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No greatness without goodness : how a father's love changed a company and sparked a movement / Randy Lewis

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Tyndale House, c2014.Description: x, 230 pages ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 9781414383644
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HD 7255 .L49 2014
Contents:
Thank you and yes -- Go with the terrain -- Connecting -- Finding gold in dark places -- Be ready -- Archimedes and the scorpion -- Money, mission, and meaning -- Principles require action -- Find the crack in the concrete -- Playing chess -- Failure is just a time-out -- Compassion and justice -- Adjusting our sails -- Pick your moment -- Best practices -- Leaders go before their troops -- Id better see some dinosaurs -- Manage your fear -- Cash in your chips -- Cathedral builders -- Crossing the rubicon -- Eliminate fear -- Share the story -- Where the buck stops -- The journey is worth it -- Bucking the status quo -- Dont let the big one get away -- Esther's lesson -- The world is waiting -- Katrina -- Manage in the gray -- Share the load -- Sacagaweas -- Tough love -- Failure is not an option -- Breathing life into the dream -- Positive distractions -- Clear and elevating goals -- Verily, verily -- Being andrew -- A place to succeed -- How long? -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Principles for hiring people with disabilities -- Appendix 2: Title to come -- Notes -- About the author.
Summary: Randy Lewis bet his career that he could create an inclusive workplace at one of America's biggest corporations where people with disabilities could not just succeed, but thrive. No Greatness without Goodness is the powerful story of a corporate executive who, after watching the world through the eyes of his own child with autism, Austin, realized that we all have a greater responsibility to make the world a better place for everyone, including those with disabilities. As the Senior Vice President of Walgreens, Randy Lewis has created thousands of full-time jobs for people with disabilities. No Greatness without Goodness offers a firsthand account of what it takes to lead with courage in order to change people's lives for the better. Randy's motto is "What's the use of having power if you don't use it to do good." In this book, you'll learn how to start working for good no matter where you are or how much power you hold.
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Thank you and yes -- Go with the terrain -- Connecting -- Finding gold in dark places -- Be ready -- Archimedes and the scorpion -- Money, mission, and meaning -- Principles require action -- Find the crack in the concrete -- Playing chess -- Failure is just a time-out -- Compassion and justice -- Adjusting our sails -- Pick your moment -- Best practices -- Leaders go before their troops -- Id better see some dinosaurs -- Manage your fear -- Cash in your chips -- Cathedral builders -- Crossing the rubicon -- Eliminate fear -- Share the story -- Where the buck stops -- The journey is worth it -- Bucking the status quo -- Dont let the big one get away -- Esther's lesson -- The world is waiting -- Katrina -- Manage in the gray -- Share the load -- Sacagaweas -- Tough love -- Failure is not an option -- Breathing life into the dream -- Positive distractions -- Clear and elevating goals -- Verily, verily -- Being andrew -- A place to succeed -- How long? -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix 1: Principles for hiring people with disabilities -- Appendix 2: Title to come -- Notes -- About the author.

Randy Lewis bet his career that he could create an inclusive workplace at one of America's biggest corporations where people with disabilities could not just succeed, but thrive. No Greatness without Goodness is the powerful story of a corporate executive who, after watching the world through the eyes of his own child with autism, Austin, realized that we all have a greater responsibility to make the world a better place for everyone, including those with disabilities. As the Senior Vice President of Walgreens, Randy Lewis has created thousands of full-time jobs for people with disabilities. No Greatness without Goodness offers a firsthand account of what it takes to lead with courage in order to change people's lives for the better. Randy's motto is "What's the use of having power if you don't use it to do good." In this book, you'll learn how to start working for good no matter where you are or how much power you hold.

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