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Confidence : how winning streaks and losing streaks begin and end / Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Crown Business, c2004.Edition: 1st edDescription: xiii, 402 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1400052904 (hardcover)
  • 9781400052905 (hardcover)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 650.1 22
LOC classification:
  • HF5386 .K193 2004
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Contents:
Winners and losers : how confidence grows or erodes -- The locker room and the playing field : booms, busts, streaks, and cycles -- Winning streaks : the cycle of success -- Why winning streaks end -- Losing streaks : powerlessness corrupts and other dynamics of decline -- Why losing streaks persist -- Turnarounds : the art of building confidence -- The turnaround challenge -- The first stone : facing facts and restoring responsibility -- The second stone : cultivating collaboration -- The third stone : inspiring initiative -- A culture of confidence : leading a nation from despair to hope -- Implications and life lessons -- Delivering confidence : the work of leaders -- Winning streaks, losing streaks, and the game of life.
Summary: The author looks at winning and losing in the business world, arguing that the key to success lies in an organization's character, perseverance, winning tradition, and confidence.
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HF5386.C735 1994 C.1 Built to last : HF5386.G5852 2007 What got you here won't get you there : HF5386.K193 2004 C.1 Confidence : HF5386.K193 2004 C.2 Confidence : HF5386.M445 2003 Thinking for a change : HF5386.P757 2007 Success built to last : HF5386.S4159 2007 How :

Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-385) and index.

Winners and losers : how confidence grows or erodes -- The locker room and the playing field : booms, busts, streaks, and cycles -- Winning streaks : the cycle of success -- Why winning streaks end -- Losing streaks : powerlessness corrupts and other dynamics of decline -- Why losing streaks persist -- Turnarounds : the art of building confidence -- The turnaround challenge -- The first stone : facing facts and restoring responsibility -- The second stone : cultivating collaboration -- The third stone : inspiring initiative -- A culture of confidence : leading a nation from despair to hope -- Implications and life lessons -- Delivering confidence : the work of leaders -- Winning streaks, losing streaks, and the game of life.

The author looks at winning and losing in the business world, arguing that the key to success lies in an organization's character, perseverance, winning tradition, and confidence.

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