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Many leaders of small businesses want to serve the common good, but everyday pressures can make that extremely difficult. What tools are available to lead an organization that's obligated to more than the financial bottom line? Utilizing a sleek, condensed format, ""True to Yourself provides potent, practical advice for leaders looking to make their small business profitable and sustainable. Arguing that small-business leaders that look beyond the bottom-line are not only more fulfilled, but also more successful, author Mark Albion shows how by embodying competence, commitment, and compassion any small businessperson can lead more effectively. A series of five best practices forms the basis of a full plan to that shows readers how to bring the three C's to their business. Equally useful for those starting out or veterans of many years, ""True to Yourself reveals tried-and-true methods for keeping a values-based business on track.
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A leadership guide for socially responsible small-business owners argues that smaller companies can enjoy greater success and fulfillment by shifting focus away from bottom-line perspectives, in a reference that recommends five practices that promote competent, committed, and compassionate business values. Original.
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How do you build the kind of company you've always wanted to work in--one that serves people and the planet while being financially successful, too? What do you do when you believe that business should serve the common good, but everyday business pressures--meeting payroll, battling competition, keeping customers and investors happy--are at a fever pitch? Leading a small business when you measure success more broadly than with a single financial bottom line is no easy task.
True to Yourself is a practical guide to doing just that. It provides tools you can use to combine profit with purpose, margin with mission, value with values.
Drawing on insightful interviews with seventy-five forward-thinking leaders and his own extensive experiences as an entrepreneurial leader, Mark Albion details five critical leadership practices:
Turn your values into value
Walk toward the talk
Communicate with care
Facilitate personal growth
Collaborate for greater impact
True to Yourself shows how successful businesspeople have put these practices into action, and it provides hands-on exercises to help you integrate them into your own business. This trusted guide will help you avoid mistakes while making your job easier, your company more successful, and your life more fulfilling.
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Argues that small-business leaders concerned with more than the bottom-line are not only more fulfilled, but also more successful with more sustainable lives. This book addresses this paradox with practical examples of how small-business leaders who have found ways to combine profit with purpose, margin with mission, value with values.
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Providing potent, practical advice for leaders looking to make their small business profitable and sustainable, Albion shows how by embodying competence, commitment, and compassion any small businessperson can lead more effectively by revealing tried-and-true methods for keeping a values-based business on track.