The Passionate Organization: Igniting the Fire of Employee Commitment - Hardcover

Lucas, James R.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0814404774 ISBN 13: 9780814404775

Publisher: Amacom Books, 1999

Synopsis

Everyone's heard about companies that seem to have everything--great products, enormous capital resources, reputation, skilled employees, "advanced" planning--and they still fail. Why? Perhaps they lack passion.

Emphasizing "big vision," mutual trust, and deeply held core values, Jim Lucas demonstrates how to win and keep the competitive edge by thinking with the heart as well as the head. He shows how a committed, passionate workforce can:

* make shifts and leaps that strategic planning alone cannot envision * fight to achieve the organization's mission * bring continuous improvement, creativity, and innovation to their work * enjoy a more fulfilling life, personally and professionally, by committing to something greater than themselves.

About this title

About the Author:

JAMES R. LUCAS (Kansas City, MO) is president of Luman Consultants and an award-winning faculty member for the American Management Association. Previous AMACOM books are Fatal Illusions and Balance of Power.

Review:

"The race for sustainable success, it's simple: passion wins! Lucas shows how to smash through the walls of corporate complacency to create an energetic and spirit-filled workplace...powerful, pragmatic, and (yes) passionate." --Jim Harris, Ph.D., author of Getting Employees to Fall in Love with Your Company, co-author of Finding & Keeping Great Employees

"Passion is the critical link between great ideas and great accomplishments. It is the `x-factor' that results in the sum of strategy and execution being greater than the parts. Lucas examines in depth what most business books consistently ignore. Bravo!" --Terry L. Lay, President, Lee Apparel (a division of VF Corporation)

"A brilliant compendium of trenchant observations about the release of human spirit. The ultimate weapon for the 21st century." --Arthur D. Wainwright, Chairman & CEO, Wainwright Industries, Inc. (winner of the Malcolm Baldrige Quality Award)

"Most of us have formulated a vision for our organization...a direction...a destination. Few have really mastered the art of `igniting the fire of employee commitment.' Lucas provides one of the best `how-to' books on building a passionate organization that I have ever seen." --M. Terry Turner, President, First American Investment Services Group

"Passion is the lifeblood of organizations. Passion is what differentiates great companies from mediocre ones. In an enlightening way, Lucas demonstrates the competitive advantages of leaders who recognize the role of emotions in organizations." --Manfred Kets de Vries, Raoul de Vitry d'Avaucourt Professon of Human Resource Management, Clinical Professor of Management & Leadership, INSEAD, France, and author of Leaders, Fools, and Imposters

About this edition

• Publisher: Amacom Books
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0814404774
• ISBN 13: 9780814404775
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 236