Better Together

FDR and Eleanor. Mick and Keith. Jobs and Woz. There are countless examples of introvert-extrovert partnerships who make brilliant products, create great works of art, and even change history together. But these partnerships don't just happen. They demand wise nurturing.

The key, says bestselling author Jennifer Kahnweiler, is for opposites to stop emphasizing their differences and use approaches that focus them both on moving toward results. Kahnweiler's first-of-its-kind practical five-step process helps introverts and extroverts understand and appreciate each other's wiring, use conflicts to spur creativity, enrich their own skills by learning from the other, and see and act on things neither would have separately. Kahnweiler shows how to perform the delicate balancing act required to create a whole that is exponentially greater than the sum of its parts.

A detailed and inspiring strategy for staying true to yourself at work while contributing to your organization’s effectiveness and integrity • Based on over fifty candid interviews with businesspeople at all levels, including vivid firsthand accounts of compromise and courage • Eminently practical and constructive, with exercises and strategies you can apply wherever you work Healthy compromise is a fact of organizational life, part of accomplishing any meaningful goal with other people. But when it involves betraying your word, your principles, or other important commitments, it takes a bite out of your passion and vitality, trapping you in a web of nagging doubts and regrets or even dread and remorse. Sadly, certain common misconceptions about compromise mean we can fall into this trap unknowingly, making a sort of “devil’s bargain by degrees.” Even worse, this can happen while working for companies and leaders we otherwise respect and admire. So what can you do, short of sacrificing your career? In this unflinching but consistently constructive and timely look at concessions, double-binds, and contradictions of organizational life, Doty suggests the antidote is to “redefine the game” – expand your ability to be a positive force regardless of the setting. At the core of this strategy are six personal foundations that she illuminates with practical exercises and examples, including Reconnect to Your Strengths, See the Larger Playing Field, Define a Worthy Enough Win, Find Your Real Team, Make Positive Plays, and Keep Your Own Score. Full of candid firsthand stories from Doty’s interviews with over fifty businesspeople as well as her own experiences as a consultant and manager, The Compromise Trap offers sympathetic guidance for individuals striving to live with greater integrity, courage, and purpose at work, as well as the executives, coaches, consultants, and loved ones who support them and senior leaders who want to expand what it means for organizations to act with integrity in the world.

This guide shows readers how to transform a traditional organization into an evolutionary one with a framework and mindset that offer a new way of leading and approaching change.
This guide shows readers how to transform a traditional organization into an evolutionary one with a framework and mindset that offer a new way of leading and approaching change.

Now more than ever, society is demanding change, and organizations are being asked to shift into more conscious and agile business practices. Yet, most of what people believe about leadership, effective workplaces, and how to create lasting change is either incomplete or outright incorrect. And even if the desire to change is there, understanding of how to achieve it is elusive.

This book holds the key. It introduces the Shift Evolutionary Leadership Framework (SELF), which helps leaders create the understanding and application needed to evolve high performance. At the core of the book are dozens of business patterns that cut across seven dimensions of organizational functioning. The traps of traditional organizations are contrasted with the high-performance practices of evolutionary organizations. Authors Michael Sahota and Audree Tata Sahota explain the steps of leading beyond change—evolving beyond servant leadership to make the inner shift needed to unlock the practical skills and techniques.

Whether readers call this shift business agility, Teal Agility, evolutionary, or the future of work, it is possible to create high-performing organizations filled with energized people who are able to surf the waves of change.

Personal presence is difficult to define but easy to recognize. People with presence carry themselves in a way that turns heads. When they talk, people listen. When they ask, people answer. When they lead, people follow. Personal presence can help you get a date, a mate, a job, or a sale. It can help you lead a meeting, a movement, or an organization.

Presence is not something you're born with—anyone can learn these skills, habits, and traits. Award-winning speaker and consultant Dianna Booher shows how to master dozens of small and significant things that work together to convey presence. She details how body language, manners, and even your surroundings enhance credibility and build rapport. You'll learn to use voice and language to demonstrate competence, deliver clear and memorable messages, and master emotions. You'll learn to think strategically, organize ideas coherently, and convey to others genuine interest, integrity, respect, and reliability.

