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Every once in a while, a profound notion is presented in a new
way. As an owner or manager, you may believe in knowledge sharing, continuous
learning and improvement, but those beliefs must be operationalized to create
lasting value. Though the importance of continuous learning is well
established, it has proved to be an elusive concept. Practical tools are sorely
needed to help managers understand how and where to systematically focus their
learning initiatives. Enlightened Leadership is a powerful
management tool for self-help, or to transform the mindset of an entire
organization. It clearly illustrates how to achieve enterprise-wide, continuous
learning and improvement. Additionally, it provides a comprehensive operations
planning guide to readily activate team learning via 'systematic innovative
management (SIM)'. It should be in every manager' s library.
Edward P. Marram, Ph.D., is the Director of the Arthur M. Blank Center
for Entrepreneurship at Babson College; and was the founder,
President and CEO for 25 years of Geo-Centers, Inc.,
a high-technology professional services firm.
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Enlightened Leadership is an outstanding guide for a broad array of managers. It assists in addressing and solving the vital questions encountered during the start-up of a new venture, yet also provides methodologies and approaches to the active practitioner when difficult tradeoffs and weighty problems must be overcome. One of the keys to creating successful businesses in the upcoming decades will be a thorough understanding of and approach to enterprise-wide quality and continuous improvement. Enlightened Leadership shows the way. It gives examples. It asks the questions. Then it gives the answers! Thomas and LoVuolo have created a masterpiece of management literature that should be in everyone's library or desk. Amazingly advanced… it is likely to become the most dog-eared book on the shelf!
Jack C. Rennie, former Vice Chairman of AverStar, Inc.,
was an activist in the Small Business Association of New England,
National Small Business United, Associated Industries of Massachusetts,
Small Business Foundation of America and the U. S. Chamber of Commerce.
He organized and chaired the Massachusetts Business Alliance for Education, which led to the landmark 1993 Education Reform Act in Massachusetts.
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Enlightened Leadership provides a wealth of assessment tools for the thoughtful manager intent on building a progressive, integrated, and successful enterprise.
Anne Donnellon, Ph.D., author of the best-seller "Team Talk"
and Professor of Management at the F. W. Olin
Graduate School of Business, Babson College.
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The breadth of coverage is impressive. It is an excellent guide… a clear, concise, and effective how-to… covering appropriate leadership styles, team building and creative problem solving approaches, and the definition and guidelines for planning during different stages of entrepreneurial growth.
Sandra O'Dell, former Director of Self-Study Marketing
and Executive Director of the Training Products Division
for the American Management Association.
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