Model and encourage leadership by focusing on encouraging the best in others
All too often, simple acts of human kindness are overlooked and underutilized by people in leadership roles. Advising mutual respect and recognition of accomplishments, Encouraging the Heart shows us how true leaders encourage and motivate those they work with by helping them find their voice and making them feel like heroes.
Best-selling experts in the field of leadership, authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner show us that, through love, leaders can encourage those around them to be their very best. Readers will find:
* Discussions of the Five Practices that drive followers to be their very best: Modelling the way, Inspiring a shared vision, Challenging the process, Enabling others to act, and Encouraging the heart
* Enlightening examples of how ordinary individuals demonstrate extraordinary leadership
* Hands-on strategies and practical tips from real leaders, like utilizing the Encouragement Index to measure how well you display the principles of leadership
Both practical and inspirational, Encouraging the Heart gives readers a thoughtful approach to motivating individuals within an organizational structure.
Daftar Isi
Introduction xi
PART ONE
1 The Heart of Leadership 3
2 The Seven Essentials of Encouraging 15
3 The Encouragement Index 33
PART TWO
4 The First Essential: Set Clear Standards 45
5 The Second Essential: Expect the Best 61
6 The Third Essential: Pay Attention 73
7 The Fourth Essential: Personalize Recognition 89
8 The Fifth Essential: Tell the Story 99
9 The Sixth Essential: Celebrate Together 113
10 The Seventh Essential: Set the Example 129
PART THREE
11 Finding Your Voice 145
12 150 Ways to Encourage the Heart 151
Notes 177
Acknowledgments 187
The Authors 191
Index 195
Tentang Penulis
Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner are authors of the award-winning and best-selling books, The Leadership Challenge, A Leader’s Legacy, The Truth About Leadership, and Credibility, as well as the widely used Leadership Practices Inventory (LPI). The launch of LPI Online, combined with their other publications, truly make them the most trusted source on becoming a better leader.