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Common Purpose
How Great Leaders Get Organizations to Achieve the Extraordinary
15min reading time
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19min listening time
About the Summary
In this groundbreaking book, business and management expert Joel Kurtzman tackles the central question of leadership. What is common purpose? Common purpose is rarely achieved, but when a leader is able to bring it about, the results are outsized, measurable and inspiring.
In This Summary, You Will Learn:
- How leaders can create a feeling of “we” among team members.
- Hot to influence people to do the right thing on their own.
- How to build a common purpose in a world full of leadership failures.
- How to create sustainable, healthy organizations.
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