Great Leadership ─ What It Is and What It Takes in a Complex World

From fieldwork that has spanned four continents and dozens of countries comes a simple, elegant and powerful model for acting with courage when faced with moments of truth and individual strength and character are put to the test. With thought-provoking case studies, the authors' unique Courage Index questionnaire, and other hands-on tools, The Courage to Act offers a simple yet elegant dynamic approach for assessing, fostering, teaching and learning courage. The authors detail the five factors of courage needed to face adversity, deal with ambiguity, seize opportunities before they get away, and work through rather than avoid conflicts: candor, purpose, will, rigor and risk.

From this experienced author team whose previous book, Strategic Human Resource Leader, first introduced the concept of HR transformation comes this detailed exploration of today's workforce and workplace trends that drive the need for HR to radically rethink, reinvent, and reposition its role within the organization. With data culled from the authors' over 20 year longitudinal study of how general managers view HR's focus and performance, Human Resource Transformation explores the new role of HR leadership, especially when facing the challenges of outsourcing, and presents an action plan for aligning and implementing a new agenda for connecting the HR function to the success of the organization.