Author: David L. Dotlich
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787961817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Written by David Dotlich and Peter Cairo-- two of the country's top executive coaches and educators-- Unnatural Leadership debunks the common notion of the natural leader as a flawless figure. The book describes the truth about being a real leader in a business environment turned upside down by e-commerce, diversity, security concerns, globalization, and matrix structures. Drawing on personal experience working with successful leaders in top-tier companies throughout the world, Dotlich and Cairo identify a style of leadership used by those who succeed in complicated business and people situations, a style that maximizes a leader's strengths and acknowledges weaknesses.
Unnatural Leadership
Author: David L. Dotlich
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787961817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Written by David Dotlich and Peter Cairo-- two of the country's top executive coaches and educators-- Unnatural Leadership debunks the common notion of the natural leader as a flawless figure. The book describes the truth about being a real leader in a business environment turned upside down by e-commerce, diversity, security concerns, globalization, and matrix structures. Drawing on personal experience working with successful leaders in top-tier companies throughout the world, Dotlich and Cairo identify a style of leadership used by those who succeed in complicated business and people situations, a style that maximizes a leader's strengths and acknowledges weaknesses.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0787961817
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Written by David Dotlich and Peter Cairo-- two of the country's top executive coaches and educators-- Unnatural Leadership debunks the common notion of the natural leader as a flawless figure. The book describes the truth about being a real leader in a business environment turned upside down by e-commerce, diversity, security concerns, globalization, and matrix structures. Drawing on personal experience working with successful leaders in top-tier companies throughout the world, Dotlich and Cairo identify a style of leadership used by those who succeed in complicated business and people situations, a style that maximizes a leader's strengths and acknowledges weaknesses.
Surviving Toxic Leaders
Author: Kenneth O. Gangel
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498276091
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Since Jean Lipman-Blumen's The Allure of Toxic Leaders shook the corporate world in 2005, countless articles, books, and Internet blogs have appeared on the topic. Despite such interest and response, no study of toxic leadership had appeared from a Christian point of view until this volume, Kenn Gangel's Surviving Toxic Leaders. Gangel begins by showing that toxic leadership existed throughout biblical history. Making generous use not only of biblical materials but also of contemporary leadership literature, Gangel names the causes and cures of power abuse, cheating, bullying, laziness, and dictatorial behavior in today's leaders. Readers will benefit from Gangel's leadership experience and expertise. He has been a pastor, a college dean (twice), and a college president. Gangel currently edits The Seal, a review of leadership literature. Practical and personal, Surviving Toxic Leaders abounds with stories of real people and their situations. Everyone who has ever had "trouble at work" will benefit from Surviving Toxic Leaders.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498276091
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 93
Book Description
Since Jean Lipman-Blumen's The Allure of Toxic Leaders shook the corporate world in 2005, countless articles, books, and Internet blogs have appeared on the topic. Despite such interest and response, no study of toxic leadership had appeared from a Christian point of view until this volume, Kenn Gangel's Surviving Toxic Leaders. Gangel begins by showing that toxic leadership existed throughout biblical history. Making generous use not only of biblical materials but also of contemporary leadership literature, Gangel names the causes and cures of power abuse, cheating, bullying, laziness, and dictatorial behavior in today's leaders. Readers will benefit from Gangel's leadership experience and expertise. He has been a pastor, a college dean (twice), and a college president. Gangel currently edits The Seal, a review of leadership literature. Practical and personal, Surviving Toxic Leaders abounds with stories of real people and their situations. Everyone who has ever had "trouble at work" will benefit from Surviving Toxic Leaders.
