Featuring a foreword by Deepak Chopra and interviews with dozens of leadership pioneers, this book provides a seven-step prescription for creating a compassionately competitive work culture. This groundbreaking strategy shows how collaborators, not controllers, dare to create success by reshaping the workplace in unexpected ways, with a focus on topics such as humility, compassion, inclusiveness, and values-based decisiveness. The interviewees include Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist; Mary Ellen Weber, former NASA astronaut; and Chris Zorich, former NFL star.
Foreword Deepak Chopra xv
Introduction xvii
Part I Defining the Characteristics of Success
1 Apples Are Square 3
2 A New Success Model 13
3 Humility 25
4 Compassion 35
5 Transparency 53
6 Inclusiveness 67
7 Collaboration 83
8 Values-Based Decisiveness 97
Part II Activating the Seven Steps to Change
9 Step 1-Reach Out to Serve Others 115
10 Step 2-Ask, "Who Am I?" 131
11 Step 3-Ask, "Who Are You?" 145
12 Step 4-Find Common Ground 157
13 Step 5-Don't Take the Pleats Out 173
14 Step 6-Root for People 187
15 Step 7-Leave Some Money on the Table 201
16 Lift People Up 215
Epilogue: The Peopleship Planet 225
Overview
Featuring a foreword by Deepak Chopra and interviews with dozens of leadership pioneers, this book provides a seven-step prescription for creating a compassionately competitive work culture. This groundbreaking strategy shows how collaborators, not controllers, dare to create success by reshaping the workplace in unexpected ways, with a focus on topics such as humility, compassion, inclusiveness, and values-based decisiveness. The interviewees include Craig Newmark, founder of Craigslist; Mary Ellen Weber, ...