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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: elemental leader
    sub title: unlocking your potential through values, perseverance, adaptability, and innovation
  name:
    name part: Comeau, Tyler
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2026
    copyright date: 2026
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xv, 181 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.
  abstract: This book is a comprehensive leadership development book that reimagines the classical elements of earth, air, water and fire as metaphors for effective leadership principles. The project focuses on helping leaders unlock their leadership potential by grounding their practices in these elemental principles. Each element represents a principle. Earth symbolizes core values and grounded mindsets. Air relates to overcoming adversity and perseverance, water embodies adaptability and change processes and fire represents innovation, motivation, decision-making and risk management. The book weaves personal anecdotes, case studies, supporting research and actionable strategies to provide a holistic guide for leadership growth. The structure of the book is built around four major chapters, each dedicated to one of the elements. Within each chapter, the content is organized into multiple case studies of real-world leaders. For example, the earth chapter analyzes Howard Schultz's leadership at Starbucks and Indra Nooyi's value-driven leadership at PepsiCo. Each case study includes sections on the relevance (why it matters), supporting research and actionable strategies. This bridges the theoretical world with the practical application of lived experiences. Readers are encouraged to take part in the interactive tasks within each chapter for the purpose of optimizing their organizations. Key benefits of the book include the ability to integrate timeless principles with contemporary leadership challenges. By drawing on the elements, the project offers leaders a framework for making decisions that are both ethical and effective. From focusing on core values (missions, visions, etc.) to build resilience based on trust, to transparent communication when facing adversity as a highly effective team, to preparing teams for change (both expected and unexpected) and to igniting passion and driving for innovative and collaborative risk management, the chapters offer a balanced approach to…
  note: Tyler Comeau.
  note: "A Productivity Press book."
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages [173]-178) and index.
  subject:
    topic: Four elements (Philosophy)
  subject:
    topic: Leadership
    genre: Handbooks, manuals, etc
  subject:
    topic: Leadership
    topic: Philosophy
  classification: BD581 .C66 2026
  classification: 113
  identifier: 9781041006084
  identifier: 104100608X
  identifier: 9781041003571
  identifier: 1041003579
  identifier: 9781040411247
  identifier: 9781040411209
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    record content source: YDX
    record creation date: 250326
    record change date: 20260424154608.3
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