Book description
Build a sustainable high-performance culture around the seven classical virtues
Virtue is more than a word: It’s a way for us all to live, a way to flourish as human beings. And when applied to organizational life, virtue serves to enhance engagement, strengthen teamwork, and foster success in business. Better Humans, Better Performance connects the classical virtues―Trust, Compassion, Courage, Justice, Temperance, Wisdom, and Hope―with science that can help you achieve results in areas such as:
- Cultivating excellence in leadership
- High performing teams
- Cultures that drive performance outcomes
- Character education for families
- Integrity as a growth market
- The science of resiliency
- Coaching, deliberate practice, and habits of high performance
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface: How Do We Get Great Performance?
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Better Humans, Better Performance
- 2 The Seven Classical Virtues
- 3 Organizational Culture
- 4 Hire for Character, Train for Competence
- 5 Teamwork
- 6 Resilience
- 7 Engagement
- 8 Raising and Teaching Better Humans, by Julie Rea
- 9 Driving Innovation
- 10 Creating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
- 11 Restoring Cultures
- 12 Coaching
- 13 Forming Good Habits
- 14 The Value of Virtue
- Epilogue
- Notes
- Index
Product information
- Title: Better Humans, Better Performance: Driving Leadership, Teamwork, and Culture with Intentionality
- Author(s):
- Release date: December 2022
- Publisher(s): McGraw-Hill
- ISBN: 9781264278169
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