Unnatural Magic
Author: C. M. Waggoner
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984805851
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A “brilliant and terrifically fun”* debut novel brings an enchanting new voice to fantasy. Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she’s denied a place at the nation’s premier arcane academy. Undaunted, she sails to the bustling city-state of Hexos, hoping to find a place at a university where they don’t think there’s anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education. But as soon as Onna arrives, she’s drawn into the mysterious murder of four trolls. Tsira is a troll who never quite fit into her clan, despite being the leader’s daughter. She decides to strike out on her own and look for work in a human city, but on her way she stumbles upon the body of a half-dead human soldier in the snow. As she slowly nurses him back to health, an unlikely bond forms between them, one that is tested when an unknown mage makes an attempt on Tsira’s life. Soon, unbeknownst to each other, Onna and Tsira both begin devoting their considerable talents to finding out who is targeting trolls, before their homeland is torn apart… *Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1984805851
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
A “brilliant and terrifically fun”* debut novel brings an enchanting new voice to fantasy. Onna can write the parameters of a spell faster than any of the young men in her village school. But despite her incredible abilities, she’s denied a place at the nation’s premier arcane academy. Undaunted, she sails to the bustling city-state of Hexos, hoping to find a place at a university where they don’t think there’s anything untoward about providing a woman with a magical education. But as soon as Onna arrives, she’s drawn into the mysterious murder of four trolls. Tsira is a troll who never quite fit into her clan, despite being the leader’s daughter. She decides to strike out on her own and look for work in a human city, but on her way she stumbles upon the body of a half-dead human soldier in the snow. As she slowly nurses him back to health, an unlikely bond forms between them, one that is tested when an unknown mage makes an attempt on Tsira’s life. Soon, unbeknownst to each other, Onna and Tsira both begin devoting their considerable talents to finding out who is targeting trolls, before their homeland is torn apart… *Kat Howard, Alex Award-winning author of An Unkindness of Magicians
The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching
Author: Howard Morgan
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118046056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Leadership coaching has become vitally important to today?s most successful businesses. The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching is a landmark resource that presents a variety of perspectives and best practices from today?s top executive coaches. It provides valuable guidance on exactly what the best coaches are now doing to get the most out of leaders, for now and into the future. Revealing core philosophies, critical capabilities, and the secrets of coaching success, this one-of-a-kind guide includes essays from fifty top coaches, including Ken Blanchard and Frances Hesselbein. Packed with cutting-edge ideas and proven best practices, this is the definitive source of information for anyone dealing with coaching.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1118046056
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
Leadership coaching has become vitally important to today?s most successful businesses. The Art and Practice of Leadership Coaching is a landmark resource that presents a variety of perspectives and best practices from today?s top executive coaches. It provides valuable guidance on exactly what the best coaches are now doing to get the most out of leaders, for now and into the future. Revealing core philosophies, critical capabilities, and the secrets of coaching success, this one-of-a-kind guide includes essays from fifty top coaches, including Ken Blanchard and Frances Hesselbein. Packed with cutting-edge ideas and proven best practices, this is the definitive source of information for anyone dealing with coaching.
High-Stakes Leadership
Author: Constance Dierickx
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351614002
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
What makes some leaders so effective when the stakes are high, while others fall short? Why are some able to not only survive but to lead their organizations to new heights even in risky, fast-changing times? The answer is succinct but multi-layered: such leaders display courage, judgment, and fortitude. High-stakes leadership does not require unnatural powers, nor is it predicated on a dangerous situation. The three signature character traits can be cultivated by anyone at any level in any organization, big or small. Organizational and leadership consultant Constance Dierickx describes high-stakes leadership in a simple, three-part model that illuminates the mindsets, strategies, and tactics leaders must draw upon to make tough decisions, take an unpopular stand, or ignore convention, providing real-world examples across a range of sectors and industries. Dierickx developed her model of high-stakes leadership to help her clients—executives at organizations ranging from start-ups to nonprofits to large, global companies—better define what they need to bring strategy to life. This, she found, is the great gulf in business, the vast space between idea and results. High-Stakes Leadership helps leaders sharpen their ability to: act decisively, with clarity and focus test ideas using reason, and course correct as needed be resolute and inspire others to continue, even in the face of challenges Leading requires the courage to make conscious decisions about what to do, the judgment to separate information from short-term trends, and the fortitude to remain true to oneself and one’s mission. When leaders do these things, they also become teachers, leading their teams by example, often without realizing it. The essential aspects of good leadership endure even as the environment and tactics change. Indeed, courage, judgment, and fortitude are not merely tools for survival, they are the means by which we sculpt the future.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351614002
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 216
Book Description
What makes some leaders so effective when the stakes are high, while others fall short? Why are some able to not only survive but to lead their organizations to new heights even in risky, fast-changing times? The answer is succinct but multi-layered: such leaders display courage, judgment, and fortitude. High-stakes leadership does not require unnatural powers, nor is it predicated on a dangerous situation. The three signature character traits can be cultivated by anyone at any level in any organization, big or small. Organizational and leadership consultant Constance Dierickx describes high-stakes leadership in a simple, three-part model that illuminates the mindsets, strategies, and tactics leaders must draw upon to make tough decisions, take an unpopular stand, or ignore convention, providing real-world examples across a range of sectors and industries. Dierickx developed her model of high-stakes leadership to help her clients—executives at organizations ranging from start-ups to nonprofits to large, global companies—better define what they need to bring strategy to life. This, she found, is the great gulf in business, the vast space between idea and results. High-Stakes Leadership helps leaders sharpen their ability to: act decisively, with clarity and focus test ideas using reason, and course correct as needed be resolute and inspire others to continue, even in the face of challenges Leading requires the courage to make conscious decisions about what to do, the judgment to separate information from short-term trends, and the fortitude to remain true to oneself and one’s mission. When leaders do these things, they also become teachers, leading their teams by example, often without realizing it. The essential aspects of good leadership endure even as the environment and tactics change. Indeed, courage, judgment, and fortitude are not merely tools for survival, they are the means by which we sculpt the future.
