Building the Bridge As You Walk On It: A Guide for Leading Change
- 4h 39m
- Robert E. Quinn
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2004
Building the Bridge As You Walk On It tells the personal stories of people who have embraced deep change and inspired author Robert Quinn to take his concept one step further and develop a new model of leadership—“the fundamental state of leadership.” The exploration of this transformative state is at the very heart of the book. Quinn shows how anyone can enter the fundamental state of leadership by engaging in the eight practices that center on the theme of ever-increasing integrity—reflective action, authentic engagement, appreciative inquiry, grounded vision, adaptive confidence, detached interdependence, responsible freedom, and tough love. After each chapter, Quinn challenges you to assess yourself with respect to each practice and to formulate a strategy for personal growth.
About the Author
Robert E. Quinn holds the Margaret Elliot Tracy Collegiate Professorship of Business Administration at the University of Michigan and serves on the faculty of Organizational Behavior at the University of Michigan Business School. He is one of the cofounders of the Center for Positive Organizational Scholarship. Quinn’s research and teaching interests focus on organizational change and effectiveness. He is known for his work on the competing values model, which has been recognized as one of the forty most important models in the history of business. He has published over fourteen books. This book completes his trilogy on change. The first two books of the trilogy are Deep Change: Discovering the Leader Within (1996) and Change the World: How Ordinary People Can Accomplish Extraordinary Results (2000). Quinn has over twenty-five years of experience in working with organizations on issues of leadership and change.
In this Book
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Building the Bridge As You Walk On It—A Guide for Leading Change
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Building the Bridge As You Walk On It
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The Fundamental State of Leadership
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Entering the Fundamental State of Leadership
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Personal Revitalization
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Becoming More Aware and Authentic
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Transforming Others by Transforming Self
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A New View of Leadership
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Reflective Action
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Authentic Engagement
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Appreciative Inquiry
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Grounded Vision
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Adaptive Confidence
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Detached Interdependence
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Responsible Freedom
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Tough Love
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The Stages of Self-Change
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Inviting Others into the Fundamental State of Leadership
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