Bury my heart at conference room B : the unbeatable impact of truly committed managers / Stan Slap.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A manager's dream : what managers want most from their companies -- Successful and fulfilled managers explain how they became plenty more of both -- pt. 1. It takes a value proposition. What lies underneath : introducing the most valuable and elusive type of manager commitment -- The mystery achievement : how this book is going to help you as management, manager and human being -- Time waits for no manager : do the math before it does you --

pt. 2. Wallet, heart, keys. The company dream : what companies want most from managers -- A tale of two companies : where the weird and wonderful happens -- The dream denied : why companies don't allow what they want most from managers -- How a manager's brain works, and doesn't : why most corporate reasoning is meaningless to a manager's real thinking -- Pinch me, I'm dreamin' : dreams collide: no casualties --

pt. 3. You must, you can. How to decide what's truly most important to you : why it's a whole lot harder than it seems and what to do about that -- How to sell it to yourself : the ten reasons that usually stop managers and why they're not going to stop you -- How to sell it to your people : how to turn what's most important to you into a compelling cause for others -- How to sell it to your company : how to turn what's most important to you into business impact and career success --

pt. 4. Get on with it. Personal implementation : first steps to individual fulfillment -- Organizational implementation : first steps to enterprise-wide results -- You must remember this : the purpose, the path, the whole point --

pt. 5. Under the hood : research proof points, notes, acknowledgments and the inevitable primate studies, Sun Tzu and Rumi quotes.

This book is about igniting the power of any manager's emotional commitment to his or her company--worth more than financial, intellectual and physical commitment combined. Sometimes companies get this from their managers in the early garage days or in times of tremendous gain, but it's almost unheard of to get it on a sustained, self-reinforced basis. Of course your company is only going to get it if you're willing to give it. Slap proves that emotional commitment comes from the ability to live your deepest personal values at work and then provides a process that allows you to use your own values to achieve success.--From publisher description.