Towards Kingdom Leadership
Author: Apostle Jean Saflo
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131272661X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Apostle Jean Saflo passion is for believers to know that their 'everyday' life in the Marketplace is a place for the expression of their God given gifts for true Kingdom Principles and Transformation. As Christians we all have important giftings and callings. All of us are called to Influence the world around us and especially the Marketplace. This book, Towards Kingdom Leadership, boldly gives very practical tools, keys, techniques and principles for becoming Leaders that create significance. Significance in all our areas or spheres of Influence.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 131272661X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 183
Book Description
Apostle Jean Saflo passion is for believers to know that their 'everyday' life in the Marketplace is a place for the expression of their God given gifts for true Kingdom Principles and Transformation. As Christians we all have important giftings and callings. All of us are called to Influence the world around us and especially the Marketplace. This book, Towards Kingdom Leadership, boldly gives very practical tools, keys, techniques and principles for becoming Leaders that create significance. Significance in all our areas or spheres of Influence.
The Unnatural Act of Management
Author: Everett Thomas Suters
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780887305511
Category : Corporate turnarounds
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Chronicles the ninety days experienced by Enfield Manufacturing, under the guidance of the author, in learning how to manage effectively through building trust, making better decisions, managing stress, and more
Publisher: Harpercollins
ISBN: 9780887305511
Category : Corporate turnarounds
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
Chronicles the ninety days experienced by Enfield Manufacturing, under the guidance of the author, in learning how to manage effectively through building trust, making better decisions, managing stress, and more
LESSONS IN LEADERSHIP 2.0—The Tough Stuff
Author: Steve Adubato
Publisher: J. T. Colby & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 189969417X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
“In this post-COVID era, leaders are being tested as never before, and Steve Adubato offers smart solutions to make any leader more effective.” —NEAL SHAPIRO, PRESIDENT & CEO, THE WNET GROUP (PBS) “Steve Adubato does a masterful job of uncovering many of the core principles that can lead to world class leadership. You will read and reread this book for years to come.” —MICHAEL CLINTON , AUTHOR, ROAR INTO THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE In this powerful follow-up to his last book Lessons In Leadership, Emmy® Award-winning anchor and leadership coach Steve Adubato, Ph.D. teaches readers how to navigate “The Tough Stuff” using practical tools based on challenging and relevant real-life experiences. With Lessons in Leadership 2.0: The Tough Stuff, readers will learn to steer others through difficult economic times, mentor rising leaders, provide straight talk to underperforming employees, connect on digital platforms, and lead your organization through significant change and uncertainty.
Publisher: J. T. Colby & Company, Inc.
ISBN: 189969417X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 163
Book Description
“In this post-COVID era, leaders are being tested as never before, and Steve Adubato offers smart solutions to make any leader more effective.” —NEAL SHAPIRO, PRESIDENT & CEO, THE WNET GROUP (PBS) “Steve Adubato does a masterful job of uncovering many of the core principles that can lead to world class leadership. You will read and reread this book for years to come.” —MICHAEL CLINTON , AUTHOR, ROAR INTO THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE In this powerful follow-up to his last book Lessons In Leadership, Emmy® Award-winning anchor and leadership coach Steve Adubato, Ph.D. teaches readers how to navigate “The Tough Stuff” using practical tools based on challenging and relevant real-life experiences. With Lessons in Leadership 2.0: The Tough Stuff, readers will learn to steer others through difficult economic times, mentor rising leaders, provide straight talk to underperforming employees, connect on digital platforms, and lead your organization through significant change and uncertainty.
