Bøger af Michael Kouly

Most people haven't made one decision that is truly theirs. Have you?It doesn't matter who you are or what you do. You carry voices in your head, voices that are always talking to you. Some of the voices whisper, others shout. Some make logical arguments, others create dramas. Do you know the voices in your head? Do you know where they've come from and how they are controlling you? As soon as you meet a person, you begin to carry their voice with you. This starts with your parents, loved ones, hated ones, bosses, spouses, heroes, and everyone who is or was significant in your life. What do these voices want? They want you to live life their way.What about your freedom? Well, this book is about exactly that: exercising your freedom. We will look at how you can willingly listen to the encouraging voices, and mute the negative ones. We want to give you the tools to live a happy, successful and fulfilling life that is aligned with your personal purpose and best self.Life is a blink. There is no time to waste living under the influence of negative voices. Read this book, share it with others, and learn how to lead a life of freedom and meaning so you can become a beautiful voice in the heads of those around you.

Finding Your Hummus is a metaphor for defining and actualizing personal and organizational purpose.This book will provide you, your colleagues, family and friends with transformational insights about life and business and will unleash your personal and organizational power in a fascinating way.Shift happens in life and business, are you ready? This book is about leadership in times of change.Do you, your people and business have a guiding purpose? This book is about finding your calling.Do you have a personal and organizational strategy to fulfill your purpose? This book is about self awareness, self motivation and self leadership that together can achieve self fulfillment.How do you deal with competition, conflict and confusion? This is a book of empowering inspirational quotes that generate strength and lead to self actualization.What is the prime philosophy behind starting a business of growth and sustainable success?What is the mindset to lead a life of resilience, abundance and significance? This book is about finding your passion and discovering your purpose to live a purpose driven life. Spread this Hummus...

Why "Beyond Strategy"?Many people find strategy intimidating, complex, or abstract, but it doesn't have to be.This book presents a new way of thinking about strategy that is uniquely based upon the Purpose-Driven Growth Model (PDG), in which your organization's purpose and profitability is key to guiding its growth.It explores strategy concisely and thoughtfully, examining what the concept encompasses and how strategies can be constructed in a fast-changing and uncertain world.It illustrates the differences between strategies that flourish and strategies that languish, and delves into the reasons driving each outcome.It offers comprehensive thinking, and tools which view strategy holistically, emphasizing how to lead organizations towards sustainable growth and exceptional performance.The PDG Model sketches out a practical hybrid of strategy and leadership, that must be unified to fulfill organizational purpose, create growth, and deliver profits. Leadership without strategy is futile, and strategy without leadership is doomed. The two must synchronize to produce effective results.If you want to learn more about strategy and how it really (really) works, read this book. It is based on 30 years of immersion in the field of strategy, and also on scholarly work with great minds at Harvard and Princeton universities.

Some people love you and some don't. When you exercise leadership, some will support you and others will resist, oppose, obstruct, sabotage, or obsessively fight you until you lose.Most attempts at leadership fail not because of how allies are utilized, but because many leaders lack the vital skills necessary for dealing with adversaries.What will determine your leadership success is mainly your ability to handle those who stand against you. THIS BOOK IS A UNIQUE AND COMPREHENSIVE REFERENCE THAT YOU CAN CONSULT EVERY TIME YOU DEAL WITH RESISTERS, OPPONENTS, OR ENEMIES. YOU WILL LEARN MORE ABOUT: Strategies: There are 104 strategies that you can use separately or in combinations as per the specific nature of the resistance that you are facing.Scenarios: There are 36 separate scenarios covering seven types of personal, social, organizational, business, and political opponents.Intensities: There are six intensities of opposition that start from passive and escalate to passive-aggressive, active, active-aggressive, malevolent, and finally archenemy.You: There is a chapter on YOU acting as your own enemy by allowing your dysfunctional mindsets, beliefs, and habits to sabotage your growth and prevent you from being all that you can be.Read this book and consult it every time you need guidance on dealing with those obstructing your attempts to create a better reality for yourself, your organization, and the people around you.

This book may be controversial!Michael Kouly passionately studied leadership at Harvard and Princeton universities. His scholarly research, combined with his 35 years of experience in war journalism and top organizational leadership, helped and inspired thousands of executives and government officials around the globe. An advisor to state-leaders and a fellow of the World Bank, Michael has authored several books about leadership, strategy, meaning, and purpose. His unique executive leadership programs are held worldwide and are genuinely life-changing experiences.Now, in this book, Michael articulates the core of his leadership knowledge and experience in an easy-to-read, clear, concise, and timeless package. "This is Leadership" aims to rethink the conventional understanding of leadership and remove the clutter that has surrounded this critical concept. It takes leadership back to its core and re-attaches to it a moral dimension that includes courage, sacrifice, truth, responsibility, love, authenticity, meaning, fulfillment, in addition to other values and virtues that can help us live together in peace and prosperity.This book will answer many critical questions, such as: Why the old ways of thinking about leadership do not work anymore.How leadership is, at its core, about mobilizing people towards a purpose that elevates themselves, their families, communities, and organizations.How leadership is a messy, risky, and dangerous enterprise that involves fear, betrayals, tolerating pain, and enduring injustice.How leadership may use conflict, instability, chaos, tension, and stress to create a better reality.How leadership is not about authority, followers, power, or influence.How leadership is a noble act of service that can be practiced by everyone.Life is hard. We can make it bearable, and maybe beautiful, but undoubtedly meaningful and worthwhile. We can live together with honor, dignity, joy, generosity, and physical and spiritual wealth. This is the challenge of leadership, and this is our invitation to act. It is our duty. Lead whenever you can, because you matter far more than you think.Start with yourself NOW. Learn. Live. Lead.