Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead . . . Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference [Paperback]

Larraine R. Matusak (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 1, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0787903051 | ISBN-13: 978-0787903053 | Edition: 1

A remarkable book, the only one I know that focuses on how 'ordinary citizens' can learn to lead. Well-written and down-to-earth, more importantly, it is powerful testimony to the possibilities within all of us.
--Warren Bennis, university professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, School of Business Administration, University of Southern California

Offers a practical set of tools to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership, and shows how individuals without a title or position of power can pursue their passion and fit leadership opportunities to their specific talents.

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"A remarkable book, the only one I know that focuses on how 'ordinary citizens' can learn to lead. Well-written and down-to-earth, more importantly, it is powerful testimony to the possibilities within all of us." (Warren Bennis, university professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, School of Business Administration, University of Southern California, and author of Creative Collaboration)

"In the rich array of current leadership studies, Finding Your Voice stands out as a remarkably illuminating and probing study of leadership both at the practical level and in its ethical and moral dimensions...A must read." (James MacGregor Burns, senior scholar, Center for Political Leadership and Participation, Williams College, and Pulitzer Prize recipient)

"As citizens, every one of us has the opportunity to make a difference--to identify a problem or opportunity in our community and provide leadership in doing something about it. In Finding Your Voice, Dr. Matusak blAnds leadership concepts with practical experience to help us do so, and she uses a language we all understand! Must reading for all who care enough to lead." (Russel G. Mawby, chairman emeritus, W.K. Kellogg Foundation)

From the Inside Flap

Credibility, empowerment, and collaboration are not just ideas for business and political leaders—they are concepts that ordinary citizens can grasp to bring out the leader within themselves and to effect positive social change at the grassroots level. Larraine R. Matusak, a noted expert on leadership development, describes leadership as a body of knowledge that can be taught and learned, and sets forth a practical set of tools and resources to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership. Using diverse examples of citizens who have accepted the responsibility to lead, Matusak shows how individuals who are without a title or position of power can still pursue their passion and fit leadership opportunities to their specific talents.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 191 pages
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (January 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0787903051
• ISBN-13: 978-0787903053
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #341,438 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book for everyone who wants to make a difference, September 14, 1999

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This review is from: Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead . . . Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference (Paperback)

This is a book for all persons who dream of making a difference. It helps you get past mental models of inadequacy and then gives some explicit stories of persons who did some pretty remarkable things although they never had a title or position of authority. To lead is to serve is the major premise of the book. Belongs in the hands of every person in every community.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Great Book!, October 22, 2001

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Lisa Huber (Pomona, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead . . . Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference (Paperback)

This book is an excellent leadership resource, especially for those just beginning to explore leadership definitions. I have used it in leadership training and it is well written and has good illustrations that make the ideas very real and practical.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Book - Must Read, October 23, 2005

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D. Hawkins "Questor" (Phoenix, AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Finding Your Voice: Learning to Lead . . . Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference (Paperback)

This book helps everyone understand they are a leader. It also helps you to find out where you may want to lead.