Highly recommended by Stern's Management Review

books:

	• The Courage to Act: 5 Factors of Courage to Transform Business Merom Klein Davies-Black Publishing, 2003 - 256 pages average customer review:based on 2 reviews view larger image
	for more information click here

Highly recommended by Stern's Management Review

The thrust of this book is to help facilitate organizational change through finding more courage both within yourself and inspiring it in others. The author's aim is to help the reader find 1) more candor to deal with the truth, 2) a greater sense of purpose, 3) a more optimistic will, 4) more disciplined rigor, and 5) a greater inclination to trust and risk. These are five quintessential dimensions of courage that bring people to cross an action threshold and persevere. Each of these factors is explored in separate chapters; specific how-to guidelines are presented and summarized. The book vividly deals with the emotions underlying the will to act; it is insightful and invigorating. We highly recommend it.

for more information click here

A Good Read!

Only a brave pair of authors would try to tackle a topic as all-encompassing as the need for courage in the modern business world, but that is exactly what Drs. Merom Klein and Rod Napier have set out to do. Do they succeed? Not entirely. While their diagnosis of the organizational ills plaguing today's companies is spot-on, their prescriptions are generic, involving "creating a safe environment," "building pride" and "keeping it fun." Despite the obviousness of some of the sound advice in the later chapters, the book shines in its first 70 pages, in which the doctors present an original, enlightening analysis of how organizational changes have altered the roles and responsibilities of mid-level workers. Based on this fresh perspective, we think that all readers could use a little Courage.

for more information click here

When jobs change at the stroke of a pen and compromising is often easier than taking the high road, courage is the key individual and organizational competency that defines the high performers. With team-based structures and cross-functional mandates creating ambiguity and conflict, and when it's safer to pass the buck than to accept accountability, organizations rise and fall based on the courage they inspire from the top down, the bottom up, and the middle out.

Pragmatic and practical, THE COURAGE TO ACT puts the art of acting with courage within reach of anyone who wants to achieve extraordinary results at work. From fieldwork that has spanned four continents and dozens of countries--from Fortune 100 corporations to the Israeli military--comes a simple, elegant, and powerful five-factor model of acting with courage when faced with everyday moments of truth, and individual strength and character are put to the test. With thought-provoking case studies, the authors' unique Courage Index questionnaire, and other hands-on tools, THE COURAGE TO ACT offers a simple yet dynamic approach for assessing, fostering, teaching, and learning courage. In an engaging, live, and real way, the authors detail the five factors needed to face adversity, deal with ambiguity, seize opportunities before they get away, and work through rather than avoid conflicts: candor, purpose, will, rigor, and risk.

for more information click here

hot or not? What's your opinion? Write a review and share your thoughts!

transform

Generation T: 108 Ways to Transform a T-Shirt
Transform Your Life: A Blissful Journey
Woman Power : Transform Your Man, Your Marriage, Your Life
A Student's Guide to Fourier Transforms
Signals, Systems, and Transforms (4th Edition)

business

Spiritual Marketing: A Proven 5-Step Formula for Easily Creating ...
The Pre-Foreclosure Property Investor's Kit: How to Make Money Buying ...
The Self-Publishing Manual: How to Write, Print, and Sell Your Own ...
Smart Women Finish Rich
The Neatest Little Guide to Stock Market Investing

factors

The Story Factor (2nd Revised Edition)
5-Factor Fitness: The Diet and Fitness Secret of Hollywood's A-List
The Attractor Factor: 5 Easy Steps for Creating Wealth (or Anything ...
The It Factor: Be the One People Like, Listen to, and Remember
The Fred Factor: How passion in your work and life can turn the ...

search for books
courage to act, act, business, courage, factors, transform