The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits
Leadership books most often cite interviews with high-profile business executives while offering do-and-don’t case studies of different corporate initiatives in action. But some of the world’s most extraordinary leaders work their magic outside the world of business. Their ability to gain the enthusiastic commitment of their people -- when something other, and perhaps greater, than profit is at stake -- demonstrates a fundamental human connection that their counterparts in the corporate sector would do well to emulate.The Art of Winning Commitment presents the unique perspectives of a diverse group of leaders that includes:* educators* religious and spiritual leaders* heads of not-for-profit social services* an orchestra conductor* a professional storytellerReaders will also learn leadership secrets from former Philadelphia 76ers’ executive Pat Croce, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller, and politician and retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, and others.In the search for commitment, loyalty, and business excellence, leaders can learn a lot from those outside of the business definition of leadership.
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The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits
Leadership books most often cite interviews with high-profile business executives while offering do-and-don’t case studies of different corporate initiatives in action. But some of the world’s most extraordinary leaders work their magic outside the world of business. Their ability to gain the enthusiastic commitment of their people -- when something other, and perhaps greater, than profit is at stake -- demonstrates a fundamental human connection that their counterparts in the corporate sector would do well to emulate.The Art of Winning Commitment presents the unique perspectives of a diverse group of leaders that includes:* educators* religious and spiritual leaders* heads of not-for-profit social services* an orchestra conductor* a professional storytellerReaders will also learn leadership secrets from former Philadelphia 76ers’ executive Pat Croce, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller, and politician and retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, and others.In the search for commitment, loyalty, and business excellence, leaders can learn a lot from those outside of the business definition of leadership.
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The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits

The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits

by Dick RICHARDS
The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits

The Art of Winning Commitment: 10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits

by Dick RICHARDS

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Leadership books most often cite interviews with high-profile business executives while offering do-and-don’t case studies of different corporate initiatives in action. But some of the world’s most extraordinary leaders work their magic outside the world of business. Their ability to gain the enthusiastic commitment of their people -- when something other, and perhaps greater, than profit is at stake -- demonstrates a fundamental human connection that their counterparts in the corporate sector would do well to emulate.The Art of Winning Commitment presents the unique perspectives of a diverse group of leaders that includes:* educators* religious and spiritual leaders* heads of not-for-profit social services* an orchestra conductor* a professional storytellerReaders will also learn leadership secrets from former Philadelphia 76ers’ executive Pat Croce, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation Wilma Mankiller, and politician and retired U.S. Army General Wesley Clark, and others.In the search for commitment, loyalty, and business excellence, leaders can learn a lot from those outside of the business definition of leadership.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780814429327
Publisher: AMACOM
Publication date: 03/12/2004
Sold by: HarperCollins Publishing
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 702 KB

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Democracy, Leadership, and Commitment

Chapter 1: Commitment and Change

Overview: Winning Intellectual Commitment

Chapter 2: Insight

Chapter 3: Vision

Chapter 4: Storytelling

Chapter 5: Mobilizing

Overview: Winning Emotional Commitment

Chapter 6: Self-Awareness

Chapter 7: Emotional Engagement

Chapter 8: Fostering Hope

Overview: Winning Spiritual Commitment

Chapter 9: Rendering Significance

Chapter 10: Enacting Beliefs

Chapter 11: Centering

Chapter 12: Towering Conclusions and Further Strategies

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