Putting Your Values to Work: Becoming the Leader Others Want to Follow

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.The direct result of the authors experience in teaching leadership and conducting management training sessions for professional organizations this book describes four fundamental ideas that explain how and why people are compelled to follow: Values Vision Vector and Voice. Together these concepts form the essence of leadership and inform the steps necessary to inspire others to follow. The accessible easy-to-read chapters differentiate leadership from management connect the views and choices of followers with the definition and essential tasks of leadership and link the Four Vs to tried and true concepts in leadership theory while drawing contrasts to conventional management wisdom.Presents a step-by-step approach to strategic thinking and planning that has been tested in a variety of organizations Supplies a leadership use model that is easy to understand and modify for training purposes but is also sophisticated enough to serve as the basis for an in-depth study of leadershipFeatures real-world stories from international public military academic and non-profit organizations to underscore the leadership and management ideas in the bookIncludes a series of questions to help reinforce main points in the chapter quotes about leadership that reinforce the chapter topic and practical activities with each chapter