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Conscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values

Fred Kofman

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  • Reid HoffmanGiven as a gift
    Named as a book he gives to others in his interview with Michael McCullough.
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Summary

Kofman connects business results to responsibility, integrity and the quality of relationships at work. He examines self-awareness, clear communication, conflict and reliable commitments. The book asks leaders to put their values into daily actions rather than leave them as statements apart from the work.

  • SourceConscious Business: How to Build Value Through Values · Publisher description; October 1, 2013 print edition

Why read it Our view

Useful when promises and difficult conversations are causing friction. Make commitments clear, ask what each person can control and discuss a failed promise without hiding the facts. Use values to guide the next action rather than to avoid a hard choice.