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Channel happiness and find your purpose with stories from the world's leading minds

Work is Love Made Visible offers the insights of some of the world's greatest thought leaders as they tackle one of life's most difficult treasure hunts: finding purpose. The word purpose is big. Very big. And heavy. It carries the weight of a lifetime of work and struggle; the weight of legacy, and the mass of days spent not doing something else. It's something we all grapple with at some pointsome of us find our purpose, others spend a lifetime searching. A lucky few grow to realize they've been working their purpose all along. Most of us aren't quite that lucky; often, fulfilling your purpose requires some kind of changecareer, lifestyle, habits, familyand what then? Are we selfish for the upheaval, or are we fulfilling destiny? Once we know our purpose, how do we pursue it?

This book asked those very questions of people who have followed their purp

Table of Contents

Foreword Alan Mulally xv

Preface xix

Acknowledgments xxiii

About the Editors xxv

PART I Leadership Is a Matter of How to Be, Not How to Do 1

Chapter 1 My Journey with Peter Drucker 3
Frances Hesselbein

Chapter 2 The Evolution of Leadership – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 9
Marshall Goldsmith

Chapter 3 Leaders Who Become Organization Anthropologists 19
ave Ulrich

Chapter 4 Waves 27
Whitney Johnson

Chapter 5 Being a Good Leader 37
Patrick Lencioni

Chapter 6 Scaling Your Impact as a Leader 41
Taavo Godtfredsen

Chapter 7 In Search of Obsession 51
Susan Scott

PART II To Serve Is to Live 57

Chapter 8 A Call to Create Positive Change on a Global Scale 59
Jim Yong Kim

Chapter 9 Turning Defeat into Victory 65
Margaret Heffernan

Chapter 10 What I See from My Window 71
Eric Schurenberg

Chapter 11 Loving Work Despite the Odds: Secrets from Sir Richard Branson and Nelson Mandela 77
Mark C. Thompson

Chapter 12 The New Work of Leaders: How Does Your Leadership Narrative Show Up? 85
Stephanie Pace Marshall

Chapter 13 Choose, Build, Live High Expectations! 93
Mel Spiese

Chapter 14 Respect, Courage, Honesty: True Leadership Traits 103
Jack Zenger

PART III Defi ning Moments 107

Chapter 15 The Power of Accepting Feedback 109
Hubert Joly

Chapter 16 Discovering Motifs 115
Rita McGrath

Chapter 17 Is It Time to Leave Your Comfort Zone? 123
Beverly Kaye

Chapter 18 Understanding in Moments 129
Catherine Carr

Chapter 19 Brother, Can You Paradigm? 137
Jeffrey Kuhn

Chapter 20 Life Lessons from the Tennis Court 147
Prakash Raman

Chapter 21 The Need for Conscious Choice 155
Margaret (Meg) Wheatley

PART IV Be Ye an Opener of Doors 161

Chapter 22 The Elegance and Simplicity of Coaching 163
Michael Bungay Stanier

Chapter 23 The Gift of Belonging 169
Garry Ridge

Chapter 24 New Leader Development: Leadership Lessons from the Doerr Institute 181
Brigadier General Tom Kolditz

Chapter 25 The World’s Greatest Ophthalmologist 191
Pawel Motyl

Chapter 26 Don’t Just Let Culture Happen 199
Alex Osterwalder

Chapter 27 The Space Between Intention and Action 205
Liz Wiseman

PART V Bright Future! 213

Chapter 28 Be Positive! 215
Frances Hesselbein

Chapter 29 What Do People Do All Day? 221
Sarah McArthur

Chapter 30 What If There Were No Problems, Only Projects? 227
David Allen

Chapter 31 A Cheerleader at Heart 235
Whitney Johnson

Chapter 32 Silver Linings 241
Asheesh Advani

Chapter 33 Are You Happy at Work? (And Why It Matters) 247
Annie McKee

Index 255

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      Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
      Publication Date: 18/12/2018
      ISBN13: 9781119513582, 978-1119513582
      ISBN10: 1119513588

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Channel happiness and find your purpose with stories from the world's leading minds

