Credibility: How Leaders Gain and Lose it, Why People Demand it (Jossey-Bass Management)

by JamesM.Kouzes (Author), Barry Z . Posner (Author)

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  Paperback
  1995

  $3.25

  Based on the authors' extensive work in workshops and through the Tom Peters Group in the values, qualities, and attributes of credible leadership, this work takes the view that leadership is a relationship with credibility as the foundation. Credibility, they argue, comes from a combination of self-knowledge, values clarification, and service. The book begins with a discussion of leadership, service, and the importance of relationships. It then moves on to show why credibility is a cornerstone of leadership. The authors present a chapter on each of the six disciplines (honesty, being forward-looking, inspiration, competence, consistency, and change over time), laying out a clear process for building and evaluating credibility.

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  Paperback
  2003

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  Leadership is personal. It's not about the corporation, the community, or the country. It's about you. If people don't believe in the messenger, they won't believe the message. If people don't believe in you, they won't believe in what you say. And if it's about you, then it's about your beliefs, your values, your principles. - from Credibility In this best-selling book, Kouzes and Posner (authors of The Leadership Challenge), explain why leadership is above all a relationship, with credibility as the cornerstone. They provide rich examples of real managers in action and reveal the six key disciplines and related practices that strengthen a leader's capacity for developing and sustaining credibility. Kouzes and Posner show how leaders can encourage greater initiative, risk-taking, and productivity by demonstrating trust in employees and resolving conflicts on the basis of principles, not positions.

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  Hardcover
  1993

  $4.33

  This inspiring guide explores the importance of credibility in building personal and organizational success. It reveals the six key disciplines and related practices that strengthen a leader's capacity for developing and sustaining this critical attribute.