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The Leadership Contract Field Guide: The Personal Roadmap to Becoming a Truly Accountable Leader
by Vince MolinaroCommit to great leadership and implement it today The Leadership Contract Field Guide provides a practical blueprint for implementing the Leadership Contract. Reading is one thing, but new ideas cannot be useful until they are put into practice—so now it is time to commit. Review the major tenets of great leadership, internalize them, and look around at your organization; what does your organization currently need the most? Where is the clear deficit? What do your people most need right now to work to their full potential? That’s where you start. Decisions? Make them. Obligations? Fulfill them. Hard work? Toughen up. Leadership is a privilege and a responsibility, and this book shows you how to move from conceptualizing “great leadership” into practicing great leadership—starting today. This guide summarizes what you learned in The Leadership Contract, and integrates that knowledge into real-world actions that make you more effective, while new discussion on accountability draws from research and case studies from major organizations to give you fresh perspective and valuable insight. The result is a clear roadmap to high performance, and you’re standing on the starting line—are you ready to go? Review the key points of what it means to lead Focus on accountability and fulfilling obligations Identify and accommodate organizational needs Implement the Contract to become a more effective leader Your employees are your biggest, most valuable asset, and you should be theirs. You need to equip them to succeed, motivate them to achieve, and inspire them to new heights with each and every interaction. In word and in deed, you must walk the walk every single day. This is what great leadership looks like, and it is already inside of you. The Leadership Contract Field Guide gives you a systematic blueprint for unleashing your very best and achieving so much more.
Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders
by Alan S. Berson Richard G. StieglitzConversation techniques and tools that can help strong managers become great leaders Often the very same skills and traits that enable rising stars to achieve success "tenacity, aggressiveness, self-confidence" become liabilities when promoted into a leadership track. While managers' conversations are generally transactional and centered on the task at hand, leaders must focus on people, asking great questions and aligning them with the vision for the future. Leadership mindsets and skills can be developed, and Leadership Conversations provides practical guidance for connecting with others in ways that transform each interaction into an opportunity for organizational and personal growth. Identifies four types of conversation every leader must master: building relationships, making decisions, taking action, and developing others Provides an action plan for boosting your personal leadership potential, as well for developing leadership skills in others Draws on the authors' rich experience coaching and working with leaders at a wide range of organizations, including NASA, the U.S. Navy, intelligence agencies, Boeing, Gillette, Bausch & Lomb, and Georgetown University Leadership Conversations is required reading for both high-potential managers looking to make it to the next level and leaders looking to develop their people.
Leadership Craft, Leadership Art
by Steven S. TaylorTaylor leads readers through creativity and how it relates to leadership followed by the five stages of theory behind the idea: 1) preparation, 2) time-off (or incubation), 3) the spark, 4) selection, and 5) elaboration.
Leadership Defense: Mastering Progressive Discipline and Structuring Terminations (The Paul Falcone Workplace Leadership Series)
by Paul FalconeGreatly reduce the stress of managing a team with this quick and reliable information on how to correctly master—both legally and ethically—progressive discipline and structured termination, from the leading voice in HR expertise.This resource takes the highly complicated subjects of progressive employee discipline and structured terminations—actions that can be rife with legal issues and paperwork—and breaks down the process for HR professionals and managers to easy-to-understand steps.Chock full of wisdom from Paul Falcone, a renowned expert on labor & employment law and business decision-making and problem-solving, this book answers questions ranging from basic to sophisticated, including:Why should I conduct an exit interview?How do I protect my company from negligent hiring claims?How do I terminate a long-term employee with a history of positive performance evaluations?And much, much more.Each question is followed by an easy-to-implement solution, making this book perfect both as a concise overview and as a practical reference.
Leadership Development: A Complexity Approach
by Kevin FlinnDrawing on the complexity sciences and personal narrative accounts of experience from practitioners based in the UK, Germany, Denmark and North America, this book examines conventional leadership development methodologies with a view to identifying what is useful and what is not. It proffers an alternative perspective on leadership and organisation for business schools, consultancies and corporate training functions to adopt in their development of leaders. Leadership Development: A Complexity Approach is essential reading for advanced students and researchers of leadership development, leadership studies, human resource management and organisational development. It will also be of interest to management educators and practising managers whose experience of, or aspirations for, working life are not represented in mainstream academic texts and popular management literature.