      Work is Love Made Visible offers the insights of some of the world's greatest thought leaders as they tackle one of life's most difficult treasure hunts: finding purpose. The word purpose is big. Very big. And heavy. It carries the weight of a lifetime of work and struggle; the weight of legacy, and the mass of days spent not doing something else. It's something we all grapple with at some pointsome of us find our purpose, others spend a lifetime searching. A lucky few grow to realize they've been working their purpose all along. Most of us aren't quite that lucky; often, fulfilling your purpose requires some kind of changecareer, lifestyle, habits, familyand what then? Are we selfish for the upheaval, or are we fulfilling destiny? Once we know our purpose, how do we pursue it?

      This book asked those very questions of people who have followed their purp

      Table of Contents

      Foreword Alan Mulally xv

      Preface xix

      Acknowledgments xxiii

      About the Editors xxv

      PART I Leadership Is a Matter of How to Be, Not How to Do 1

      Chapter 1 My Journey with Peter Drucker 3
      Frances Hesselbein

      Chapter 2 The Evolution of Leadership – Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow 9
      Marshall Goldsmith

      Chapter 3 Leaders Who Become Organization Anthropologists 19
      ave Ulrich

      Chapter 4 Waves 27
      Whitney Johnson

      Chapter 5 Being a Good Leader 37
      Patrick Lencioni

      Chapter 6 Scaling Your Impact as a Leader 41
      Taavo Godtfredsen

      Chapter 7 In Search of Obsession 51
      Susan Scott

      PART II To Serve Is to Live 57

      Chapter 8 A Call to Create Positive Change on a Global Scale 59
      Jim Yong Kim

      Chapter 9 Turning Defeat into Victory 65
      Margaret Heffernan

      Chapter 10 What I See from My Window 71
      Eric Schurenberg

      Chapter 11 Loving Work Despite the Odds: Secrets from Sir Richard Branson and Nelson Mandela 77
      Mark C. Thompson

      Chapter 12 The New Work of Leaders: How Does Your Leadership Narrative Show Up? 85
      Stephanie Pace Marshall

      Chapter 13 Choose, Build, Live High Expectations! 93
      Mel Spiese

      Chapter 14 Respect, Courage, Honesty: True Leadership Traits 103
      Jack Zenger

      PART III Defi ning Moments 107

      Chapter 15 The Power of Accepting Feedback 109
      Hubert Joly

      Chapter 16 Discovering Motifs 115
      Rita McGrath

      Chapter 17 Is It Time to Leave Your Comfort Zone? 123
      Beverly Kaye

      Chapter 18 Understanding in Moments 129
      Catherine Carr

      Chapter 19 Brother, Can You Paradigm? 137
      Jeffrey Kuhn

      Chapter 20 Life Lessons from the Tennis Court 147
      Prakash Raman

      Chapter 21 The Need for Conscious Choice 155
      Margaret (Meg) Wheatley

      PART IV Be Ye an Opener of Doors 161

      Chapter 22 The Elegance and Simplicity of Coaching 163
      Michael Bungay Stanier

      Chapter 23 The Gift of Belonging 169
      Garry Ridge

      Chapter 24 New Leader Development: Leadership Lessons from the Doerr Institute 181
      Brigadier General Tom Kolditz

      Chapter 25 The World’s Greatest Ophthalmologist 191
      Pawel Motyl

      Chapter 26 Don’t Just Let Culture Happen 199
      Alex Osterwalder

      Chapter 27 The Space Between Intention and Action 205
      Liz Wiseman

      PART V Bright Future! 213

      Chapter 28 Be Positive! 215
      Frances Hesselbein

      Chapter 29 What Do People Do All Day? 221
      Sarah McArthur

      Chapter 30 What If There Were No Problems, Only Projects? 227
      David Allen

      Chapter 31 A Cheerleader at Heart 235
      Whitney Johnson

      Chapter 32 Silver Linings 241
      Asheesh Advani

      Chapter 33 Are You Happy at Work? (And Why It Matters) 247
      Annie McKee

      Index 255

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