Encouraging the Heart or Slaughterhouse

Encouraging the Heart: A Leader's Guide to Rewarding and Recognizing Others

Author: Barry Z Posner

All too often, simple acts of human kindness are often overlooked and under utilized by people in leadership roles. Advising mutual respect and recognition of accomplishments, Encouraging the Heart shows us how true leaders encourage and motivate those they work with by helping them find their voice and making them feel like heroes. Recognized experts in the field of leadership, authors James Kouzes and Barry Posner show us that, through love, leaders can encourage, and indeed allow those around them to be their very best. Both practical and inspirational, Encouraging the Heart gives readers a thoughtful approach to motivating individuals within an organizational structure.
Read Chapter 3 or Chapter 12, or see The Encouragement Index.

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The team that produced argues that money is not the only, or even the best, way to motivate people. They maintain that people will aspire to higher standards of performance when they are genuinely appreciated for their dedication and publicly recognized for their achievements. They offer a set of principles, practices, and examples. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Table of Contents:

	Introduction
1	The Heart of Leadership	3
2	The Seven Essentials of Encouraging	15
3	The Encouragement Index	33
4	The First Essential: Set Clear Standards	45
5	The Second Essential: Expect the Best	61
6	The Third Essential: Pay Attention	73
7	The Fourth Essential: Personalize Recognition	89
8	The Fifth Essential: Tell the Story	99
9	The Sixth Essential: Celebrate Together	113
10	The Seventh Essential: Set the Example	129
11	Finding Your Voice	145
12	150 Ways to Encourage the Heart	151
	Notes	177
	Acknowledgments	187
	The Authors	191
	Index	193

See also: Paris to the Moon or Australia 2009

Slaughterhouse: The Shocking Story of Greed, Neglect, and Inhumane Treatment Inside the U. S. Meat Industry

Author: Gail A Eisnitz

With a New Afterword by the Author

Slaughterhouse is the first book of its kind to explore the impact that unprecedented changes in the meatpacking industry over the last twenty-five years-particularly industry consolidation, increased line speeds, and deregulation-have had on workers, animals, and consumers. It is also the first time ever that workers have spoken publicly about what's really taking place behind the closed doors of America's slaughterhouses.

In this new paperback edition, author Gail A. Eisnitz brings the story up to date since the book's original publication. She describes the ongoing efforts by the Humane Farming Association to improve conditions in the meatpacking industry, media exposйs that have prompted reforms resulting in multimillion dollar appropriations by Congress to try to enforce federal inspection laws, and a favorable decision by the Supreme Court to block construction of what was slated to be one of the largest hog factory farms in the country. Nonetheless, Eisnitz makes it clear that abuses continue and much work still needs to be done.

What People Are Saying

Peter Singer
"As Eisnitz convincingly shows, the meat industry is indifferent to animal suffering, exploitative of its workers, and liable to produce a product that is riddled with dangerous bacteria. Whether you eat meat or not-if you care about humans or animals-this book is a must read."
—Princeton University, Author of In Defense of Animals and Animal Liberation

John Robbins
"This book penetrates the veil of psychic numbing that keeps us oblivious to the real truth behind modern meat. If you want to remain a prisoner of your own ignorance, don't read it. It will make you aware. It will wake you up. It will change your life."
—Founder of the EarthSave Foundation