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Good People
The Only Leadership Decision That Really Matters
1 of 1 copy available
Leaders love to say that any company is only as good as its people, but tend to evaluate candidates and employees more by their measurable accomplishments than by their “softer” qualities, like integrity, compassion, and other values. Bestselling author Anthony Tjan is leading a movement to change the way we think about goodness so that we can become better judges of people and create more goodness in ourselves, in others, and in our organizations.
Tjan argues that while competence is necessary, real goodness must also encompass values; a fantastic résumé can never compensate for mediocre character. In Good People, he provides a clear language to discuss goodness, redefining it as a lifelong, proactive commitment that, like any skill, can be exercised, honed, and taught. When leaders prioritize goodness in themselves and in others, they can create lasting cultures and tremendous value.
Drawing from his own experiences as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Tjan also taps into the wisdom of his relationships and interviews with extraordinary innovators, executives, artists, academics, teachers, and role models from all disciplines and walks of life.
The cases and profiles shared include: Harvard Business School Dean Nitin Nohria, who has called for balancing leadership of competency with leadership of character; Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor, who has never forgotten her roots and shows profound kindness to her staff and clerks; Hollywood talent manager Shep Gordon, who has counseled his clients on the importance of generosity and gratitude; legendary venture capitalist Henry McCance, whose success proves that humbly ceding the spotlight to others makes room for their greatness; and master jazz musician Clark Terry, who devotedly mentored the young, blind pianist Justin Kauflin.
Packed with practical yet often surprising advice, Good People establishes a new language and framework you can use to evaluate, develop, and lead with goodness. Tjan will convince you that there is a hard truth in the “soft stuff” of business, and that choosing and working well with good people is truly the only leadership decision that really matters.
With an Afterword read by the Author
Includes a pdf of Goodness Exercises
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Release date
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OverDrive Listen audiobook
- ISBN: 9781524708436
- File size: 281626 KB
- Duration: 09:46:43
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Languages
- English
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Reviews
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March 6, 2017
Entrepreneur Tjan (coauthor of Heart, Smarts, Guts, and Luck) delivers a well-intentioned but flimsy meditation on kindness as the primary goal and tactic of leadership. He stresses that, more than ever, employees are the most important assets of their employers. In an effort to figure out how companies can more actively foster compassionate cultures, Tjan conducted close to 100 interviews with people in leadership positions. Unfortunately, he doesn’t turn up any particularly noteworthy insights, but regardless goes on to fill the book with a repetitive discussion of the characteristics of goodness. Character and values matter more than competency, he asserts, and he names compassion, respect, kindness, patience, and connectedness as the linchpins of a successful business. There is space given to the best ways to put kindness into action—mentorship, etc.—but overall, a lack of direction makes this primer uninspiring. Agent: Jim Levine, Levine Greenberg Rostan Literary Agency.
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