Encouraging The Heart
...5th, 2005
Recommended Length: One hour minimum, One hour 15 minutes maximum
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Key take-aways
Practical applications
Entertaining
interactive
Presentation Outline:
0:00-0:05 Introduce ETH, Concept of Caring Leader (5 minutes)
0:06-0:10 Most Meaningful Recognition, Need for Encouragement (5 minutes)
0:11-0:50 The Seven Essentials of Encouraging the Heart (40 minutes total)
Open Discussion Idea Exchange
Answering of Reflection Questions
"A + B" Role Playing Game
End with video summary (2 minutes)
0:51-0:55 Finding Your Voice as a Leader (5 minutes)
0:56-1:00 Implementation Strategies (5 minutes)
1:01-1:05 Summary (5 minutes)
1:06-1:10 Questions (5 minutes)
In a Nutshell: Creating a workforce that cares
Book Outline:
Chapter 1 - Concept of the caring leader
Chapter 2-10 - Outlines "seven essential principles" for encouraging workers. Essentials are interrelated and overlapping. It is really all about caring for people.
Chapter 11-12 - Personalizing process and offers strategies to implement
Overview:
Book's goal is to reveal the key to unlocking the high achiever within, by what Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner call "encouraging the heart."
Reflects upon one of the most elusive aspects of leadership - caring - and offers a deeper understanding of how and why it works. Premise is employees perform best when their contributions are genuinely appreciated. However, Kouzes and Posner assert most executives have not mastered the decidedly soft-management skill of "encouragement" that fosters such behavior. They advocate mutual respect and recognition of accomplishments to motivate and encourage others to be their very best. More importantly, they extend a set of principles, practices, and examples that show how to energize people to excel and then reach for even greater heights. Kouzes and...
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