common Purpose sheds new light on the meaning of leadership, the crucial qualities of leaders, and most importantly, how to lead.
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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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