James A. Autry

El liderazgo es una vocación. Y el liderazgo con vocación de servicio –la idea de que dirigir una empresa con respeto, honradez, amor y espiritualidad potenciará las capacidades de los empleados- ayu

Este libro ofrece una serie de lecciones prácticas sobre el poder extraídas del Tao Te King, uno de los textos de sabiduría más profundos de la humanidad. Los autores han aplicado esta sabiduría taoísta al ambito mas importante de la vida despues del familiar: el trabajo. La idea base es que el verdadero poder del empresario aflora cuando es capaz de liberarse de la ilusion del control. Solo asi podra capacitarse y capacitar a su equipo para desarrollar la maxima eficacia y obtener los mayores beneficios. El verdadero dirigente sabe que es un poder con su gente, no sobre su gente. La lectura de este libro hara que las personas que trabajan cambien muchos de sus conceptos comprendiendo cual es el mejor modo de emplear el tiempo, como crear un entorno en el que cada persona desarrolle su real capacidad y como transformar el lugar de trabajo en una fuente de eficacia y realizacion personal. Una obra que enseña el arte de delegar y que marca la direccion del exito en el mundo empresarial moderno.

A Practical Guide to Using the Principles of Servant Leadership Leadership is a calling. And servant leadershipthe idea that managing with respect, honesty, love, and spirituality empowers employeeshelps individuals answer that calling. Bestselling author and former Fortune 500 executive James A. Autry reveals the servant leaders tools, a set of skills and ideals that will transform the way business is done. It helps leaders nurture the needs and goals of those who look to them for leadership. The result is a more productive, successful, and happier organization, and a more meaningful life for the leader. Autry reveals how to remain true to the servant leadership model when handling day-to-day and long-term management situations, including how to: Provide guidance during conflict and crisis Assure your continued growth and progress as a leader Train managers in the principles of servant leadership Transform a company with morale problems into a great place to work Practiced by one-third of the companies on Fortunes 100 Best Companies to Work For list, servant leadership is a thriving philosophy. Ultimately, Autry explores how it can be a valuable, refreshing, and rewarding approach to leading others in business life.

There are a thousand acts of duplicity and dishonesty every day, some large and some small, some of which undoubtedly take place in your workplace. The question for all of us is, Are we going to resist or just play along the path of least resistance? The first hard choice a person of integrity must make is to choose to live, both personally and professionally, in a way that embodies integrity. The power of this book comes from the real-life, in-the-workplace experiences that these executives have been so generously willing to share. None had easy choices, but thats the point: Integrity is not about easy choices, its about the courage to make the right choices.From The Book of Hard ChoicesAll of us like to think that, in any given situation, wed act with integrity and do the right thing. But what happens when we get to work each morning? Do the same rules we follow in our personal lives apply to our work lives? The lines between right and wrong become blurred when we must weigh our obligations to our employer against our own ideas about what is right and wrong. Should altruism trump profit, even to the detriment of the organization? When should you step in to protect an employee and when should the employee be left to take the heat? If the CEO is up to some unethical accounting, should you always risk your joband the companys reputationto sound the alarm?These are the hard choices, the dilemmas that put your integrity to the test and require you to look beyond organizational policy and industry precedents to find an answer that reflects your personal sense of justice. The Book of Hard Choices goes to the heart of these difficult decisions. James Autry and Peter Roy, experienced executives themselves, interviewed numerous leaders about the tough decisions theyve made on the job. They spoke with people like former Starbucks president Howard Behar, Iowa Cubs owner Michael Gartner, and Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa as well as entrepreneurs, military officials, members of the clergy, and a whole host of leaders. The authors dig into the thinking process these people went through, as well as the emotional strain, the self-doubt, and the fear of a wrong decisions impact on their business, family, or coworkers. Not everyone in this book made the right choice, but all of them were forced to examine their values and make decisions in complicated circumstances. The result is hard-won wisdom on how to navigate the ethical gray-areas of work lifefrom daily challenges to possible career ending choicesand make the best possible decisions in the most difficult situations.