This book explores common attributes good leaders have and ways to make them more common in organizations by encouraging leaders to think differently. It outlines a framework that focuses on creating and using a compelling vision to make sense of the business and distill meaning, influencing to shape the organization in line with the vision, modeling behaviors and skills and setting standards, building strong networks and relationships with internal and external customers, and fostering collaborative leadership. It describes leading with vision, action, purpose, service, and people by seeing the sense before it becomes common sense, challenging conventional wisdom, and asking different questions; shaping the organization by turning sense into common sense; getting organizations into shape to improve performance by showing how to do the common things uncommonly well; serving colleagues and customers by being in touch; and sharing leadership by making it more common. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)