Leadership Development: Perk or Priority? (HBR Case Study and Commentary)
by Idalene F. Kesner Susan Burnett Mike Morrison Noel M. Tichy David OwensHBR Case Study. Business is bad, and Zendal Pharmaceuticals must protect what’s crucial in its budget and jettison what’s just nice to have. In which of those categories does executive education belong?
Leadership Development: A Guide For Hr And Training Professionals
by Rosemary RyanWritten from a practitioner viewpoint with case studies and examples from a wide variety of industries, this is a practical text for Learning & Development and Human Resource practitioners, providing an in-depth treatment of all the aspects of people development within today’s organizations. Readers will want more than just the theory – they want to know how to apply it as an internal consultant and what the potential pitfalls can be. Most importantly, they want practical strategies for introducing and implementing new management development practices. The text shows how to apply new approaches to old problems and provide new ways of creating high performance within an organization. This book offers an in-depth explanation of the key principles, problems to be addressed and strategies for success in developing effective managers and leaders. The style is both pragmatic and tactical, based on academic theory but grounded in the day to day reality of what is possible in today’s organizations.
Leadership Development at Goldman Sachs
by Scott A. Snook Boris Groysberg David LaneIn November 1999, 11 of Goldman Sachs' finest gathered to put the final touches on a revolutionary leadership development plan. Following Goldman's explosive growth during the 1990s and its eventual IPO in 1999, a diverse group of leaders from across the firm were selected to "assess the future training and development needs of Goldman Sachs, with a particular focus on the need for a more systematic and effective approach to developing managing directors." After six months of brainstorming, holding discussions with Goldman Sachs colleagues, interviewing experts, and benchmarking best practices, it was finally time to present their findings to the management committee. The briefing contained an integrated leader development plan with concrete recommendations on how to resolve several critical design issues, including: location, faculty, content, format, method, target audience, governance, and sponsorship. No one sitting on the management committee had relied on a formal leadership program to reach the top. How skeptical might they be? How do you convince hard-nosed bankers to leave their desks and invest precious time focusing on what many perceived as "soft" issues?
Leadership Development for Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice
by Dawn Forman Marion Jones Jill ThistlethwaiteLeadership Development of Interprofessional Education and Collaborative Practice is an edited compilation of chapters written by international medical and health professional experts. The book provides historical and current perspectives on leadership in healthcare.
Leadership Development in Emerging Market Economies
by Alexandre Ardichvili Khalil DiraniThis edited volume focuses on leadership development in emerging economies in the BRICS, CIVETS and other developing countries. Chapter authors offer a unique view of indigenous practices and perspectives from HRD, HRM, and management and leadership studies.
Leadership Development in Practice: A Complexity Approach
by Kevin FlinnIn an unpredictable world, how do we go about supporting leaders to develop more democratic and inclusive ways of working and living? The second edition of Leadership Development in Practice: A Complexity Approach draws on autoethnographic accounts of experience from practitioners across three continents to explore the leadership development approaches that best support managers to work with uncertainty by taking their experience seriously. It offers an alternative perspective on leadership and organisation for business schools, consultancies, and corporate training functions to adopt in their development of leaders. Additions to this second edition include as follows: • A new chapter on creating large group dialogue • A more explicit emphasis on what it means to take gender, diversity, and social justice seriously • A review of the burgeoning interest in complexity perspectives on leadership and leadership development since publication of the first edition. This book is essential reading for leadership and organisational development professionals, researchers, and students. It will also be of interest to managers looking for an approach to leadership development that works with how things are rather than with idealisations of how things ought to be.
