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The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning : Tying Soft Traits to Hard Results.
Title:
The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning : Tying Soft Traits to Hard Results.
Author:
Williams, David K.
ISBN:
9781118739402
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (206 pages)
Contents:
The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning: Tying Soft Traits to Hard Results -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Entrepreneur by Choice -- Laying the Foundation for Success: The Rhythm of Business in the Bowl -- The Value of Personal Development -- The Single Greatest Secret of Leadership: Failing Up -- People, Priorities, and Purpose -- Setting the Groundwork -- The Organizational Ecosystem -- Your Interpersonal Ecosystem -- The Value of Employee Ownership -- Creating Long-Term Trust: Full Disclosure of Financials and KPIs -- Overview of the 7 Non-Negotiables and the Structure of This Book -- The 7 Non-Negotiables and Their Attributes -- 7 Non-Negotiables Team-Building Exercises -- Creating Your Personal Legacy -- Non-Negotiable Retrospectives: Examining the 7 Non-Negotiables -- Chapter 1 Respect -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable: Developing Respect through Empathic Listening -- Developing Empathic Listening Skills -- Showing Respect -- Failing Up Chronicles: How We Create Wedges in Life, and How We Can Mend Them -- Reflecting on Lessons Learned -- Business Applications -- Personal Applications -- Self-Respect -- Hard Results from Self-Respect -- Work Environment Applications -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- Team Retrospectives -- Chapter 2 Belief -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable: Using the Five R's to Foster Belief -- Failing Up Chronicles: Losing a Job and Gaining a Career -- Reflecting on Lessons Learned -- Business Applications: How to Be the Worst Manager-but the Best Boss -- What Can-and Should-Businesses Do? -- Embrace Diversity -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- How Belief Is Created and Sustained within Organizations.

Individual Exercise -- Interpersonal/Team Exercise -- Extra Credit for Champion Players -- Chapter 3 Trust -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable: The Quality of Our Relationships and Promises -- Quality of Relationships -- Quality of Promises -- Failing Up Chronicles: Surviving a Recession and Learning to Soar -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- Chapter 4 Loyalty -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable: Two Fish Are Better Than One -- Failing Up Chronicles: The Courage to Live Debt Free -- September 2010 -- December 2010 -- December 30, 2010, 5:58 pm : D-Day -- April 2011 -- May 2011 -- December 28, 2011 -- Making a Big Deal about Our Big Deal -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- Game Time: Personal -- Game Time: Interpersonal -- Interpersonal Retrospective -- Extra Credit for Champion Players -- Game Time: Group Activity -- Team Retrospectives -- Extra Credit for Champion Players -- Chapter 5 Commitment -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable: The Meaning of Failing Up -- Failing Up Chronicles: Winning, Losing, and Learning the True Meaning of Commitment -- Summer 1981: Flying Lessons with the Eagle Marketing Corporation -- Summer 1982: Failing Big at What Really Matters, and Discovering the True Meaning of Commitment -- Summer 1983: Building a Legacy, Not Just a Fortune, by Serving -- Reflecting on Lessons Learned -- Applying Commitment -- Deploying Commitment -- In Your Personal Life -- Business Applications of Deploying Commitment -- Innovative Compensation and Benefit Programs -- Starting Your Own Business -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- Team Support and Accountability Retrospective.

Extra Credit for Champion Players -- Chapter 6 Courage -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable: Tackling Fear -- Cam's Story -- Joining the Fishbowl Family -- Cam's Courageous Fight -- Cam's Courage Inspires Fishbowl -- The Courage to Live for Other People -- The Courage to Succeed-and to Fail -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- Building Courage for Individuals -- Team Retrospective on Courage -- Chapter 7 Gratitude -- Reflecting on the Attributes of the Non-Negotiable -- The Story of the Camstrong Bracelet -- Nate Checketts's Courage Above Mountains Moment -- Jameson King's Courage Above Mountains Moment -- Eric Pearson's Courage Above Mountains Moment -- Ryan Long's Courage Above Mountains Moment -- Supplemental Materials and Exercises to Develop Your Own Non-Negotiables and Defining Attributes -- Activity Overview -- Chapter 8 Tying It All Together -- Applying Fishbowl's 7 Non-Negotiables to Achieve Hard Results -- Seven Weeks to Hard Results -- What Can You Expect When You Reach the End of Week 7? -- Remain Hungry for New Experiences and Opportunities to Learn -- Creating an Active and Inspired Work Week Based on Newton's Laws -- Great Companies Are Led by Missionaries, Not Mercenaries -- Start with the "Why" -- People First -- Focus on the Long Term -- Collaborate -- Lead the Way to a New Organization -- Chapter 9 Creating a Lasting Legacy -- Closing Thoughts: Where Do We Grow from Here? -- 7 Non-Negotiables: Recap of the Lessons Learned -- Recognizing and Appreciating the Miraculous Moments in Business -- Fulfilling a Promise -- About the Author -- Index.
Abstract:
How to spot employees' true game-changing character traits for creating a winning culture Contrary to most conventional management wisdom, The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning looks beyond employee skills and background and to identify the true game-changing character traits for creating a winning culture. Based on the author's methodology for what abilities drive decisions and actions within his own company, The 7 Non-Negotiables of Winning details how respect, belief, loyalty, commitment, trust, courage, and gratitude play an integral part to multiple key business outcomes. Provides illuminating stories and skill-building exercises to increase individual and group strength in each of the traits Author David Williams is CEO of Fishbowl provider of Fishbowl Inventory, the leading inventory management and asset tracking solutions for SMBs serving businesses globally When these seven core traits become the standard within any company, employees become inspired to flourish and companies sail over business hurdles to achieve record growth.
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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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