You depend on groups, You depend on the succcssful outcomes of teamwork. And the keys to productive relationships- -whether in a billiondollar organization or a family--are as basic as fire, water, wind. and earth.
In The Four Elements of Success, best-selling business author Laurie Beth Jones challenges you to look to the elements 6fcreation to find a wisdom that is profoundly simple. With her trademark clarity and refreshing emphasis on speaking to peoples’ spirits, Laurie Beth lones unlocks this ageless wisdom and marries it with a modern personalitT theory.
The result? Powerful new possibilities for collaboration, change, and success.
Discover The Four Elements of Success, and you’ll also find the secrets for influence and leadership.
Ashes to ashes. Dust to dust. In the end all of us are reduced to some form of earth. Just as Adam means "taken from the clay," each of us is an amazing blend of the earth of calcium and the water of ceils, the fire of synapses and the breath of life.
I read that if the human body were reduced to its chemical components, it would be worth about $1.76. But we human beings are worth so much more than that. With fingerprints like snowflakes-- no two alike--we are energy-fiUed, action-oriented phenomena capable of creating symphonies, curing diseases, building universities, and risking our lives on behalf of others...
Preface
Introduction
I. LEARNING THE ELEMENTS
Chapter 1
Understanding the Elements: Which One Are You?
Chapter 2
The Elements in the Real World
II. APPLYING THE ELEMENTS
Chapter 3
Understanding Team Dynamics: Putting It All Together
Chapter 4
How to Grow (and Retain) Your Team
Chapter 5
An Elemental Look at Understanding Your Customer
Chapter 6
Career Implications
III. THE 28-DAY CHALLENGE
Chapter 7
Element One: The Excitement of Fire
Chapter 8
Element Two: The Grounding of Earth
Chapter 9
Element Three: The Transformation of Water
Chapter 10
Element Four: The Release of Wind
Notes
APPENDICES
I. Questions and Answers
II. The Path Elements Profile TM for Laurie Beth Jones
III. Sample PEP Charts
IV. A Brief History of Personality Theory
Acknowledgments
About the Author
