Putting our differences to work : the fastest way to innovation, leadership, and high performance
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Putting our differences to work : the fastest way to innovation, leadership, and high performance
(A BK business book)
Berrett-Koehler, c2008
- : hardcover
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 187-194) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Putting Our Differences to Work means creating an environment where people, naturally unique and different, can work more effectively in ways that drive new levels of creativity, innovation, problem solving, leadership, and performance in the marketplaces, workplaces, and communities of the world. Debbe Kennedy shows how to make all the dimensions of difference tremendous sources of strength. Kennedy draws on the latest research and a wealth of real-world examples to offer compelling evidence showing exactly how Putting Our Differences to Work accelerates innovation and contribution. She identifies five distinctive qualities of leadership that leaders must add to their portfolio of skills to make differences an engine of success. And she provides a detailed six-stage process for making the most of differences in the workforce, combining first-person best-practice stories and strategic with tactical ideas to help you put each step into action.
Table of Contents
Foreword by Joel A. Barker
Introduction: The Fastest Way
Part 1: Taking Leadership to a New Level
1. Five Distinctive Qualities that Put Differences to Work
2. The Need for Change: The new business essentials
3. Putting the Five Distinctive Qualities to Work
Part 2: Action Steps: Knowledge and Know-How to Guide the Way
4. Step 1: Assessment - Defining Current Realities
5. Step 2: Acceptance - Developing Support for Change
6. Step 3: Action - Moving Forward
7. Step 4: Accountability - Establishing Shared Ownership
8. Step 5: Achievement - Measuring Progress, Celebrating Success
9. Step 6: More Action - Keeping Momentum Alive!
Part 3: Ever-Expanding Possibilities for Putting Our Differences to Work
10. Innovation at the Verge of Differences (Joel Barker and Debbe Kennedy's mutualism experiment)
11. The Virtual Gathering Place
Send-Off: A final word
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