Encouraging the Heart, Barry Z. Posner
Encouraging the Heart, Barry Z. Posner
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Encouraging the Heart
A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others

Author: Barry Z. Posner, James M. Kouzes

Narrator: Erik Synnestvedt

Unabridged: 5 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 05/18/2010


Synopsis

Many people assume that money is the mainstay of motivation. But in truth, the desire to accomplish extraordinary things is linked to basic human need: We all want to be respected for who we are and recognized for the things we do. While many leaders know this from experience, few know how best to act on it.

In Encouraging the Heart, the best-selling authors of The Leadership Challenge team up again to reflect upon one of the most elusive aspects of leadership—caring—and offer listeners a deeper understanding of how and why it works. More importantly, they extend a set of principles, practices, and examples that show how to energize people to excel and then reach for even greater heights.

Kouzes and Posner maintain that people will aspire to higher standards of performance when they are genuinely appreciated for their dedication and publicly recognized for their extraordinary achievements. And through the uplifting stories of ordinary people in leadership roles, the authors demonstrate just how this is done. They also offer over one hundred and fifty ways listeners can immediately apply the process themselves.

Powerful and personal, Encouraging the Heart is filled with practical ideas for helping others believe in themselves, celebrate their uniqueness, and discover their own value. It shows leaders how they can find their voice and their hearts and, through caring and courage, mobilize people to personal and organizational greatness. In short, it's a work both inspirational and instructional that shows how to master one of the most difficult and valuable leadership skills of all.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jes

This book does an excellent job of showing what a good leader looks like (Jesus) and practical ways to do so. It inspired me to be a better manager (and wish my own managers would read the book). Leading is something anyone can do- badly. Servant leadership, however, is a rare practice, but necessar......more

Goodreads review by Eric

I received this book as part of a manager training seminar I attended. It's not my first management improvement book and it's not my first touchy feel-y self-improvement book. My dad had me read Dyer, Chopra, Tony Robbins, Maxwell Maltz, and Stephen Covey. But this is the first time I've read a touc......more

Goodreads review by Laura

I really enjoyed reading "Encouraging the Heart" According to Kouzes & Posner in “Encouraging the Heart,” when leaders do their best in encouraging the heart they practice the following: 1. Set clear standards 2. Expect the best 3. Pay attention 4. Personalize recognition 5. Tell the story 6. Celebrate tog......more

I really enjoyed the advice and the anecdotes that Kouzes and Posner outline in thier book Encouraging the Heart. I am not a leader for a business, but I am a teacher and a lot of their advice applies to my job as well. I picked up this book at a Goodwill and it interested me because of my students'......more