Credibility By Beth Bremner: Chapter Summary

In the first chapter of Credibility How Leaders Gain and Lose It Why People Demand It, Beth Bremner discusses how she was ashamed of telling people where she worked because the management at her previous place of employment did not share her values of truthfulness and integrity. She continues to explain that she desired to work for a business that shared the same values, beliefs, objectives, and visions as she did. The authors, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, discuss how many people are motivated and strive for the same aspirations as Beth. These are the factors that play a major role in increasing employee motivation on the job. While management was once determined by status and privilege, this is no longer the case. Modern leadership

How did this person motivate the readers to follow them, and what tasks were they working on? How did their conduct inspire the readers? These are all important questions to consider when studying leadership and the forces that play a major role in motivating people. First, one must examine what motivates themselves as followers. The book includes examples of other people who told stories of leaders they followed. The leaders they followed believed in their worth as individuals. Others reported that the leaders they followed went well out of their way to helping them with personal situations and made them feel good about themselves. In the first chapter of Credibility How Leaders Gain and Lose It Why People Demand It, Beth Bremner discusses how she was ashamed of telling people where she worked because the management at her previous place of employment did not share her values of truthfulness and integrity. She continues to explain that she desired to work for a business that shared the same values, beliefs, objectives, and visions as she did. The authors, James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner, discuss how many people are motivated and strive for the same aspirations Beth had. These are the factors that play a major role in increasing employee motivation on the job. While management was once determined by status and privilege, this is no longer the case. Modern leadership is now an ambition that leaders must earn from the people following them. Leaders must make a daily effort to keep their followers motivated and committed to the leaders they are following. Followers make a daily decision whether to follow their leaders. Moreover, John Garner, tells of his work experiences with a few of the most influential people nationwide. He explains how followers are the people who choose their leaders; leaders do not decide this (Kouzes & Posner,