How to Lead by the Book: Proverbs, Parables, and Principles to Tackle Your Toughest Business Challenges

ISBN-13: 9780470936283 / Angielski / Twarda / 2011 / 240 str.

Dave Anderson

Opis

Biblical solutions to dozens of the toughest challenges leaders face today. Concise, to-the-point, and highly useable, How to Lead by THE BOOK presents a series of personal and business challenges recognizable to leaders, then deals with each through insight, personal experience, and a discussion of why conventional approaches often fail. Each section then concludes with winning proverbs, parables, or principles that offers applicable strategies to solve the issue. In this practical and inspiring guide, you'll discover proven methods and advice to shape young leaders, stretch veteran leaders, become a better communicator, maintain your work-life balance, deal with dishonesty among competitors, and much more.

• Shows why typical approaches to leadership problems often fail, while biblical wisdom succeeds
• Covers both day-to-day dilemmas and larger questions of management, accountability, and vision
• From the bestselling author of How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK, Up Your Business, and If You Don't Make Waves You'll Drown

What is the number one downfall for leaders? When is the best time to make a decision? How do you hold others accountable? How do you survive success with your principles intact? What does the Bible say about time management? Get the answers to these and many more practical business questions when you discover the winning wisdom of How to Lead by THE BOOK.

Spis treści

Preface.

Acknowledgments.

1. How Do I Hold People Accountable?

2. Is It Right to Hold Leaders More Accountable than Followers?

3. What Is the Most Effective Leadership Style?

4. How Do I Recruit Great People?

5. What Is the Best Interview Strategy?

6. What Are the Best Interview Questions To Ask?

7. What Is the Most Productive Way to Give Feedback?

8. How Do I Confront Poor Performers?

9. What Are Core Values, and How Do They Benefit My Organization?

10. How Do I Balance My Work and Home Life?

11. What Are Two of the Most Dangerous Mistakes.

I Must Avoid to Become a More Effective Leader?

12. How Can I Create More Productive Behaviors in My Organization?

13. How Do I Know God s Will as I Make Decisions in My Business and Life?

14. What Are the Two Biggest Threats to My Success?

Closing Thoughts.

References.

About the Author.

Index.

O autorze

Dave Anderson is an international speaker and trainer and the President of Learn to Lead, a sales and leadership training company. He is the author of twelve books, including If You Don′t Make Waves You′ll Drown, How to Deal with Difficult Customers, The TKO Business Series, and How to Run Your Business by THE BOOK. He offers hundreds of free training articles and other resources through his website learntolead.com.

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Praise for How to Lead by THE BOOK

"If you′re looking for no–nonsense answers to help you fix, build, or stretch your organization, How to Lead by THE BOOK hits the bull′s–eye! This book is a home run!" John C. Maxwell, leadership expert and bestselling author

"How to Lead by THE BOOK is filled with refreshing, uncommon candor. Each chapter provides pragmatic applications to help Christian leaders tackle today′s most common leadership challenges. I found as many applications for how we manage our home and family as I do in managing our company. Reading this book humbly reminds me of my servant leadership responsibilities to my colleagues." Ed Bastian, President, Delta Airlines

"Our nation is at a crossroads. We are experiencing a call to leadership in our country today in business, in politics, and in our families. Many have offered different visions to follow but there can be only one. How to Lead by THE BOOK lays out the true path to authentic leadership that has been tested and found to be true for eons. I highly recommend this book." Chad Hennings, Super Bowl Champion, author of Rules of Engagement

"How to Lead by THE BOOK offers a refreshing return to highly effective, eternal success principles. The biblically based strategies Dave provides for your fourteen toughest challenges have never been more necessary or relevant." Jon Gordon, bestselling author of The Energy Bus and Soup

"In a world of constant change, stability comes from living the values that don′t change. This is as true for companies as it is for the individuals who work in them. In How to Lead by THE BOOK, Dave Anderson reminds us that some values are timeless, regardless of the times we live in." Joe Calloway, author of Becoming a Category of One

"Renowned leadership authority Dave Anderson has made an extraordinary contribution with How to Lead by THE BOOK. This remarkable work can be of immediate and enduring value to anyone called upon to lead within a company, a not–for–profit, the military, a community, or a family. James Strock, author of Serve to Lead® and Reagan on Leadership

"How to Lead by THE BOOK is a no–nonsense approach to leadership for today′s leader. With insight from God′s Word, Dave addresses the issues that every leader faces on a daily basis and provides practical steps to bring health to any team. A must–read!" Todd Mullins, Lead Pastor, Christ Fellowship Church, Palm Beach Gardens, Florida