The Catalyst Effect powerfully shows readers how to expand their impact beyond job boundaries to elevate the performance of their teams and ultimately the overall organization. It describes how individuals can "lead from wherever they are" regardless of their role or title.
The authors provide a practical, research-based roadmap for developing and applying 12 key competencies to multiply ones impact. As a result, the group and organization achieve greater success; team dynamics improve; and individuals reap greater fulfillment, build stronger skills, and grow in stature while magnifying their value.
Real examples from business, sports, the arts, and not-for-profits bring the techniques to life and illustrate how to apply themmaking this book a valuable resource for professionals and leaders alike.
Provides a practical, research-based roadmap for developing and applying twelve key competencies to multiply an individuals impact, elevate the performance of others, and accelerate progress toward mission-oriented goals, generating greater value.
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Business professors and specialists Toomer et al. explain the mindset and competencies leaders need to impact and elevate team performance. They describe a catalyst effect that occurs by fusing leadership and teamwork into a force that raises the performance of everyone and elevates the overall team success, producing higher-level results. Drawing on interviews with professionals and leaders in business, sports, and the arts, they detail 12 key competencies to improve impact and drive progress toward team goals: building credibility by acting with integrity and inspiring trust, communicating clearly, and energizing others with optimism; creating cohesion by connecting emotionally, developing camaraderie, and putting the team's goals and the organization's mission before personal interests; generating momentum by energizing others to execute with the mission in mind, upgrading and rejuvenating skills and knowledge, and leading and following; and amplifying impact by pursuing excellence, mentoring and coaching others to excel, and proposing imaginative solutions. -- Annotation ©2018 * (protoview.com) *
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| Foreword |
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| Preface |
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| Introduction: Catalytic Teamwork in Action |
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CORNERSTONE 1 BUILDING CREDIBILITY |
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1 Acts with Integrity and Inspires Trust |
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3 Invigorates with Optimism |
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CORNERSTONE 2 CREATING COHESION |
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6 Puts the Team's Goals and the Organization's Mission before Personal Interests |
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CORNERSTONE 3 GENERATING MOMENTUM |
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7 Energizes Others to Execute with the Mission in Mind |
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8 Upgrades and Rejuvenates Skills and Knowledge |
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CORNERSTONE 4 AMPLIFYING IMPACT |
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11 Mentors and Coaches Others to Excel |
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12 Proposes Imaginative Solutions |
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| What's Next? Assessing and Developing Catalytic Competencies |
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| References |
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| About the Authors |
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| Index |
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Jerry Toomer serves as an Executive Partner and Adjunct Professor in the Lacy School of Business at Butler University. With over three decades of applied experience as a Human Resource executive, he brings unique insights into leadership and organization effectiveness.
Craig Caldwell is the Associate Dean of Graduate & Professional Programs in the Lacy School of Business at Butler University. Craig has been published in Business and Society, Journal of Leadership & Organizational Studies, The Monitor, Business and Society Review, Management Accounting Quarterly, and Journal of Corporate Citizenship.
Steve Weitzenkorn is an organizational adviser and strategy consultant, working closely with multinational corporations, local companies, educational institutions, and not-for-profits to elevate their success. He has developed innovative and award-winning training programs for American and international companies.
Chelsea Clark is the Founder and President of Chelsea Clark Consulting, LLC, a relationship research firm located in Carmel, IN. Her business assists corporate, non-profit, and academic leaders in achieving their research-related objectives and solving complex social scientific questions.
