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The Catalyst Effect
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The Catalyst Effect

12 Skills and Behaviors to Boost Your Impact and Elevate Team Performance

Jerry Toomer, Craig Caldwell, Steve Weitzenkorn and Chelsea Clark
Emerald Publishing Limited, 2018

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8

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As businesses confront new challenges, “catalytic leaders” use their command of 12 important skills to encourage superior performance. Jerry Toomer, Craig Caldwell, Steve Weitzenkorn and Chelsea Clark group these crucial abilities into four sets of competencies: “building credibility, creating cohesion, generating momentum” and “amplifying impact.” If you can’t touch your listeners’ emotions, the authors warn, your audience might not understand the message you intend to convey.

Take-Aways

  • A “catalytic leader” or team member must develop 12 skills in four sets of competencies: “building credibility, creating cohesion, generating momentum” and “amplifying impact.”
  • The three skills for building credibility are earning trust through integrity, communicating effectively and energizing with optimism.
  • The three skills for creating cohesion are building emotional connection, developing camaraderie, and prioritizing corporate and team objectives over personal concerns.

About the Authors

Jerry Toomer, PhD, is executive partner and adjunct professor at the Lacy School of Business at Butler University, where Craig Caldwell, PhD, is associate dean of Graduate & Professional Programs. Steve Weitzenkorn, PhD, is an organizational adviser and strategy consultant. Chelsea Clark, PhD, founded Chelsea Clark Consulting, LLC, a relationship research firm.

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