Beyond Ego (eBook)

Influential Leadership Starts Within

Art Horn (Autor)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
200 Seiten
ECW Press (Verlag)
978-1-55490-774-8 (ISBN)

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'It's hard to get into the boardrooms and offices of some organizations because the egos of the leaders take up way too much space. And some say that's good, it takes big egos to make things happens. Not so, according to Art Horn, an executive coach who leads a sales force development company. Just listen to what the people who work for these big egos have to say: 'John is a smart guy and knows what he's doing, but his swollen ego keeps subverting what we're trying to do as a department.' Or 'Mary needs to stop focusing on her own star qualities and actually help the people who report to her. We're here to drive results, not admire her.' In a step-by-step, practical manner, Beyond Ego shows leaders how to move beyond ego in their day-to-day leadership tasks, thereby achieving engaged, inspired, committed, and productive teams and businesses. Horn teaches them to self-manage, by:

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The first time I met Art was when he was leading a three-day coaching session for our senior team.p> Our Domestic Division had for many years employed coaching as an essential part of driving our sales and service disciplines, which had earned them top marks for service and outstanding sales growth year over year. At the time of Art's session, we in the International Division had started to roll out coaching right through our organization, all the way down to our Personal Banking Officers in our branches. At the strong urging of one ofour senior management team members, Pat Minicucci, we hadagreed that if it was good enough for them, it should be good enough for us. Also, we had to admit-what did we know about coaching and egoless leadership anyway? Well, after three days in that coaching session, we knew a whole lot more! We also knew that coaching, egoless leadership,judging but not being judgmental, listening and being wholly heard were things we simply had to learn to do. At one point in the session, I was asked to sit in the middle of a circle of chairs, surrounded by International's senior management team. Art sat opposite me. He was to coach and I was to respond as openly and naturally as I felt I could. Art began to ask me questions about what I was working on, what I hoped to accomplish, what issues and concerns I had. And so the conversationwent. I can't tell you how long it lasted. I can tell you I will never forget it. I don't know if you have ever experienced someone listening to you deeply and without reservation. That's what Art did with me. He listened. He judged my answers but did not judge me. I felt that he cared about what I was doing and that hewould help me in any way he could. I trusted him completely. If I could do something better, he would tell me, but not to show that he was smarter than I or knew all the answers. It was just because it would help me, period - with no regard to his own personal advantage or agenda. As I read this book, coming upon familiar ideas and insights like old friends, I was brought back to our session with Art. The book reminds me of the challenge of personal change. For example, doing the session was harder than we thought it would be - we had to live it. We had to deal with those things we didn't know and weren't good at. Instituting coaching into our organization so that it is in our dna, a fundamental part of who we are, has been harder still. It is a journey we are committed to. We are already a good bank with as wonderfully diverse, talented, and dedicated a group of people as you could ever hope to stand shoulder to shoulder with. This journey is making us better: better leaders and better people. So to Art, we give you and all your people who are helping us a big, big thanks and a gran abrazo! For you the reader, I hope you enjoy this book and ponder its thoughts. They are worth the chew. If you would like it to, Beyond Ego can start you on a road less traveled and one I believe you will be glad you took. Robert H. Pitfield Executive Vice-President

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.2.2008
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
• ISBN-10: 1-55490-774-8 / 1554907748
• ISBN-13: 978-1-55490-774-8 / 9781554907748