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"Transform your ability to lead others with an abundance leadership mindsetIn Abundance Leaders: Creating Energy, Joy, and Productivity in an Unsettled World, renowned management consultant and lecturer Laura Freebairn-Smith delivers a rigorous and practical discussion of energetic, joyful, and productive leadership. In the book, you'll learn what sets leaders with an ""abundance mindset"" apart from those with a ""scarcity mindset,"" and why the former creates work environments that generate superior performance when compared to those created by the latter.The author comprehensively explains the Abundance Leadership Model and convincingly demonstrates how it leads to immediate and tangible improvements in productivity and employee wellbeing. You'll also find: A list of 26 distinct behaviors that signal a manager or executive is working in an abundance leadership mindset Strategies for leading bravely, making big, impactful promises, and aligning your organization around its purpose Ways to shape the culture at your organization in ways that drive dramatic improvements to the bottom line and worker satisfactionAn essential resource for managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders, Abundance Leaders will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone with an interest in leadership or organizational culture."

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After graduating from UC Berkeley with a BA in Philosophy and Political Science, Laura headed to Thailand where she worked for four years as the Education Coordinator for the International Rescue Committee in two Cambodian refugee camps on the Thai-Cambodian border. She went on to Yale to get her MBA, and to serve as Chief Operating Officer and Managing Director for two nonprofits. She also founded and served as Director of the Organizational Development & Learning Center at Yale. She holds a PhD in Organizational Systems from Saybrook University. She has taught as faculty and guest lecturer at Yale, Georgetown, Central CT State University, and the University of New Haven. Laura is currently a Partner and Co-founder of Organizational Performance Group (OPG), a management consulting firm that believes people and their ability to work together are critical to the success of all organizations. Robin McAlpine is an award-winning actress with years of experience in theater and film. In addition to playing over thirty male and female roles in Shakespeare, she has worked extensively in sketch comedy and improv as well as in numerous off- and off-off Broadway plays. Robin works full-time recording voice-overs, e-learning projects, and audiobooks from her gorgeous booth in Portland, Oregon, and spends the rest of her time with her husband, four dogs, and two grown sons (when they'll have her). She trained at New York University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts (New York), and Shakespeare & Co.

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