The Bellwether Effect - E-book - ePub

In his acclaimed 22nd book Lance Secretan calls out corporate America for continuing to use business practices that achieve opposite results from those intended.  Eighty percent of employees wish they didn't have to go to work on Monday mornings; more than 80% would change careers if they had a choice and 70% of employees are either disengaged or actively disengaged. Lance Secretan proposes a disarmingly simple and provocative solution: remove eight demoralizing and ineffective business practices and replace them with eight inspiring alternatives. As Sylvia B.
Vogt, President of Carnegie Bosch Institute for International Management at Carnegie Mellon University puts it, "In The Bellwether Effect, Lance shows a compelling, inspiring, and visionary path for today's organizations to move forward and re-invent corporate life and leadership. Many of his suggestions can be put into place with immediate impact, not only doing the right things, but also doing them right.
Start your journey as a better (inspiring) leader today. This book will help you create and sustain effective transformational change in your organization." Gina Mazza, author of Everything Matters, Nothing Matters, puts it this way, "This may be one of the most consoling pieces of writing ever published on the subject of leadership. Secretan lays bare why the fear-based, dangling-carrot style that's been practiced since the dawn of the industrial revolution is failing us miserably, and what's to be done about it.
He explores a holistic, values-centered approach based on love that inspires prosperous outcomes-for the individual, the organization, and the planet." This is a book with fresh and practical ideas that offers a new approach to corporate leadership, and as Kenneth Bloom, Senior Client Partner, Korn Ferry International says, "The Bellwether Effect makes the most compelling case for change while offering a deeply researched analysis of how we arrived at this alarming state.
Then, and this is of even greater value, Secretan outlines the steps that will get us back on an inspiring course. Doing so unlocks the high potential that is inside each of us and when potential is unlocked, we live better, we work better, and we love better. This is not a guidebook for the faint of heart, but the payoff is rich alignment (or harmony), the joy of authenticity, and the positive flow that comes with a sustained personal and professional balance.
Read this book to quickly reach your greatest, most sustainable potential as a leader.  If you have ever wondered, "Why are we doing this?", or "Is there a better way to do this?", then this is the book for you, because it offers crisp, insightful ways to propel organizations from "engaged" to "inspired".