CITATION

Endersbe, Tom; Wortmann, Jon; and Therrien, Jay. Three Commitments of Leadership: How Clarity, Stability, and Rhythm Create Great Leaders. US: McGraw-Hill, 2011.

Three Commitments of Leadership: How Clarity, Stability, and Rhythm Create Great Leaders

Published:  September 2011

eISBN: 9780071775250 0071775250 | ISBN: 9780071774598
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1 What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
  • The Ship is Sinking
  • Leaders Create New Realities
  • How We Learn to Be Leaders
  • You Can Be a Better Leader Right Now
  • The Other Jack
  • What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
  • Chapter 2 Clarity
  • What is the Commitment to Clarity?
  • Blind Men Baking Bread
  • Do You Have Clarity?
  • Dead Men Tell No Tales
  • Add, Keep, Delete
  • We Think We’ve Been Clear
  • The Sponge and Shortcuts
  • Asking Why
  • Puzzle Pieces
  • End Every Conversation with a Reframe
  • Simple Assessments: What Does Success Look Like?
  • Chapter 3 Stability
  • What is the Commitment to Stability?
  • Starting Up a Culture of Stability
  • Do You Have Stability?
  • The Nimrod
  • Radar and the Alarm
  • Recognize Each Teammate’s Fear Response
  • Free Lunch, No Chores, Unlimited Learning, and Consistent Messages
  • General Mills
  • Why Trust Is Essential for Stability
  • How to Create a Culture of Trust
  • What to Do with Emotion
  • Simple Assessments: What Do You Need?
  • Chapter 4 Rhythm
  • What is the Commitment to Rhythm?
  • The Perfect Work Day
  • Do You Have Rhythm?
  • Henry Ford on Thomas Edison
  • The Foundation of Rhythm is Freedom
  • Happiness Equals Rhythm
  • Regular Measurement
  • Weekly Reviews
  • Renewing Rituals
  • Simple Assessments: What’s in Your Way?
  • Chapter 5 How to Build a Team of Leaders
  • The Greatest Scientist Whose Name We Don’t Remember
  • The Problem with Opportunities
  • What Is a Team of Leaders?
  • The Elephant Approach
  • How to Assess When Someone’s Ready to Lead
  • First Ask Why
  • The Ways to Build Confident Leaders
  • Our Teams of Leaders Are All Around Us
  • What Leaders Crave
  • Chapter 6 1,000,000 Leaders
  • A World of Leaders
  • Kissing Your Enemy
  • The Math
  • The Musician’s Village
  • Leaders for Life
  • A Community of Aspiration
  • The Inevitable Doubt
  • Lead Every Day
  • Postlude: The Unexpected Prize
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index