Leadership Development in Public Relations: Exploring Crucibles of Experience Among Industry Veterans (Routledge Research in Public Relations)
by Marlene S. NeillThrough interviews with members of the Public Relations Society of America College of Fellows, this book provides lessons on public relations leadership for the next generation.Often, our focus on high profile leaders is centered on success stories, but so much can be learned from the trials, or “crucibles,” they have faced and how leaders overcame and were shaped by these challenges. The Fellows interviewed represent a diverse group of accomplished professionals with specializations ranging from military public affairs and government, corporate, education, agency, and nonprofit organizations. A focus on ethical values, virtues, and ethical leadership will inspire readers to themselves confidently lead.This book will be of interest to advanced students in public relations programs or young professionals looking to forge their careers in public relations leadership.
Leadership Development Interventions: Ensuring a Return on the Investment
by Jay A. CongerLeadership development initiatives can and should play a critical role in building the bench strength of leadership talent in an organization. At the very least, these programs can heighten managers' appreciation of good leadership; at the most, they can facilitate a common and widespread understanding of the organization's vision and culture, integrate training with job promotions, and build champions to implement critical strategies. This chapter explores how formal leadership training programs can best be deployed to achieve these kinds of impact. It examines a range of approaches and the trade-offs unique to each, with a closer look at the practices that enhance a program's effectiveness, as well as some common pitfalls. In short, successful leadership development programs must be well designed, tightly aligned to the organization's strategy, and supported by its performance management systems. This chapter was originally published as Chapter 24 of "Handbook of Leadership Theory and Practice: A Harvard Business School Centennial Colloquium."
Leadership Dispatches: Chile's Extraordinary Comeback from Disaster
by Erwann Michel-Kerjan Howard Kunreuther Michael UseemOn February 27, 2010, Chile was rocked by a violent earthquake five hundred times more powerful than the one that hit Haiti just six weeks prior. The Chilean earthquake devastated schools, hospitals, roads, and homes, paralyzing the country for weeks and causing economic damage that was equal to 18 percent of Chile's GDP. This calamity hit just as an incumbent political regime was packing its bags and a new administration was preparing to take office. For most countries, it would have taken years, if not decades, to recover from such an event. Yet, only one year later, Chile's economy had reached a six percent annual growth rate. In Leadership Dispatches, Michael Useem, Howard Kunreuther, and Erwann Michel-Kerjan look at how the nation's leaders-in government, business, religion, academia, and beyond-facilitated Chile's recovery. They attribute Chile's remarkable comeback to a two-part formula consisting of strong national leadership on the one hand, and deeply rooted institutional practices on the other. Coupled with strategic, deliberative thinking, these levers enabled Chile to bounce back quickly and exceed its prior national performance. The authors make the case that the Chilean story contains lessons for a broad range of organizations and governments the world over. Large-scale catastrophes of many kinds-from technological meltdowns to disease pandemics-have been on the rise in recent years. Now is the time to seek ideas and guidance from other leaders who have triumphed in the wake of a disaster. In this vein, Leadership Dispatches is both a remarkable story of resilience and an instructive look at how those with the greatest responsibility for a country, company, or community should lead.
The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader
by Richard Leider Richard Strozzi-HecklerHistory is filled with accounts of great leaders, but how did they become so? Written for emergent leaders in any endeavor, this new work from renowned consultant Richard Strozzi-Heckler offers a new approach to leadership. The first book of its kind to base business and management strength on integral body awareness, the book presents key principles such as shugyo, or self-cultivation, as crucial in developing the individual responsibility, social commitment, and moral and spiritual vision required to lead with authority and efficacy. The Leadership Dojo is based on three questions: What does a leader do? What are the character values most essential to exemplary leadership? How do you teach these values? Drawing on the wisdom of ages from Plato to the Bhagavad-Gita, from Thucydides to the Abidharma, the book asserts that understanding and answering these questions holds the key to superior leadership skills. Strozzi-Heckler teaches with real-world examples based on his wide experience training decision-makers at companies like AT&T and Microsoft. The book's multifaceted approach helps readers establish a powerful Leadership Presence, a platform from which they can take ethical action with compassion and pragmatic wisdom.From the Hardcover edition.
