Description
Book SynopsisIf you want to grow, start by making other people feel taller. In Great People Make People Feel Great: How Leaders Elevate Teams With Cloud Nine Thinking, accomplished management coach and business veteran Adrian Webster and Stuart Holah set out an inspiring and practical collection of insights into how to unlock the full potential of yourself, colleagues, team members and collaborators. You'll learn to elevate your workplace by shifting assumptions, and choosing new perspectives which generate better outcomes for managers, team members and entire businesses. You'll discover the culture shift that's possible when you give people permission to bring their undiluted selves to work and inspire them to get more out of themselves than they thought possible. The book will show you how to: Find clarity of meaning by simplifying goals and strategies so you focus on what's most importantBuild effective teams and foster collaboration by understanding how to motivate people with diverse skills and strengthsCelebrate failure for its rich learning opportunities, as well as building on the lessons of successRecognize the power of incremental small changes that add up to powerful transformations An essential handbook for leaders or would-be leaders in any size of organisation, Great People Make People Feel Great will benefit entrepreneurs and founders, as well as senior leadership and board members in established businesses. Each chapter takes a familiar aspect of leadership and examines it from a new angle to show that when we are prepared to ask why we often think and react automatically in certain situations, we can learn to re-programme' our thinking and consciously adopt more effective strategies.
Table of ContentsAbout the Authors ix
Introduction xi
1 Let Go of Perfect 3
2 See People as They Are 21
3 Embrace the Power of Small 39
4 My Motivation Isn’t Your Motivation 57
5 Calmness, Stress and the Choices We Make 77
6 Celebrate Failure, Learn from Success 97
7 Integrity, Strength and Resilience 117
8 To Find Meaning, Simplify 137
9 Pursue Mastery 159
Acknowledgements 193
Appendix 195
Index 197
