The Heart of Leadership: 12 Practices of Courageous Leaders - Softcover

II, Robert E. Staub

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0971585008 ISBN 13: 9780971585003

Publisher: Dynamic Spiral Press, 2013

Synopsis

In the new and revised edition of The Heart of Leadership: 12 Practices of Courageous Leaders, author Robert E. Staub lays out an articulate inquiry into, and explanation of, critically essential aspects of effective business leadership, These include competency, intimacy, integrity and passion. Articulate, educative, ardent and inspiring, Staub offers a thoroughly reader friendly and practical presentation that is very highly recommended for anyone charged with an entrepreneurial or business management responsibility, from the smallest company to the largest international corporation. Leading requires that we offer strategic guidance by understanding and communicating the purpose for which the team or company stands. It also requires the courage to respectfully confront anyone, including ourselves, when actions do not align with that purpose. Leaders can transform companies by focusing on the critical link between results and relationships. Wholehearted leadership can transform a good company into a great one. Learn how to create meaningful relationships in and outside the workplace. Originally published in 2007.

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About the Author

Robert (Dusty) Staub has worked for over 30 years with executives, families, and communities as well as with private and public companies. Through his company, Staub Leadership, he has trained and coached executives and teams in creating high performance outcomes. Dusty has been a pioneer in the process of creating systemic accountability by aligning leadership and group behaviors with strategy to produce bottom-line results. He has worked and traveled extensively in Europe and the United States. He is the author of The Heart of Leadership: Twelve Practices of Courageous Leaders, released in an updated, revised edition in 2013; The 7 Acts of Courage: Bold Leadership for a Wholehearted Life, released in a new edition in 2016, and Courage in the Valley of Death (2015). His newest book, Dynamic Focus: Creating Significance & Breaking the Spells of Limitation (2013) was co-authored with Wayne S. Gerber. Dusty has written over two hundred articles on topics such as leadership, team-based creativity, personal mastery, team effectiveness, personal effectiveness and business strategy. Dusty is a fellow in the School of Engineering at Virginia Tech, and received his Masters in Clinical Social Work in Marital and Family Therapy and Systems Management from UNC Chapel Hill. He currently lives in Kernersville, NC with his wife Christine, a family physician. Dusty is the proud father of three young adults.

Edition details

• Publisher: Dynamic Spiral Press
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0971585008
• ISBN 13: 9780971585003
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 224