The Purpose Linked Organization: How Passionate Leaders Inspire Winning Teams and Great Results

by Love, Alaina; Cugnon, Marc

• ISBN13: 9780071624701
• ISBN10: 0071624708
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2009-05-25
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

Summary

The leadership-building guide with a sense of purpose and a mission of maximum productivity..Today's employees want more than ever. They expect to find a sense of purpose and an outlet for their passions in their job. Too many employers, though, overlook this fact in their feverish attempt to fully utilize their people to gain ground against the competition..What they need to realize is that combining purpose and passion is the key to gaining a competitive advantage. .Developed by human resource consultants, this groundbreaking guide shows CEOs, executives, and HR personnel how to recruit, manage, and cultivate the strongest leaders possible. Using a personalized �Passion Profiler,� the book identifies ten Archetypes, such.as Builder, Connector, and Transformer. It offers specific ways to channel each type in a positive, purposeful direction, linking skills to values, personality to performance-and putting passion to work for maximum performance and new levels of profit. .

Author Biography

Alaina Love, SPHR, is president and cofounder of.Purpose Linked Consulting. She has.25 years experience in Human.Resources and research science.
.Marc Cugnon is.CEO and co-founder of Purpose.Linked Consulting. He has 30 years.experience as a senior executive in.the pharmaceutical industry.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Introduction	p. xi
Purpose and Passion
Why Purpose and Passion Matter	p. 3
Everyone Has a Passion Profile	p. 17
The Passion Profiles
The Builder	p. 29
The Conceiver	p. 43
The Connector	p. 53
The Creator	p. 63
The Discoverer	p. 75
The Processor	p. 87
The Transformer	p. 99
The Altruist	p. 113
The Healer	p. 125
The Teacher	p. 135
Putting Purpose and Passion to Work
The Journey to Purpose and Passion	p. 149
Getting Results through Purpose and Passion	p. 173
How Great Leaders Leverage Passion	p. 201
Acknowledgments	p. 215
Passion Profiler Frequently Asked Questions	p. 218
Endnotes	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 230
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