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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790570603321

Autore

Kouzes James M. <1945->

Titolo

Finding the courage to lead / / James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, Calif., : Leadership Challenge, 2013

San Francisco, CA : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2013

ISBN

1-118-82558-6

1-118-82574-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (v, 46 pages)

Collana

Jossey-Bass short format series

Disciplina

658.4092

Soggetti

Leadership

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.

Nota di contenuto

Finding the Courage to Lead; Copyright; Contents; Finding the Courage to Lead; Courage Is a Mindset; Courage Is Within Everyone; You Have to Care; Challenges Call Forth Courage; Brick Walls Test Commitment; Take Initiative; Failure Is Important to Courage and to Success; Leaders Are Great Learners; Cultivate Resilience; Get Started with Courage Conversations; Conversation 1: Values; Conversation 2: Adversities; Conversation 3: Fears; Conversation 4: Suffering; Notes; About the Authors

Sommario/riassunto

Leadership doesn't happen without courage. In fact, leadership might be defined as "courage in action."  But the truth is that courage is poorly understood and not what you typically think. In their second original ebook, Finding the Courage to Lead, James Kouzes and Barry Posner offer a perspective on what ordinary leaders say about what courage is to them, and what their courageous experiences mean for the daily practice of leadership.  Courage is one of those big, bold words. It has the reputation of being something way out there on the edges of human experience, commo