Take her self-assessment to measure your progress. With Dianna Booher's expert, entertaining advice, you can have the same kind of influence as the most successful CEOs, celebrities, and civic leaders.

• An authoritative and candid insider's guide to the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to establish a successful CSR career

• Filled with practical advice on programs, processes, and most importantly, the personal and professional skills needed to thrive

• Features fascinating stories and examples drawn from the author's more than two decades in corporate social responsibility

The BP oil spill, the 2008 global financial collapse, and revelations of scandalous work conditions at Chinese electronics supplier Foxconn show why so many are suspicious of promises of corporate responsibility. But slowly and fitfully, corporations are changing. It's not just because of the high cost of making amends and a fear of negative publicity-consumers are demanding better corporate behavior. But corporations can't act in responsible ways if no "treehuggers" are working inside the system to lead the effort.

For more than two decades, Timothy J. Mohin has worked to improve working conditions, clean up factories, and battle climate changeall-while being employed by some of the biggest companies in the world. In Changing Business from the Inside Out he's written the first practical, authoritative insider's guide to creating a career in corporate responsibility. Mohin describes how to get started and what the day-to-day experience of being "the designated driver at the corporate cocktail party" is really like. He recounts colorful case studies from his own career, provides advice on how CSR workers can have greater iimpact, and even looks into how employees in other corporate functions can make a difference. He details the programs and processes needed to support a comprehensive CSR effort, but perhaps most importantly, he identifies the personal and professional skills needed to navigate corporate politics and get buy-in from sometimes skeptical colleagues.

With more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 now publishing "sustainability reports," a new career path has been forged in corporate responsibility. From strategy to data mining to supply chains and communication, this book is the "operator's manual" for this new career path.

• An authoritative and candid insider's guide to the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to establish a successful CSR career

• Filled with practical advice on programs, processes, and most importantly, the personal and professional skills needed to thrive

• Features fascinating stories and examples drawn from the author's more than two decades in corporate social responsibility

The BP oil spill, the 2008 global financial collapse, and revelations of scandalous work conditions at Chinese electronics supplier Foxconn show why so many are suspicious of promises of corporate responsibility. But slowly and fitfully, corporations are changing. It's not just because of the high cost of making amends and a fear of negative publicity. Consumers are demanding better corporate behavior, and an increasing number of executives are eager to make their organizations more of a force for good. But corporations can't act in responsible ways if no "treehuggers" are working inside the system to lead the effort.

For more than two decades, Timothy J. Mohin has worked to improve working conditions, clean up factories, and battle climate change -- all while being employed by some of the biggest companies in the world. In Changing Business from the Inside Out he's written the first practical, authoritative insider's guide to creating a career in corporate responsibility. Mohin describes how to get started and what the day-to-day experience of being "the designated driver at the corporate cocktail party" is really like. He recounts colorful case studies from his own career, provides advice on how CSR workers can have greater iimpact, and even looks into how employees in other corporate functions can make a difference. He details the programs and processes needed to support a comprehensive CSR effort, but perhaps most importantly, he identifies the personal and professional skills needed to navigate corporate politics and get buy-in from sometimes skeptical colleagues.

With more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 now publishing "sustainability reports," a new career path has been forged in corporate responsibility. From strategy to data mining to supply chains and communication, this book is the "operator's manual" for this new career path.

• An authoritative and candid insider's guide to the essential knowledge, skills, and abilities needed to establish a successful CSR career

• Filled with practical advice on programs, processes, and most importantly, the personal and professional skills needed to thrive

• Features fascinating stories and examples drawn from the author's more than two decades in corporate social responsibility

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The BP oil spill, the 2008 global financial collapse, and revelations of scandalous work conditions at Chinese electronics supplier Foxconn show why so many are suspicious of promises of corporate responsibility. But slowly and fitfully, corporations are changing. It's not just because of the high cost of making amends and a fear of negative publicityconsumers are demanding better corporate behavior. But corporations can't act in responsible ways if no "treehuggers" are working inside the system to lead the effort.

