Sweat Equity
Leaders are no strangers to challenges; in recent years, businesses have experienced unprecedented layoffs, dismal sales, dwindling retirement accounts, and the bankruptcy of once-heralded institutions. While these uncertain times are difficult, they also provide the opportunity for great leadership. Over three decades of research, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge, have asked thousands of leaders to describe their personal leadership best. Across the board, people say their greatest moments arise out of the most difficult periods of their careers. Turning Adversity Into Opportunity reveals how leaders at any level can transform difficult circumstances into opportunities for growth and success. Kouzes and Posner offer a clear set of six actionable strategies, showing how extraordinary leaders navigate through uncertainty, hardship, disruption, transformation, transition, recovery, new beginnings, and other significant challenges. Exemplary leadership disrupts the status quo, and Kouzes and Posner show how to awaken and pursue new possibilities and opportunities, no matter what the circumstances. Wherever you find yourself in your organization or community, Turning Adversity Into Opportunity will help you embrace the chance within any challenge to make a real difference.
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:
Names: Kelly, Jason, 1973- author.
Title: Sweat equity: marathons, yoga, and the business of the modern,
wealthy body / Jason Kelly.
Description: Hoboken: Bloomberg Press, 2016. | Series: Bloomberg | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016011018 (print) | LCCN 2016011198 (ebook) | ISBN
978-1-118-91459-5 (hardback) | ISBN 978-1-118-91461-8 (ePDF) | ISBN 978-1-118-91460-1 (ePub)
Subjects: LCSH: Businesspeople. | Leadership. | Success in business. | BISAC:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Consumer Behavior.
Classification: LCC HB615 .K3955 2016 (print) | LCC HB615 (ebook) | DDC
338.7/616130973 – dc23
LC record available at http://lccn.loc.gov/2016011018
Acknowledgments
It’s a rare and wonderful thing when things you love collide in a single project and I’m deeply grateful to the many, many people who helped me along the way.
None of this would be possible without the support of Bloomberg, my journalistic home since 2002. Working there has provided me opportunities, challenges, and adventures I never imagined and I owe more than I can express to Bloomberg’s leadership, starting with Mike Bloomberg and Peter Grauer. I’ve been able to work for two amazing editors-in-chief, including Bloomberg News founder Matt Winkler, who hired me and has supported me for more than a dozen years. More recently, I’ve learned much from and been inspired by John Micklethwait.
John McCorry hired me almost 14 years ago and it’s an honor and pleasure to work closely with him these many years later. Reto Gregori has encouraged and challenged me, as has Chris Collins. Jennifer Sondag is my Bloomberg conscience and de facto life coach.
Evan Burton and Tula Batanchiev at Wiley understood the idea from the beginning, stuck with me, and helped me find the book in this big topic, adding their personal fitness experiences into the mix. James Belcher, a fellow endurance athlete, provided a burst of enthusiastic support that got me over this particular finish line.
