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About Simon Sinek
Simon Sinek is an optimist. He teaches leaders and organizations how to inspire people. From members of Congress to foreign ambassadors, from small businesses to corporations like Microsoft and 3M, from Hollywood to the Pentagon, he has presented his ideas about the power of why. He has written two books, Leaders Eat Last and Start With Why and is quoted frequently by national publications. Sinek also regularly shares 140 characters of inspiration on Twitter (@simonsinek).
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The inspiring, life-changing bestseller by the author of LEADERS EAT LAST and TOGETHER IS BETTER.
In 2009, Simon Sinek started a movement to help people become more inspired at work, and in turn inspire their colleagues and customers. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, including more than 28 million who’ve watched his TED Talk based on START WITH WHY -- the third most popular TED video of all time.
Sinek starts with a fundamental question: Why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over?
People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it.
START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who've had the greatest influence in the world all think, act, and communicate the same way -- and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.
Start With Why has led millions of readers to rethink everything they do – in their personal lives, their careers and their organizations.
Now Find Your Why picks up where Start With Why left off. It shows you how to apply Simon Sinek’s powerful insights so that you can find more inspiration at work -- and in turn inspire those around you.
I believe fulfillment is a right and not a privilege. We are all entitled to wake up in the morning inspired to go to work, feel safe when we’re there and return home fulfilled at the end of the day. Achieving that fulfillment starts with understanding exactly WHY we do what we do.
As Start With Why has spread around the world, countless readers have asked me the same question: How can I apply Start With Why to my career, team, company or nonprofit? Along with two of my colleagues, Peter Docker and David Mead, I created this hands-on, step-by-step guide to help you find your WHY.
With detailed exercises, illustrations, and action steps for every stage of the process, Find Your Why can help you address many important concerns, including:
* What if my WHY sounds just like my competitor’s?
* Can I have more than one WHY?
* If my work doesn’t match my WHY, what should I do?
* What if my team can’t agree on our WHY?
Whether you've just started your first job, are leading a team, or are CEO of your own company, the exercises in this book will help guide you on a path to long-term success and fulfillment, for both you and your colleagues.
Thank you for joining us as we work together to build a world in which more people start with WHY.
Inspire on!
-- Simon
Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things.
In his work with organizations around the world, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives are offered, are doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why?
The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general. "Officers eat last," he said. Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ate first while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. What's symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: Great leaders sacrifice their own comfort--even their own survival--for the good of those in their care.
Too many workplaces are driven by cynicism, paranoia, and self-interest. But the best ones foster trust and cooperation because their leaders build what Sinek calls a "Circle of Safety" that separates the security inside the team from the challenges outside.
Sinek illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories that range from the military to big business, from government to investment banking.
How do we win a game that has no end? Finite games, like football or chess, have known players, fixed rules and a clear endpoint. The winners and losers are easily identified. Infinite games, games with no finish line, like business or politics, or life itself, have players who come and go. The rules of an infinite game are changeable while infinite games have no defined endpoint. There are no winners or losers—only ahead and behind.
The question is, how do we play to succeed in the game we’re in?
In this revelatory book, Simon Sinek offers a framework for leading with an infinite mindset. On one hand, none of us can resist the fleeting thrills of a promotion earned or a tournament won, yet these rewards fade quickly. In pursuit of a Just Cause, we will commit to a vision of a future world so appealing that we will build it week after week, month after month, year after year. Although we do not know the exact form this world will take, working toward it gives our work and our life meaning.
Leaders who embrace an infinite mindset build stronger, more innovative, more inspiring organizations. Ultimately, they are the ones who lead us into the future.
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“The more organizations and people who learn to start with WHY, the more people there will be who wake up being fulfilled by the work they do.” – Simon Sinek, Start with Why
Have you ever wondered why some companies fail, others do average, and some - the rare few – become huge success stories? Why is it that some leaders never achieve greatness and others motivate millions? What sets apart the mundane from the masterful, the indifferent from the inspirational?
Simon Sinek encapsulated the answers to all of these questions in his groundbreaking book Start with Why, following on from his hugely popular and now legendary TED talk. We have extracted the best and most pertinent parts of the book and here it now is, available just a short read away!
Il existe deux sortes de jeux : les jeux finis et les jeux infinis. Les jeux finis sont disputés par des joueurs désignés. Ils ont des règles fixes. Et il existe un objectif convenu qui, lorsqu'il est atteint, met fin au jeu. Le football, par exemple, est un jeu fini. Les jeux infinis, au contraire, n’ont pas de règles précises ou admises. Il peut exister des conventions ou des lois gouvernant le comportement des joueurs, mais ces derniers peuvent agir à leur guise à l’intérieur de ces frontières larges.
