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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781046103321

Autore

Kurtzman Joel

Titolo

Common purpose [[electronic resource] ] : how great leaders get organizations to achieve the extraordinary / / Joel Kurtzman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, : Jossey-Bass, c2010

ISBN

0-470-58339-8

1-282-48183-5

9786612481833

0-470-58338-X

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (243 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/092

Soggetti

Leadership

Organizational change

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION: NO ONE LEADS ALONE; Chapter One: THE LEADERSHIP DISCONNECT; Chapter Two: THE NEW RULES OF EMPLOYMENT; Chapter Three: LEADERS AT ALL LEVELS; Chapter Four: INTERNALIZING WHAT THE ORGANIZATION STANDS FOR; Chapter Five: THE BEST LEADERS ARE PART OF THE GROUP; Chapter Six: CULTIVATING CURIOSITY, NOT COMPLACENCY; Chapter Seven: CREATING A CULTURE OF LEADERSHIP; Chapter Eight: WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER; Chapter Nine: HOW LEADERS STAY POSITIVE AND DETERMINED

Chapter Ten: LEADING IS A MENTAL GAMEChapter Eleven: DIFFERENT STROKES FOR DIFFERENT GENERATIONS; Chapter Twelve: YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE RUTHLESS TO LEAD; Chapter Thirteen: IDEAS MATTER; EPILOGUE: THE FUTURE OF LEADERSHIP; A LEADERSHIP LIBRARY; ABOUT THE AUTHOR; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

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 o