cover image The Courage to ACT: 5 Factors of Courage to Transform Business

The Courage to ACT: 5 Factors of Courage to Transform Business

Merom Klein, Rod Napier. Intercultural Press, $26.95 (256pp) ISBN 978-0-89106-178-6

Using terms like""conflict-prone realities"" and""authority-responsibility gaps,"" this book attempts to help weak employees achieve success at work. Klein, founder of The Courage Institute (an organization that helps leaders and teams""build the courage to act""), and Napier, a business consultant and pioneer in the""concept of 360-degree feedback,"" present a dense but intelligent approach to acting with guts, whether workers are having trouble staying optimistic at the office or taking business risks. Part one explains why courage matters and what its traits are (candor, purpose, will, rigor and risk); part two teaches how to build it (based on the aforementioned traits); and part three gives examples of courage in action. Throughout, Klein and Napier draw on real-life examples from Fortune 500 companies and other organizations. The book will help more cerebral business readers who are experiencing difficulties stepping up to business challenges.