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RELATED LEADERSHIP TOOLS
1.2 Manage or Lead? 2.1 Systems Thinking 2.3 Directional Statements
1.6 Boards of Play 2.2 7S model 2.4 Visioning
FOR FURTHER ASSISTANCE
Blanchard, Kenneth H., and Michael O’Connor. Managing by Values.Berrett-Koehler, 1997.
Jones, Patricia, and Larry Kahaner. Say It and Live It: The 50 Corporate Mission Statements That Hit the Mark.
Doubleday, 1995.
Kouzes, James M., and Barry Z. Posner. The Leadership Challenge: How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in
Organizations.Jossey-Bass Publishers, 1996.
O’Toole, James. Leading Change: The Argument for Values-Based Leadership.Ballantine, 1996.
58 SECTION 2 TOOLS FORBIG-PICTURETHINKING
To ferret out your values-in-practice, think of a) where you spend your time and energy, b) how you react to stressful sit-
uations, and c) what behaviors you reward.The values you currently practice[☛1.8 Recursive Leadership]Actions you will take to close the gap between your
espoused values and the values that you currently practice