Bøker av Peter Baines

Become a courageous leader and learn how to take risks, defy limitations and inspire the extraordinaryIn Leadership Matters, celebrated humanitarian Peter Baines OAM shares remarkable stories and unique insights about leadership in challenging times. Drawing on more than 20 years of experience in leading others through crises and disasters, Peter demonstrates how great leaders rise above adversity. He unpacks how leadership skills such as courage, compassion, and integrity are essential for finding a way forward and triumphing against the odds.Leadership Matters shares the leadership lessons that have emerged from Peter's decades of work in international counterterrorism and disaster response. In particular, it reveals how the devastating aftermath of Thailand's Boxing Day Tsunami has shaped Peter's understanding of what it means to be a true leader. You'll learn how Peter founded a multi-million-dollar charity to help those he met along the way. And you'll learn the principles that have guided him in the decades since that transformative event: how to lead and inspire others as you work together to achieve the extraordinary.Leadership Matters will inspire you to:* Stop making excuses and take action* Find the unique solutions that are required by unique challenges* Motivate your team by being present and fostering integrity* Find courage for difficult decisions and compassion for hard conversationsLeadership Matters: Stories and Insights for Leaders, Achievers and Visionaries shows how great leaders can find their purpose and make a real, vital impact on the world around them.

Can an organisation's corporate social responsibility program both improve the lives of the community and grow a bottom line? Doing Good by Doing Good offers a proven plan for implementing an effective strategy that can help organisations transform the communities they work with, while also bringing innovation and growth to their business. Filled with illustrative case studies from organisations around the globe, it shows how these companies have increased morale and engagement, improved brand awareness, engaged new customers and delivered strong economic returns. This book will help readers: understand the concept of shared value and recognise why corporate philanthropy is no longer enough evaluate the current landscape to define an effective strategy that promotes better business and makes a real impact identify the hard and soft key performance indicators that help keep your program on track gain insight into each step of the process, from interest to implementation. Doing Good by Doing Good presents a fool-proof plan for building a corporate social responsibility strategy that can effectively balance consumers' expectations around giving back to the community and shareholders' demands to see dividends soar.