Uplifting leadership : how organizations, teams, and communities raise performance

Uplifting leadership : how organizations, teams, and communities raise performance / Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle, Alma Harris.

Based on original research from a seven-year global study, this book reveals how leaders from diverse organizations inspired and uplifted their teams' performance. Distilling the six common characteristics of leaders at high-performing organizations across business, sports, and education, the a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hargreaves, Andy
Other Authors: Boyle, Alan, 1945-, Harris, Alma, 1958-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, 2014.
Subjects:
Leadership.
Organizational effectiveness.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Leadership.
Leadership
Organizational effectiveness
Management.
Business & Economics.
Management Styles & Communication.
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Table of Contents:
  • Uplifting Leadership: How Organizations, Teams, and Communities Raise Performance; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: Uplift; Emotional and Spiritual Uplift; Social and Community Uplift; Uplifting Performance; Investigating Uplift; What Uplifting Leadership Is NOT; Uplifting Leadership; 1. Dreaming with Determination; 2. Creativity and Counter-Flow; 3. Collaboration with Competition; 4. Pushing and Pulling; 5. Measuring with Meaning; 6. Sustainable Success; The Uplifting Journey; Chapter 1: Dreaming with Determination; Dreaming and Believing; Dreaming and Daring; Dreaming and Doing.
  • ConclusionChapter 2: Creativity and Counter-Flow; Opposite Approach; Against the Grain; Teach Less, Learn More; Entranced Not Entrenched; Conclusion; Chapter 3: Collaboration with Competition; Opposites Attract; Co-opetition; Uplifting Federations; Collaborative Edge; Conclusion; Chapter 4: Pushing and Pulling; Pulling Together; Pushing Each Other; Commonwealth; Sticking Together; Peer Pressure; Conclusion; Chapter 5: Measuring with Meaning; Data World; Dark Data; Data Minding; Testing Times; Conclusion; Chapter 6: Sustainable Success; Staying Up; Nonsustainability.
  • 1. False Starts and Recoveries2. Hubris and Complacency; 3. Killing the Competition; Finnish Lessons; 1. Firm Foundations; 2. Feasible Growth; 3. The Long and Short of Improvement; Conclusion; Chapter 7: Uplifting Action; The Quest for Uplift; Elevation, Not Elation; Down to Earth; 1. Dreaming with Determination; 2. Creativity and Counter-Flow; 3. Collaboration with Competition; 4. Pushing and Pulling; 5. Measuring with Meaning; 6. Sustainable Success; Staying Aloft; Appendix: Research Methodology; Notes; Acknowledgments; The Authors; Index.

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