Leadership-Driven HR
by David S. WeissPresents a new vision for HR's role in businessFocusing on strategic solutions for HR, Leadership-Driven HR challenges the traditional view of HR as a service function and replaces it with a new vision of HR as an internal business accountable for the return on investment of essential corporate assets--people and organizational processes. Leadership-Driven HR provides practical strategies for leveraging HR's role, priorities, accountabilities, and organizational design.Focuses on strategic solutions for HR, addressing current and ongoing concerns in the world of HRDr. David Weiss is President & CEO of Weiss International Ltd., which leads innovative consulting and HR projects that generate effective strategy, leadership, innovation, and HR solutions for leaders and employeesHR serves a critical role in managing your most valuable assets. Discover new ways this department can create significant ROI for your business.
Leadership During a Crisis: A Focus on Leadership Development (Routledge Studies in Leadership and Leadership Development)
by Christian HarrisonWe live in uncertain times propelled by complex systems, climate change and the use of technology which possess various threats. At times of crisis, leadership that permits quick reactions to the changing organisational environment becomes necessary. However, there has been limited studies that provide a road map of leading during a crisis. What is required of leaders during a crisis? How can you develop the required leadership expertise during such turbulent periods? What are the challenges leaders will have to combat? Through this book, these questions are answered. It is no exaggeration therefore to claim that this book opens a new chapter as it seeks to advance discussions about how to lead during crisis. Drawing on empirical and conceptual evidence from the perspective of renowned authors in leadership research, it offers a robust and engaging overview of the field of leadership and leadership development in turbulent and dynamic environments. The chapters in the book support the personal and professional development of aspiring and experienced leaders and managers. The readers will be able to display critical awareness of current developments in both the theory and practice of leadership and leadership development and its importance in modern organisations.
The Leadership Engine: How Winning Companies Build Leaders at E
by Noel M. TichyIn this Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller, Michigan Business School guru and worldwide consultant Noel Tichy brings his special brand of organisational transformation to a practical level that guarantees a leader at every level of an organisation. Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that winning companies possess a "Leadership Engine" , a proven system for creating dynamic leaders at every level. Technologies, products and economies constantly change. To get ahead and stay ahead, companies need agile, flexible, innovative leaders who can anticipate change and respond to new realities swiftly. Tichy explains that everyone has untapped leadership potential that can be developed winning leaders and winning organisations have figured out how to do this. In this acclaimed bestseller, Tichy offers colourful and insightful best-practice examples from dozens of leaders gathered from decades of research and practical experience.
The Leadership Engine
by Noel M. TichyIn this Wall Street Journal and BusinessWeek bestseller, Michigan Business School guru and worldwide consultant Noel Tichy brings his special brand of organisational transformation to a practical level that guarantees a leader at every level of an organisation. Why do some companies consistently win in the marketplace while others struggle from crisis to crisis? The answer, says Noel Tichy, is that winning companies possess a "Leadership Engine" , a proven system for creating dynamic leaders at every level. Technologies, products and economies constantly change. To get ahead and stay ahead, companies need agile, flexible, innovative leaders who can anticipate change and respond to new realities swiftly. Tichy explains that everyone has untapped leadership potential that can be developed winning leaders and winning organisations have figured out how to do this. In this acclaimed bestseller, Tichy offers colourful and insightful best-practice examples from dozens of leaders gathered from decades of research and practical experience.
Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Sustainable Development Post COVID-19: 2022 Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement (PRIZK) International Leadership Conference, June 24-25, 2022, Prague, Czech Republic (Springer Proceedings in Business and Economics)
by Wadim StrielkowskiThe proceedings volume provides an account of the pandemic-inspired policy changes in leadership, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development. The volume is a collection of papers presented at the 2022 International Leadership Conference hosted by the Prague Institute for Qualification Enhancement (PRIZK), Czech Republic. The focus of the conference was to outline positive changes for leadership in business and economics based on the lessons learned during the pandemic. The enclosed selection of papers describe the digital surge in business, economics, and education, as well as the development of frontier technologies caused by the COVID-19 lockdown periods. They also provide new insights into the concepts of leadership, entrepreneurship, and sustainable development post the COVID-19 pandemic. Finally, the papers define the new place and role of leadership within the context of global initiatives in sustainability such as the European Union's Green Deal and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SGDs).
