Confidence

By Rosabeth Moss Kanter

I skimmed this book. It's not a bad book. It's just that it's one of those books that contains more case studies than conclusions. I kept thinking more of the case studies would have a twist... the winning stream broke by losers with a fresh new approach. But no. For all the sports competition stories in the book, the winning and loosing is at a higher level-- personal accountability, training and effort.

if you look at this book right, it can be mapped to "The 8th Habit" …. "Find your voice and inspire others to find theirs." "Make and keep promises" and the rest of the 7 habits.

I see now that the 7 habits is weak in "Group habits." It's wonderful guidance for people, but it's not targeted at people who coach, mentor and lead.

The work of leaders…

Espouse: The power of message.

Exemplify: The power of models

Establish: The power of formal mechanisms.

Individual and System Accountability.

Fostering Straight talk

Communicating Expectations Clearly

Making Information Transparent and accessible

Mutual respect.

Structuring Collaborative conversations

reinforcing respect and inclusion

Defining joint goals and collective definitions of success.

Initiative, Imagination and Innovaction

Opening Channels for new ideas

Treading people as experts in there own work

Encouraging small wins and grassroots innovations

External Confidence, ensuring stakeholder and public trust.