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Book SynopsisHow to leverage ordinary greatness to create a competitive advantage for any organization
Enabling readers to maximize leadership skills, no matter the venue, Ordinary Greatness helps those who are in leadership positions to optimize their organizational results by improving their ability to recognize and create greatness in those who they lead. Featuring real-world stories, this practical guide helps readers relate to both famous and everyday heroes and shows leaders how to improve their immediate environment. In addition, actionable tips and insights are included to equip business leaders to remove the blinders that keep them from seeing their organization''s ordinary greatness.
Pamela Bilbrey and Brian Jones are organizational consultants, executive coaches, and international speakers and workshop facilitators
Trade Review"In their book…Pamela Bilbrey and Brian Jones flip the script on how we should recognize and reward greatness in both our professional and personal lives. They remind us to set aside our beliefs that great people must be well-known celebrities or larger-than-life figures, and consider the people around us who practice greatness every day while no one is looking." (
Pensacola News Journal, August 18, 2009)
"Attaining greatness in and out of the workplace may seem like a lofty aspiration-to say the least-but according to Pam Bilbrey and Brian Jones, the prerequisite steps are surprisingly pedestrian in nature." (Sales Marketing Management Monitor, July 21, 2009)
Table of ContentsForeword ix
Preface xi
Acknowledgments xv
Chapter 1 What is Ordinary Greatness? 1
Chapter 2 Ordinary Greatness Observed 9
Chapter 3 Why People Do Not See Ordinary Greatness 23
Chapter 4 How Leaders Open Their Eyes to Ordinary Greatness 39
Chapter 5 Characteristics of Ordinary Greatness 55
Chapter 6 Creating the Context for Ordinary Greatness 75
Chapter 7 Promoting Ordinary Greatness 95
Chapter 8 Cultivating the Potential for Ordinary Greatness 109
Chapter 9 Changing the Way You View the World 123
Chapter 10 Ordinary Greatness in Challenging Times 143
Closing Comments 157
Appendix A Assessments 159
Appendix B Questions and Answers 166
Notes 180
For More Information 188
About the Authors 189
Index 190
