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John Stahl-Wert Ken Jennings

Ten Thousand Horses

John Stahl-Wert,  Ken Jennings

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English
Berrett-Koehler
01 January 2018
Management & management techniques
Matt James is in trouble. Recently promoted to head his division, he's delivered two years of divisional losses in clients, market share, and profits. He knows his workers are talented and creative, but they don't respond to his efforts to lead them, and he's on the brink of being fired. In desperation, he reaches out to an old mentor, David Butler, who now works with wild mustang horses and hard-to-place foster children on a ranch in Colorado. David agrees to work with his former student but only on the condition that Matt comes to him-to the ranch. Matt has no idea what the ranch could possibly have to do with his problems, but David assures him that if he spends some time there, he'll learn exactly what he needs to know.

Through David's unorthodox tutelage, Matt discovers that leaders who succeed in engaging their workers do so because they see their day-to-day work as an opportunity to build an organizational culture of engagement. The engagement model is illuminated as Matt comes to understand its components piece by piece-and ultimately discovers how to engage those on his team and in his life.

In this inspiring leadership fable, John Stahl-Wert and Ken Jennings draw on their years of experience as consultants and chief executives, as well as on findings from Gallup's groundbreaking Q12 survey of 4 million workers from 360,000 workgroups, to lay out an innovative leadership model that will turn employees from dutiful drones to committed contributors. But Ten Thousand Horses is also a story of personal transformation. Beyond specific practices and techniques, Matt must learn a whole new way of relating to his employees-because, as he discovers, leading an engaged workforce is as much about who you are as what you do.
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Imprint:   Berrett-Koehler
Country of Publication:   United States
Dimensions:   Height: 221mm,  Width: 147mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   297g
ISBN:   9781576754504
ISBN 10:   1576754502
Pages:   144
Publication Date:  
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active

John Stahl-Wert, DMin, works with organizations that want to build great leaders who bring out the very best in their people. John provides keynote programs to executives and managers around the world on servant leadership, workforce performance, and leadership growth. A working CEO, John heads the Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation where he and his staff em- ploy entrepreneurial and business-minded approaches to social change that have been replicated in over fifty cities around the United States. Along with Ken Jennings, John is coauthor of the international best seller The Serving Leader, published in eight languages. Contact him at john@johnstahlwert.com. Ken Jennings, PhD, focuses on helping leaders become better coaches and lead with purpose. Through Third River Partners, he consults on the development of teams while achieving breakthroughs in critical projects. A graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and Purdue University, Ken works with the top management of leading global companies to implement innovative approaches to organizational effectiveness and leadership development. He is coauthor of Changing Health Care and along with John Stahl-Wert is the co-author of the international best seller The Serving Leader, published in eight languages. Contact him at ken@3rd-river.com.

Reviews for Ten Thousand Horses

Ten Thousand Horses brings us a stirring message of the power of trust, of love, and of hope at a time when building trust is the greatest challenge before us. We are grateful for this new resource on 'how to be a leader' for leaders across the sectors. -Frances Hesselbein, Founder and President, Leader to Leader Institute Ten Thousand Horses is vitally important for leaders who want to bring out the very best in their people. Stahl-Wert and Jennings have given us another deeply moving story that offers sure-footed guidance for becoming the kind of leader people want to follow. Read this book! -Ken Blanchard, author of The One Minute Manager (R) This is a book I couldn't put down. A book aimed at the heart, where all good leadership starts. Stahl-Wert and Jennings have integrated leadership, wisdom, the pain of unadopted youngsters, and the power of forgiveness-all courageously suffused in a lovely story. -Max De Pree, Member of Fortune magazine's Hall of Fame and author of the bestselling Leadership Is an Art I thought I would scan the book out of courtesy, got hooked, and couldn't put it down until I had read the whole thing, made some notes, and memorized portions. It made me really want to take care of issues I am facing in my real life. The [book] is filled with gold. I want to thank God for using you to show how to take action with a plan. -Roosevelt Rosey Grier, football legend, actor, author, and minister In this seminal work, the authors combine kids, horses, and serving leaders to reveal powerful truths that can change lives worldwide. What could be better than Ten Thousand Horses-all charging in the right direction? -Laurie Beth Jones, author of Jesus CEO; The Path; and The Four Elements of Success


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