Le jeu de l’économie répond à la définition même d’un jeu infini. Pourtant, à écouter le langage de tant de leaders actuels, on dirait qu’ils ne savent pas quel jeu ils disputent. « L’emporter sur les concurrents » est pour eux une obsession. Sauf que, dans les jeux sans ligne d’arrivée, tout cela est impossible. Diriger dans un esprit de fini en situation de jeu infini engendre toutes sortes de problèmes, dont le plus courant est le déclin de la confiance, de la coopération et de l’innovation. Diriger dans un esprit d’infini, au contraire, nous fait avancer dans une meilleure direction. Les groupes qui adoptent un tel esprit bénéficient de niveaux de confiance, de coopération et d’innovation bien plus élevés.
Plus percutant que jamais, Simon Sinek livre avec Le jeu infini un ouvrage inspirant qui va bouleverser votre vision du management et du monde de l’entreprise ; une invitation à insuffler un état d’esprit nouveau autour de vous, à être un leader, pas uniquement pour aujourd’hui, mais pour demain... et le jour d’après.
Simon Sinek est le leader d'un mouvement qui vise à bâtir un monde dans lequel la majorité des gens sont inspirés par le travail qu'ils font. Des millions de gens ont déjà vu sa vidéo sur TED.com concernant l'importance de savoir pourquoi nous faisons ce que nous faisons. Commencer par pourquoi amène ce concept beaucoup plus loin.
Toute personne ou organisation est en mesure d'expliquer ce qu'elle fait; certaines peuvent expliquer en quoi elles sont différentes des autres, mais très rares sont celles qui parviennent à articuler clairement pourquoi. Le POURQUOI n'a rien à voir avec l'argent et les profits, ce sont les résultats qui comptent. Le POURQUOI, c'est la raison qui nous inspire et inspire également les gens autour de nous.
De Martin Luther King à Steve Jobs, en passant par les frères Wright, Commencer par pourquoi démontre que les leaders qui savent inspirer les gens pensent, agissent et communiquent tous de la même façon, une façon diamétralement opposée à celle de tous les autres. Riche d'un vaste éventail d'histoires vécues, ce livre procure une structure permettant de mettre sur pied des organisations, de diriger des mouvements et d'inspirer des gens, tout cela à partir de POURQUOI.
Publicado anteriormente com o título Porquê?
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"Um dos livros mais úteis e poderosos que eu li em anos. Simples e elegante, nos mostra como líderes devem liderar." – William Ury, coautor de Como chegar ao sim
Por que algumas pessoas e organizações são mais inovadoras, admiradas e lucrativas do que outras? Por que algumas despertam grande lealdade por parte de clientes e funcionários?
Para Simon Sinek, a resposta está no forte senso de propósito que as inspira a darem o melhor de si para uma causa expressiva – o porquê.
Ao publicar esse livro, o autor iniciou um movimento que tem ajudado milhões de pessoas a encontrar um sentido maior no próprio trabalho e, assim, inspirar colegas e clientes.
Ilustrando suas ideias com as fascinantes histórias de Martin Luther King, Steve Jobs e os irmãos Wright, Simon mostra que as pessoas só irão se dedicar de corpo e alma a um movimento, ideia, produto ou serviço se compreenderem o verdadeiro propósito por trás deles.
Nesse livro, você verá como pensam, agem e se comunicam os líderes que exercem a maior influência, e também descobrirá um modelo a partir do qual as pessoas podem ser inspiradas, movimentos podem ser criados e organizações, construídas. E tudo isso começa pelo porquê.
Aux États-Unis, chez les Marines, les officiers mangent en dernier... Cette conception de l'organisation, qui fait passer les besoins des équipes avant ceux des chefs, a eu une résonance toute particulière pour l’expert Simon Sinek. Il s’est demandé pourquoi certaines équipes se serrent les coudes et sont confiantes envers leur leader au point de le suivre inconditionnellement.
Être leader, ce n’est pas décider seul. C’est être capable d’instaurer un climat qui protège l’organisation des rivalités internes et du désengagement. Qu’est-ce qui distingue alors précisément les bons des mauvais leaders ? Et comment les meilleurs parviennent-ils à générer l’adhésion de leurs équipes ?
En s’appuyant sur son expérience de terrain et sur les recherches les plus récentes en neurosciences, il démontre que si l’environnement de travail est bienveillant, si le leader inspire un sentiment d’appartenance et d’exemplarité, les salariés le suivent et sont capables de performances remarquables. Si cette confiance est en revanche entamée, ils passent leur temps à se protéger les uns des autres et l’organisation se retrouve en danger.
Best-seller international, cet ouvrage optimiste et humaniste vient bousculer les idées reçues. Véritable changement de paradigme, la conception du leadership proposée ici place le leader au service de son équipe. Les grands leaders se soucient sincèrement de ceux qu’ils ont le privilège de diriger.
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