Carter - In great company how to spark peak performance by creating an emotionally connected workplace

Praise for In Great Company

In Great Company explores the humanity of an organization and the importance of emotional connectedness. The book offers a set of frameworks and a plethora of practical examples and approaches that can help unleash the power of the people and extraordinary performance.

Hubert Joly, Chairman and CEO, Best Buy

For nearly three decades, Louis Carter has been a visionary and pioneer in helping organizations achieve peak performance from their employees. Louiss process for In Great Company really works. I have been practicing this with him in my companies for over 15 years, creating wins for everyoneclients/customers, company, teams, individuals. The process develops the greatest culture, with the greatest people in place, and the greatest systems for collaboration, which is the best way to transform and generate real results.

Brian Fishel, Chief Human Resources Officer, KeyBank

An incredibly important book that will change the way we lead and manage today. Carter distills the essence of what it takes to be a truly great leaderforge functional, respectful, generous relationships with those you lead and follow.

Frances Hesselbein, Chairman, Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute; Editor in Chief, Leader to Leader journal; Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient

An invaluable toolkit for experienced and aspiring leaders alike! Recognizing people as central to success, Carter leverages his vast insight into corporate America to coach managers on how to build and leverage strong relationships to thrive and win in todays dynamic, changing world. His guidance through best practices checklists and immediate action steps gives every leader a place to start or improve leadership skills, build effective teams, continue to grow, and, ultimately, achieve positive results.

Karen Dyson, Lieutenant General, U.S. Army (retired); formerly, Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Financial Management and Comptroller; currently, Board Director, USAA Federal Savings Bank and CALIBRE

Move over IQ and EQits time to make room on the shelf for EC (emotional connectedness). In his new book, In Great Company, Louis Carter shares a rare combination of in-depth analysis and Monday-morning pragmatism to uncover the essential (and usually missing) ingredient of true organizational and leadership success: deep emotional connectedness.

Paul L. Corona, MBA, EdD, Clinical Associate Professor of Leadership; Director of full-time MBA Leadership Development, Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University

I care deeply about becoming the best possible CEO and leader, which is why I have chosen to work with Louis on the principles and practices in this book, In Great Company, and I can say without doubt that they really work. His executive coaching on emotional connectedness has brought me great insights for my leadership at Springfield Clinic because it has helped me forge more emotionally connected relationships within my company, community, and patientsenrolling everyone as thought partners in my development and the betterment of the organization.

There is no more important task in healthcare than to care deeply about the development and highest quality of care within our clinic. Lous coaching has helped me to do what is top of my mind as a CEOdeveloping and sustaining caring, respectful, collaborative relationships that have the very best outcome for our staff and patients. When you forge a bond that is respectful of patients and employees, you will always win.

Ray Williams, CEO, Springfield Clinic

I have a passion and mission to do what is right for patients and help to save lives and reduce the suffering caused by hospital infections like staph, C. diff, MRSA, and VRE.

Louiss book In Great Company and his coaching and work around emotional connectedness have helped us further our mission.

After incorporating his methods for becoming a more emotionally connected leader, I have become more aware of the incredible possibilities with clients, employees, and prospects to forge respectful, values-driven, and deep collaborative relationships where everyone wins.

We are applying the new principles of emotional connectedness to our client relationships as well as internally, and we have already seen unexpected and impressive outcomes.

Morris Miller, CEO, Xenex Disinfection Systems and cofounder, Rackspace

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