Leadership Essentials
by Stephen CoveyAre great leaders born--or made? According to Dr. Stephen R. Covey, author of the best-selling The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, leadership skills can be honed and improved--if you know how. In this book, Dr. Covey walks you through a process of self-discovery and personal development that will make you a stronger leader--and help you succeed at work. As a leader of the corporate consulting firm FranklinCovey, Dr. Stephen R. Covey has guided thousands of clients in developing and improving their leadership skills. This book offers a clear step-by-step path to leadership success and detailed workbooks that guide you in putting the principles you'll learn to practical use. ABOUT THE SERIES The Essentials series offers the best of Dr. Stephen R. Covey's wisdom and expertise, gained throughout a decades-long career guiding corporations and leaders on management, execution, and leadership. Each Essentials book is tailored specifically toward an aspect of corporate leadership that offers unique challenges to organizations and individuals alike--offering concrete step-by-step advice toward improvement--and extensive workbooks designed to help you put new ideas into practice.
Leadership Essentials: Tools To Deepen Your Understanding Of Great Leaders (Building on the 7 Habits)
by Stephen R. CoveyThe Leadership Essentials is part of a three book series of books called the Guided 7 Habits. They are easy to read books that quickly and effectively offer supporting quotes and thinking that support and reinforce The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. The Leadership Essentials, you will discover a collection of writings that will teach you how to rise to new levels of self-vision. And to define what needs to happen today in order to realize your vision of the future.
Leadership Ethics
by Terry L. PriceAre leaders morally special? Is there something ethically distinctive about the relationship between leaders and followers? Should leaders do whatever it takes to achieve group goals? Leadership Ethics, first published in 2008, uses moral theory, as well as empirical research in psychology, to evaluate the reasons everyday leaders give to justify breaking the rules. Written for people without a background in philosophy, it introduces readers to the moral theories that are relevant to leadership ethics: relativism, amoralism, egoism, virtue ethics, social contract theory, situation ethics, communitarianism, and cosmopolitan theories such as utilitarianism and transformational leadership. Unlike many introductory texts, the book does more than simply acquaint readers with different approaches to leadership ethics. It defends the Kantian view that everyday leaders are not justified in breaking the moral rules.
Leadership, Ethics, and Project Execution: An Evidence-Based Project Success Model
by F.H. (Bud) Griffis Frederick B. Plummer Francis X. DarConteLeadership, Ethics, and Project Execution provides a masterclass in the project and people management skills that set apart the most accomplished design and construction professionals. This textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students distils the insights gleaned over the authors’ decades of experience in academia and industry into actionable principles for success in a notoriously demanding field. Combining real life case studies with original research, Leadership, Ethics, and Project Execution points the way from the classroom to the jobsite. Interactive exercises allow readers to take the role of junior project managers and other emerging professionals and reason through the ethical dilemmas surrounding building projects from the initial bid to completion. Chapters on stakeholder alignment, productivity, and project success ensure that aspiring leaders’ business decisions are as economically sound as they are ethically correct. From its accessible, conversational tone to the lifetime’s worth of construction wisdom it shares, Leadership, Ethics, and Project Execution offers an extended mentoring session with three giants of the building industry.
The Leadership Experience (Mindtap Course)
by Richard L. DaftMaster the critical leadership skills and solid understanding of theory needed to become an effective business leader in today's turbulent times with THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE, 7E. Acclaimed author Richard Daft helps you explore the latest thinking in leadership theory and contemporary practices at work within organizations throughout the world. You'll examine emerging topics, including enhancement of emotional intelligence, leadership vision and courage, and leadership of virtual teams, and you'll connect those topics to recent world events such as ethical scandals, leader successes and mistakes, and political turmoil. <p><p> Packed with memorable examples and unique insights into actual leadership decisions, this full-color text includes crisp, clear visuals to reinforce the book's engaging presentation. This edition's proven applications, specifically designed for today's leadership theory and applications course, and a solid foundation grounded in established scholarly research make the topic of leadership come alive. In addition, THE LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE is available with MindTap, an integrated text and online learning solution that enhances understanding of course content and offers opportunities to extend learning.