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- Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
- Kategorie: Fachliteratur
- Sprache: Englisch
Leaders are no strangers to challenges; in recent years, businesses have experienced unprecedented layoffs, dismal sales, dwindling retirement accounts, and the bankruptcy of once-heralded institutions. While these uncertain times are difficult, they also provide the opportunity for great leadership. Over three decades of research, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge, have asked thousands of leaders to describe their personal leadership best. Across the board, people say their greatest moments arise out of the most difficult periods of their careers. Turning Adversity Into Opportunity reveals how leaders at any level can transform difficult circumstances into opportunities for growth and success. Kouzes and Posner offer a clear set of six actionable strategies, showing how extraordinary leaders navigate through uncertainty, hardship, disruption, transformation, transition, recovery, new beginnings, and other significant challenges. Exemplary leadership disrupts the status quo, and Kouzes and Posner show how to awaken and pursue new possibilities and opportunities, no matter what the circumstances. Wherever you find yourself in your organization or community, Turning Adversity Into Opportunity will help you embrace the chance within any challenge to make a real difference.
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Contents
Introduction: Strategies for Turning Adversity Into Opportunity
Strategy Number One: Broaden the Context
Strategy Number Two: Defy the Verdict
Strategy Number Three: Fully Commit to What’s Important
Strategy Number Four: Take Charge of Change
Strategy Number Five: Engage Others
Strategy Number Six: Show You Care
Conclusion: No Shortage of Opportunities to Make a Difference
About the Authors
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Figure 1 The Impact of Values Clarity on Commitment
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Making Extraordinary Things Happen in Asia: Applying the Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership
Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose It, Why People Demand It
The Truth About Leadership: The No-Fads, Heart of the Matter Facts You Need to Know
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Turning Adversity Into Opportunity
James M. Kouzes
Barry Z. Posner
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IntroductionStrategies for Turning Adversity Into Opportunity
Not too long ago, normal meant stable. Normal meant slow and steady. Normal meant you could predict what was going to happen tomorrow based on what had happened today.
But the world is very different now, and you had better get used to it. There is no turning back. In today’s reality, normal means turbulence. Normal means disruption. Normal means chaos. Normal means expect the unexpected. Normal means that you can’t predict tomorrow’s winners based on today’s successes. Normal means that leaders and their teams have to be able to adapt quickly to changing circumstances. Normal requires improvisation.
Turbulent. Disruptive. Chaotic. Unexpected. Unpredictable. Changing. While these words have come to mean normal, they also describe circumstances that demand leadership. Leadership has always been essential in getting through tough times.
