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Leading Out Loud: Inspiring Change through Authentic Communications Terry Pearce Jossey-Bass San Francisco, CA 2003 189 pp. ISBN 0-7879-6397-6 (hardcover) $19.70
Keywords Leadership, Communication skills
Review DOI 10.1108/01437730410512831
This is an interesting book, not only for those who are in leadership positions. It is also relevant for those of us who are in leadership roles less continuously, by choice or because we are thrust into them.
Leading Out Loud speaks to us when we are taking the lead on a project, in a team, as teachers, as religious leaders, and possibly even in our family situations. As the title implies, its messages apply whenever we want to, or need to, bring about change.
When reading this book one cannot help but follow Pearce's lead to think about the need for a platform from which to communicate the need for the change we are advocating. This platform has to be built on developing and understanding of the shared context, of images that resonate with our audience, on true passion for our cause, and possibly most important of all, on authenticity.
When we want to lead others in such a way that they do more than just our bidding, blindly or even reluctantly - if we want them...