Leadership as Masterpiece Creation
Author: Charles Spinosa
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026237840X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
How leaders can take the moral risks necessary to create “masterpieces”—admirable, distinctive, and high-achieving businesses that create meaningful lives for customers, employees, and themselves. In Leadership as Masterpiece Creation, Charles Spinosa, Matthew Hancocks, and Haridimos Tsoukas show how the humanities can help leaders create profitable, masterpiece organizations. Such organizations, they assert, are ones that possess the emotional and moral sensibilities of an artist, the wisdom of a statesperson, and the technical know-how of commerce. The authors draw on the works of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Bernard Williams, Shakespeare, and Machiavelli to conceptualize moral risk-taking, and then on the actions of Churchill, Madam C. J. Walker, Anita Roddick, Jeff Bezos, and others to show how the humanities can help create admirable businesses today. As management consultants and educators steeped in the humanities themselves, the authors discuss their experiences helping business leaders achieve successful masterpieces that bring good lives to many. After describing our contemporary business environment and examples of leaders who have created masterpiece organizations, the book turns to the basic skills of masterpiece creation: managing moods, building trust, listening for difference, and speaking truth to power. Then come the senior skills: moral risk-taking and creating a masterpiece organizational culture, strategy, and leadership style. Last, the authors explain why their leaders build an economy of gratitude. A culturally ambitious and refreshing read, Leadership as Masterpiece Creation is an invaluable volume for leaders of every stripe who wish to act daily with moral imagination.
Publisher: MIT Press
ISBN: 026237840X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 296
Book Description
How leaders can take the moral risks necessary to create “masterpieces”—admirable, distinctive, and high-achieving businesses that create meaningful lives for customers, employees, and themselves. In Leadership as Masterpiece Creation, Charles Spinosa, Matthew Hancocks, and Haridimos Tsoukas show how the humanities can help leaders create profitable, masterpiece organizations. Such organizations, they assert, are ones that possess the emotional and moral sensibilities of an artist, the wisdom of a statesperson, and the technical know-how of commerce. The authors draw on the works of Nietzsche, Heidegger, Bernard Williams, Shakespeare, and Machiavelli to conceptualize moral risk-taking, and then on the actions of Churchill, Madam C. J. Walker, Anita Roddick, Jeff Bezos, and others to show how the humanities can help create admirable businesses today. As management consultants and educators steeped in the humanities themselves, the authors discuss their experiences helping business leaders achieve successful masterpieces that bring good lives to many. After describing our contemporary business environment and examples of leaders who have created masterpiece organizations, the book turns to the basic skills of masterpiece creation: managing moods, building trust, listening for difference, and speaking truth to power. Then come the senior skills: moral risk-taking and creating a masterpiece organizational culture, strategy, and leadership style. Last, the authors explain why their leaders build an economy of gratitude. A culturally ambitious and refreshing read, Leadership as Masterpiece Creation is an invaluable volume for leaders of every stripe who wish to act daily with moral imagination.
The Role of Trust in Leadership
Author: Jamiel Vadell
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1599422964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Trust continues to be a leading concept in organizational commitment. Milligan (2003) conducted a survey looking at trust in the Air Force among junior officers. This study was conducted as a follow-up study to determine whether trust continues to be an issue in the Air Force. The purpose of this study is to measure the comparative strengths and weaknesses, as well as the significance, of leadership s ability to gain trust from its subordinates in order to reduce the numbers of officers leaving after their commitment. This research measures organizational commitment and trust in a random sample of 372 Air Force captains. All participants completed the following surveys: The Management Behavior Climate Assessment, Organizational Commitment Scales, Intent to Leave Scale, and a demographics survey. Findings of the research concluded with the following points, as trust is a growing factor in leadership and junior officers leaving the Air Force, there is a relationship between trust and commitment. There is also a strong relationship between commitment and intent of junior officers leaving the Air Force. Finally, trust was the primary variable in this study and it was found that with an increase of trust in leadership, there is a decrease of junior officers leaving the Air Force.
Publisher: Universal-Publishers
ISBN: 1599422964
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 133
Book Description
Trust continues to be a leading concept in organizational commitment. Milligan (2003) conducted a survey looking at trust in the Air Force among junior officers. This study was conducted as a follow-up study to determine whether trust continues to be an issue in the Air Force. The purpose of this study is to measure the comparative strengths and weaknesses, as well as the significance, of leadership s ability to gain trust from its subordinates in order to reduce the numbers of officers leaving after their commitment. This research measures organizational commitment and trust in a random sample of 372 Air Force captains. All participants completed the following surveys: The Management Behavior Climate Assessment, Organizational Commitment Scales, Intent to Leave Scale, and a demographics survey. Findings of the research concluded with the following points, as trust is a growing factor in leadership and junior officers leaving the Air Force, there is a relationship between trust and commitment. There is also a strong relationship between commitment and intent of junior officers leaving the Air Force. Finally, trust was the primary variable in this study and it was found that with an increase of trust in leadership, there is a decrease of junior officers leaving the Air Force.