Becoming the Best : Build a World-Class Organization Through Values-Based Leadership.

Becoming the Best: Build a World-Class Organization through Values-Based Leadership -- Contents -- Introduction: From Four Principles to Five Bests -- Section One: Best Self -- Chapter 1: The Self-Reflective, Balanced Leader -- The Importance of Self-Reflection -- Self-Reflection and the Business Orientation of Leadership -- Eliminating Worry, Fear, Anxiety, Pressure, and Stress -- Centering Your Best Self -- Best Self in the Real World -- Leading Up -- Pause for Reflection -- Balance and Perspective -- A Balanced Individual -- Self-Reflection and Balance-Complementary Tools in the Leadership Toolbox -- Your Best Self, Every Day -- Chapter 2: The Humble, Self-Confident Leader -- True Self-Confidence: What I Know and What I Don'T Know -- True and False Self-Confidence -- The Two-Question Test -- Admitting When You'Re Wrong -- True Self-Confidence and Leadership -- Genuine Humility -- The Genuinely Humble Leader -- How Did You Get to Where You Are? -- Can You Really Be Truly Self-Confident and Genuinely Humble in the Real World? -- Section Two: Best Team -- Chapter 3: Turning Around a Team -- From Best to Broken: What Can Go Wrong -- Turning Around an Icon: Campbell Soup and Doug Conant -- Form, Storm, Norm, and Perform -- Walking the Talk-Literally -- Winning on Four Dimensions -- Inside the Campbell Turnaround -- Winning in the Workplace, Marketplace, and Community -- The Turnaround Leader -- Chapter 4: Creating a Best Team From Scratch -- The Leader's Values -- From the Start: a Best Team -- Team First, Ego Last -- From Launch to Scale -- Creating Out-Of-The-Box Thinking -- The Pre-Mortem -- Best Team, Start to Finish -- It's All About the People -- Section Three: Best Partner -- Chapter 5: Suppliers As Best Partners: a Holistic Relationship -- Partnerships to Respond to Competitive Pressures -- Long-Term Partnerships Are Earned.

Northshore University Healthsystem: Collaboration in Action -- Building Partnerships on Partnerships -- Success Builds on Success -- Best Partners and the Pursuit of Excellence -- Chapter 6: Building Best-Partner Customer Relationships -- What a Customer Best Partnership Is-And Isn'T -- Focus on the Value Chain -- The Human Element -- Growing the Business With Best Partnerships: Catamaran Corporation -- Best Partnerships Promote Innovation -- When a Best Partner Becomes an Acquisition -- The Poster Child of Best-Partner Deals -- Best Partners -- Section Four: Best Investment -- Chapter 7: Making a Best Investment in Talent -- Getting the Priorities Right -- Setting the ``People Agenda´´ -- Talent and Culture -- Where It Falls Apart -- Developing Talent -- Intellectual Agility -- The Team Mindset: a Best-Investment Perspective -- Chapter 8: The Proof Point: Shareholder Value -- Northern Trust: Building Shareholder Value By Doing the Right Thing -- Becoming a Best Investment -- Tying Incentives to Becoming a Best Investment -- Private Equity: the Investor Point-Of-View -- The Test of the Best -- Section Five: Best Citizen -- Chapter 9: Values in Action -- A Shift in Thinking -- Authenticity Creates Alignment -- Lead with a Purpose -- Targeting Education -- An Empowered Team -- The Values-Based Culture -- Chapter 10: Living the Legacy and Leaving a Global Footprint -- Farm Families Served Per Year By One Acre Fund -- Putting Farmers First -- The Ethos of Giving -- Finding Meaning -- The One Acre Model -- Lessons Learned From a Kenyan Farm Field -- The Five Bests in Action -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- Index -- End User License Agreement.

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