John Stahl-Wert, Ken Jennings

Ten Thousand Horses (eBook, ePUB)

How Leaders Harness Raw Potential for Extraordinary Results

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Matt James is in trouble. Recently promoted to head his division, he has delivered two years of divisional losses in clients, market share, and profits. He knows his workers are talented and creative, but they don't respond to his efforts to lead them, and he's on the brink of being fired. In desperation, he reaches out to an old mentor, David Butler, who now works with wild mustang horses and hard-to-place foster children on a ranch in Colorado. David agrees to work with his former student but only on the condition that Matt comes to him--to the ranch. Matt has no idea what the ranch could possibly have to do with his problems, but David assures him that if he spends some time there, he'll learn exactly what he needs to know. Through David's unorthodox tutelage, Matt discovers that leaders who succeed in engaging their workers do so because they see their day-to-day work as an opportunity to build an organizational culture of engagement. The engagement model is illuminated as Matt comes to understand its components piece by piece--and ultimately discovers how to engage those on his team and in his life. In this inspiring leadership fable, John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings draw on their years of experience as consultants and chief executives, as well as on findings from Gallup's groundbreaking Q12 survey of 4 million workers from 360,000 workgroups, to lay out an innovative leadership model that will turn employees from dutiful drones to committed contributors. But Ten Thousand Horses is also a story of personal transformation. Beyond specific practices and techniques, Matt must learn a whole new way of relating to his employees--because, as he discovers, leading an engaged workforce is as much about who you are as what you do.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Mai 2007
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781609944193
• Artikelnr.: 38334090

Autorenporträt

John Stahl-Wert, DMin, works with organizations that want to build great leaders who bring out the very best in their people. John provides keynote programs to executives and managers around the world on servant leadership, workforce performance, and leadership growth. A working CEO, John heads the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation where he and his staff em- ploy entrepreneurial and business-minded approaches to social change that have been replicated in over fifty cities around the United States. Along with Ken Jennings, John is coauthor of the international best seller The Serving Leader, published in eight languages. Contact him at [e-mail]. Ken Jennings, PhD, focuses on helping leaders become better coaches and lead with purpose. Through Third River Partners, he consults on the development of teams while achieving breakthroughs in critical projects. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and Purdue University, Ken works with the top management of leading global companies to implement innovative approaches to organizational effectiveness and leadership development. He is coauthor of Changing Health Care and along with John Stahl-Wert is the co-author of the international best seller The Serving Leader, published in eight languages. Contact him at [e-mail].

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgments
End of the Rope
The Climb of Trust
Mounting the Challenge
Directing the Charge
Leading the Cheer
New Engagement
Engagement Equation
Taking the Next Step
About the Authors