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Index
Cover Page
Title Page
Contents
Dedication
Praise for Confidence
Preface
Part I
Chapter 1
CYCLES OF CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENCE AND SELF-FULFILLING PROPHECIES
PERSONAL CONFIDENCE AND NATIONAL INVESTMENT: THE CRICKET SAGA
TAKING CONFIDENCE SKY-HIGH
FROM LOSERS’ CURSE TO WINNERS’ CONFIDENCE: INVESTIGATING CYCLES, STREAKS, AND TURNAROUNDS
SUPPORTING SUCCESS: SECRETS OF WALKING ON WATER
Chapter 2
TALENT AND THE TEAM: LEVELS OF CONFIDENCE
FROM PRAYING TO WIN TO EXPECTING TO WIN
A TEAM BETTER THAN ITS TALENT
GREAT EXPECTATIONS: EMOTIONAL CLIMATE AND SELF-CONFIDENCE
DOING WHAT COMES NATURALLY: WINNERS’ BEHAVIOR AND CONFIDENCE IN THE SYSTEM
WINNERS’ WEALTHY WEBS: ADVANTAGES OF EXTERNAL CONFIDENCE
CONFIDENT AND IN CONTROL: THE POWER OF SUCCESS
JUST DOING THE JOB: THE HARD WORK OF WINNING
Chapter 3
TOIL AND TROUBLES
PANIC: THE RISK OF CHAOS UNDER PRESSURE
NEGLECT: FORGETTING THE FUNDAMENTALS
DENIAL: THE HOBGOBLIN OF COMPLACENT MINDS
ERODING CONFIDENCE
Chapter 4
GETTING STATIC: HOW DECLINE BECOMES A HABIT
SORE LOSERS: WHY POWERLESSNESS CORRODES AND CORRUPTS
THE UNDERTOW OF DEFEAT: WHY LOSERS END UP UNDER WATER
Chapter 5
PRAIRIE VIEW’S LONG DRY SPELL
A HUNDRED YEARS OF NEGATIVE THOUGHTS
DEATH SPIRALS AND ECONOMIC BUSTS
ENDLESS LOOPS
Part II
Chapter 6
SPREADING THE EAGLES’ WINGS
TRIGGERING A TURNAROUND: THE EARLY AGONY
SEARCHING FOR LEADERSHIP: NEW BROOMS OR MAGIC WANDS?
NEW MONEY, NEW MEANING: TANGIBLE SIGNS OF CONFIDENCE
FIRST STEPS ON A LONG MARCH: THE DANGERS OF FALSE RECOVERY
THE LONG WALK AHEAD
Chapter 7
GILLETTE’S CLOSE SHAVE
GROOMING A NEW CULTURE
HOW LEADERS TEACH
SHIFTING THE CYCLE: LEADING TOWARD ACCOUNTABILITY
Chapter 8
SEAGATE: THOU SHALT FORM TEAMS
CONTINENTAL AIRLINES: A COLLECTIVE DEFINITION OF SUCCESS
GETTING TO WE: ACTIONS THAT BUILD CONFIDENCE IN TEAMS
MAKING THE GRADE IN MEMPHIS
TEAM CHEMISTRY AND CONFIDENCE
Chapter 9
REPROGRAMMING THE BBC
FROM MANAGERIAL CONTROL TO INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP
GRIZZLIES, CANARIES, AND SACRED COWS: THE ZOO OF CHANGE
GETTING INTO THE RHYTHM
ACHTUNG!: CHANGING THE IMAGE FROM LOSER TO WINNER
EMPOWERING INNOVATION
Chapter 10
A LONG MARCH
SOUTH AFRICA, 1994: REVERSING A CYCLE OF DECLINE
ENDING DENIAL, OPENING DIALOGUE
RESPECT AND ACCOUNTABILITY
CONNECTIONS AND COLLABORATION
OPPORTUNITY AND ENTERPRISE
THE PEDESTAL OF HOPE
NATIONAL LEADERS AND THE CULTURE OF CONFIDENCE
Part III
Chapter 11
“LEADERSHIP IS PLURAL”: HOW CONFIDENCE REPRODUCES
LEADERS SUPPORTING LEADERSHIP: THE CORNERSTONES OF CONFIDENCE
EXTERNAL CONFIDENCE: ENSURING STAKEHOLDER AND PUBLIC TRUST
CHOICES, CHOICES, CHOICES
Chapter 12
PERSONAL WINNING AND LOSING STREAKS
LEARNING ABOUT WINNING FROM LOSING: THE ROLE OF CHARACTER
RISING TO THE OCCASION AND WALKING ON WATER
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Also by Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Copyright Page
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