James A. Autry – författare

Servant leadership is leadership the right way—a better way of being a manager and part of organizational life. Servant leadership will produce fulfilling emotional, psychological, and spiritual rewards for everyone involved. It will enhance productivity, encourage creativity, and benefit the bottom line.In The Servant Leader, top-selling author, former Fortune 500 executive, and business consultant James A. Autry shows you how to remain true to the servant leadership model when handling day-to-day and long-term management situations. You''ll learn how to manage with respect and honesty and how to empower employees to achieve new levels of satisfaction. Plus, you''ll learn why servant leadership can be the guiding light to becoming the kind of leader and person you want to be. You''ll discover how to:·Maintain your spriritual focus while dealing with such challenging issues as firing, harassment, substance abuse, and performance problems ·Provide guidance during conflict and crisis ·Assure your continued growth and progress as a leader ·Train managers in the principles of servant leadership ·Transform a company with morale problems into a great place to work ·And more Real leadership begins on the inside with your own commmitment to inspire the best in others. But it''s one thing to make the commitment; it''s quite another to develop the skills to make that happen. If you are an executive, a manager, or someone who aspires to be in a leadership role, you will find the servant leadership philosophy to be a valuable, refreshing, and rewarding approach to leading others and to business life."This is an awesome book. James Autry''s gift is that he brings lofty ideals down to earth with general illustrations that make them easy to understand and apply. I highly recommend it!"—Jack Canfield, coauthor, Chicken Soup for the Soul at Work"The Servant Leader illuminates a clear path to personal, spiritual, and material actualization, which, in return, creates an infinite circle of prosperity."—Tom Gould, retired chairman and CEO, Younkers, Inc."Quite simply, this is an extraordinary book. It is a classic already and the first truly great leadership book of the new century."—John Noble, director, Greenleaf Center, UK"The Servant Leader is really the best field guide I''ve seen for helping managers transform themselves into true leaders."—Doug Greene, CEO, New Hope Group"Servant leadership is key to surviving and thriving in the twenty-first century. Let both Jim Autry and his book, The servant Leader, be your guide."—Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute ManagerFrom the Hardcover edition.

“There are a thousand acts of duplicity and dishonesty every day, some large and some small, some of which undoubtedly take place in your workplace. The question for all of us is, ‘Are we going to resist or just play along the path of least resistance?’ The first hard choice a person of integrity must make is to choose to live, both personally and professionally, in a way that embodies integrity. The power of this book comes from the real-life, in-the-workplace experiences that these executives have been so generously willing to share. None had easy choices, but that’s the point: Integrity is not about easy choices, it’s about the courage to make the right choices.”—From The Book of Hard ChoicesAll of us like to think that, in any given situation, we’d act with integrity and do the right thing. But what happens when we get to work each morning? Do the same rules we follow in our personal lives apply to our work lives? The lines between right and wrong become blurred when we must weigh our obligations to our employer against our own ideas about what is right and wrong. Should altruism trump profit, even to the detriment of the organization? When should you step in to protect an employee and when should the employee be left to take the heat? If the CEO is up to some unethical accounting, should you always risk your job—and the company’s reputation—to sound the alarm?These are the hard choices, the dilemmas that put your integrity to the test and require you to look beyond organizational policy and industry precedents to find an answer that reflects your personal sense of justice. The Book of Hard Choices goes to the heart of these difficult decisions. James Autry and Peter Roy, experienced executives themselves, interviewed numerous leaders about the tough decisions they’ve made on the job. They spoke with people like former Starbucks president Howard Behar, Iowa Cubs owner Michael Gartner, and Governor Tom Vilsack of Iowa as well as entrepreneurs, military officials, members of the clergy, and a whole host of leaders. The authors dig into the thinking process these people went through, as well as the emotional strain, the self-doubt, and the fear of a wrong decision’s impact on their business, family, or coworkers. Not everyone in this book made the right choice, but all of them were forced to examine their values and make decisions in complicated circumstances. The result is hard-won wisdom on how to navigate the ethical gray-areas of work life—from daily challenges to possible career ending choices—and make the best possible decisions in the most difficult situations.