The Art of Winning Commitment,
10 Ways Leaders Can Engage Minds, Hearts, and Spirits
AMACOM | ISBN 0814407854 | March 2004 | CHM | 0.7 Mb | 224 Pages
In this New Agey leadership primer, consultant Richards (Artful Work) notes
that authoritarian leadership no longer jives with the democratic spirit of the
age. Instead of barking orders at underlings, the business leader?s tasks are
now the far more exalted, if far less definable, ones of "helping people come
to full human maturity," being "a medium for the emotional energy that is
moving within the group" and "rendering the current world spiritually
significant." Richards culls such insights from interviews with 20 contemporary
leaders as well as a variety of other sources, including Zen Buddhism on the
need to live in the moment, mythologist Joseph Campbell on a leader?s duty to
endure "the annihilation of the human ego," and Prudential founder John Dryden
on insurance salesmen?s role as "Missionaries of Love." Leaders, he says, must
be able to inspire intellectual, emotional and spiritual commitment; dividing
his book into three main sections, Richards reveals how they can "win" each
kind. He explains how enlightened leaders can foster commitment in followers
based on 10 leadership "competencies" and 43 "development strategies" ranging
from the practical ("hanging out with optimists" and "getting a good night?s
sleep") to the mystical ("following your bliss" and "creating a sacred
autobiography"). Further guidance is provided by a case-study chapter in which
a model executive leader at a corporate gathering delivers a "heart-to-heart"
talk in which "his voice was both more thoughtful and more passionate,
resonating from who he was as a person." Managers seeking a more emotional way
to connect with and lead their troops may find this book a gratifying voyage of
self-discovery, but those favoring traditional approaches would be better
served elsewhere.
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