What does it take to do more with less? How can you do better than
before, or better than others? How do you turn losses into wins, or
near-bankruptcy into strong profitability, or abject failure into
stellar success?
The power of uplift enables any organization to do more with less, beat
the competition, and perform better than ever. Leaders who uplift their
employees' passions, intellects, and commitments produce remarkable
results.
Based on original research from a seven-year global study, Uplifting
Leadership reveals how leaders from diverse organizations inspired and
uplifted their teams' performance. Distilling the six common
characteristics of leaders at high-performing organizations across
business, sports, and education, authors Andy Hargreaves, Alan Boyle,
and Alma Harris explore the nature of uplift, its impact on performance,
and the ways to achieve it within and beyond an organization's walls,
revealing how leaders:
- Identify and articulate an inspiring dream that is coherently
connected to the best of what the organization has been before
- Pursue that dream at a sustainable pace without squandering resources,
incurring excessive debt, or burning people out
- Forge paths of innovation and improvement that others have overlooked
or rejected
- Monitor progress by using metrics and indicators in a mindful and
meaningful way
- Build teams that naturally pull people into change rather than pushing
them through it
Featuring case studies of organizations as diverse as Shoebuy.com, Fiat,
Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, Marks & Spencer, Cricket Australia, Burnley
Football Club, and the Vancouver Giants, as well as world-leading
educational systems, Uplifting Leadership provides tools for leaders
to incorporate these performance-driving strategies into their own.
For leaders who want their people to try harder, transform what they do,
reach for a higher purpose, and stay resolute and resilient when
opposing forces threaten to defeat them, Uplifting Leadership provides
a path to better performance across any organization.