For more than two decades, Timothy J. Mohin has worked to improve working conditions, clean up factories, and battle climate changeallwhile being employed by some of the biggest companies in the world. In Changing Business from the Inside Out he's written the first practical, authoritative insider's guide to creating a career in corporate responsibility. Mohin describes how to get started and what the day-to-day experience of being "the designated driver at the corporate cocktail party" is really like. He recounts colorful case studies from his own career, provides advice on how CSR workers can have greater iimpact, and even looks into how employees in other corporate functions can make a difference. He details the programs and processes needed to support a comprehensive CSR effort, but perhaps most importantly, he identifies the personal and professional skills needed to navigate corporate politics and get buy-in from sometimes skeptical colleagues.

With more than 80 percent of the Fortune 500 now publishing "sustainability reports," a new career path has been forged in corporate responsibility. From strategy to data mining to supply chains and communication, this book is the "operator's manual" for this new career path.

Offers a simple yet powerful process to help readers take advantage of existing coaching skills and build and hone new coaching skills

Includes a wealth of activities, exercises, pointers, and tips

Shows how taking a coaching approach can enrich all our relationships, on and off the job

Coaching is becoming increasingly popular in organizations today, and with good reason. It is more than providing individuals with enthusiastic support and encouragement. Used correctly, coaching is a powerful tool that will drive performance and support the achievement of career goals. Moreover, coaching delivers benefits to managers and supervisors who master the art of coaching. Relationships with direct reports are strengthened and clarified, and this often translates to increased company loyalty and motivation on the job.

In 10 Steps to Successful Coaching, readers, whatever their level of expertise, will find a simple yet powerful process to embrace and use their existing coaching skills or build and hone new ones. Sophie Oberstein provides readers with a coaching pathway that will lead to greater satisfaction on the job as a manager or employee and even in their personal lives as a friend, spouse, or parent. She offers a solid process that begins with preparation for the role of coach, moves to coming to agreement on goals and outcomes, and ends with ways to ensure that positive changes are internalized and made permanent. While those who supervise and manage others will find this book particularly helpful, the activities, exercises, pointers, and tips are designed so that all readers can become more “coach-like” in their interactions with others. In the end, 10 Steps to Successful Coaching is a book about building a critical business and management skill that a new generation of leaders has increasingly realized is valuable, effective, and key to a high-performing workforce.

    Offers a simple yet powerful process to help readers take advantage of existing coaching skills and build and hone new coaching skills

    Includes a wealth of activities, exercises, pointers, and tips

    Shows how taking a coaching approach can enrich all our relationships, on and off the job

Coaching is becoming increasingly popular in organizations today, and with good reason. It is more than providing individuals with enthusiastic support and encouragement. Used correctly, coaching is a powerful tool that will drive performance and support the achievement of career goals. Moreover, coaching delivers benefits to managers and supervisors who master the art of coaching. Relationships with direct reports are strengthened and clarified, and this often translates to increased company loyalty and motivation on the job.

In 10 Steps to Successful Coaching, readers, whatever their level of expertise, will find a simple yet powerful process to embrace and use their existing coaching skills or build and hone new ones. Sophie Oberstein provides readers with a coaching pathway that will lead to greater satisfaction on the job as a manager or employee and even in their personal lives as a friend, spouse, or parent. She offers a solid process that begins with preparation for the role of coach, moves to coming to agreement on goals and outcomes, and ends with ways to ensure that positive changes are internalized and made permanent. While those who supervise and manage others will find this book particularly helpful, the activities, exercises, pointers, and tips are designed so that all readers can become more œcoach-like in their interactions with others. In the end, 10 Steps to Successful Coaching is a book about building a critical business and management skill that a new generation of leaders has increasingly realized is valuable, effective, and key to a high-performing workforce.