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Common Purpose: How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary

ISBN: 978-0-470-49009-9
Hardcover
240 pages
March 2010, Jossey-Bass
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Foreword, by Marshall Goldsmith ix

Introduction: No One Leads Alone xi

1 The Leadership Disconnect 1

2 The New Rules of Employment 13

3 Leaders at All Levels 33

4 Internalizing What the Organization Stands For 45

5 The Best Leaders Are Part of the Group 57

6 Cultivating Curiosity, Not Complacency 67

7 Creating a Culture of Leadership 93

8 We’re All in This Together 103

9 How Leaders Stay Positive and Determined 123

10 Leading Is a Mental Game 139

11 Different Strokes for Different Generations 157

12 You Don’t Have to Be Ruthless to Lead 167

13 Ideas Matter 177

Epilogue: The Future of Leadership 191

A Leadership Library 197

About the Author 201

Index 203

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