Putting your values to work : becoming the leader others want to follow / Matthew R. Fairholm.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Fairholm, Matthew R.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Values.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Explains how anyone who learns the power of vision, voice, vectors, and values in the lives of those around them can be an outstanding leader"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1. Introduction; Problems and Issues of Control; Four Leadership Streams and Organizational Practice; A Word on Position and Relationships; A Word on Power; The Four Vs Introduced; Points to Ponder; Quotables; Practical Activities; 2. Values: Principles of Practice; The Value of Values; Morality and Techniques; Values Displacement: The Techniques; Principles Are Important; Points to Ponder; Quotables; Practical Activities; Notes; 3. Vision: Pictures of Practice; Painting a Picture of Practice; A Word on Vision Statements

How to Have a VisionVisions Are Leader-Centric, but Follower-Focused; A Word on Inspiration; Stories: The Essence of Vision; Points to Ponder; Quotables; Practical Activities; Notes; 4. Vectors: Pathways of Practice; A Word on "Misions"; Operationalizing Vision: The Pathways to Practice; The Link between Thinking and Doing; Points to Ponder; Quotables; Practical Activities; Notes; 5. Voice: People of Practice; A Matter of Individual Choice; Imagine an Organization of Volunteers; A Reminder about Individual Choice; Sense of Self; To Act or Be Acted Upon: The Primacy of Agency; Points to Ponder

QuotablesPractical Activities; Notes; 6. Strategic Thinking and Planning Process: Using the Four Vs; The STP Process; Putting It Together: A Deployment Process and "Tool Box"; Where Does Voice Fit In?; Making the Four Vs Real in Action; The End Results; Points to Ponder; Quotables; Practical Activities; 7. Four Vs, Four 'Ems of Management, and Five Perspectives of Leadership; Management Root; Leadership Root; The Four 'Ems of Management; Influence and "Power With"; Evaluating Other People's Leadership: Perspectives of Leadership and the Four Vs; Points to Ponder; Quotables

Practical ActivitiesNote; 8. Conclusion; Measuring Success; A Moral Reminder; Where the Four Vs Take Us; Points to Ponder; Quotables; Practical Activities; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798216003540

9798216134602

9781440830594

1440830592

9781440830600

1440830606

OCLC:

1426853764