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Passionate Organization: Igniting the Fire of Employee Commitment

Author: James R Lucas

The Passionate Organization shows leaders and managers how to find and inspire passionate people, with a focus on deeply-held core values, mutual trust, and a common vision. Filled with lively, real-world examples and straightforward strategies, the book reveals the keys to bringing diverse, driven, and feisty people together and bringing out their best.

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In the face of nonstop newness and constant changes, Lucas, president of Luman Consultants and faculty member of the American Management Association, instructs readers on how to find and inspire passionate employees who focus on diversity, originality, and feistiness. These workers must also share deeply held core values, mutual trust, and a common vision. Real-world stories and practical strategies illustrate passion from a business perspective as a "hard" skill. Lucas lists ten clues to whether workers are passionate about their company and their desire to make a difference. He tells how to align organizational goals with employee passions, pick and prepare passionate employees, and cut the deadwood or nonbelievers. This unique and thought-provoking book walks a fine line, daring to be spiritual while not treading on employees' religious beliefs. Lucas really believes that "the game is people and the formula for winning it is involvement." Recommended.--Susan C. Awe, Univ. of New Mexico Lib., Albuquerque Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.

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Shows leaders and managers how to find and inspire passionate people, with a focus on deeply-held core values, mutual trust, and a common vision. Filled with real-world examples and straightforward strategies, it reveals the keys to bringing diverse, driven, and feisty people together and bringing out their best. Topics include ten clues as to how employees feel about a company and their role in it; how to align organization goals with employees' personal desires; how to cut out the deadwood; and the power of daring to be spiritual. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknew.com)

Table of Contents:

	Acknowledgments
	Introduction: Heart Over Head
Pt. I	Passion Over Knowledge	1
Ch. 1	Defining Passion	3
Ch. 2	The Limitations of Reason	17
Ch. 3	The Misleading Comfort of Strategic Planning	30
Ch. 4	The Siren Song of the Learning Organization	42
Ch. 5	The Uncontrollable Nature of Fire	56
Pt. II	A Passionate People	67
Ch. 6	Clues to the Presence of Passion	69
Ch. 7	The Role of the Soul	85
Ch. 8	Commitment to a Greater Goal	96
Ch. 9	The Need to Make a Difference	106
Ch. 10	Balanced People With Multiple Passions	118
Pt. III	The Passionate Organization	131
Ch. 11	Pick and Prepare Passionate People	133
Ch. 12	Encase Passion in Vision and Mutual Trust	144
Ch. 13	Building Passion for Stakeholders	160
Ch. 14	Stoke the Fire of Waning Passion	171
Ch. 15	Deal With Negative and Missing Passion	182
Ch. 16	Kill the Concept of "Management"	191
Ch. 17	Know It's Better to Stub Your Toe Than to Lose Your Leg	201
Ch. 18	Use Crises and Obstacles to Increase Passion	210
Ch. 19	Spiritual Leadership in Secular Places	218
	Epilogue: The Triumph of the Passionate Organization	224
	Bibliography	226
	Index	229
	Other Reading	236

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