Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders

ISBN-13: 9780787964795 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 240 str.

Stephen H. Rhinesmith

Opis

This book reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risks--all at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith--who teach and coach CEOs and executive teams throughout the world--argue that to be successful in a complex, matrixed, fast-moving world, -whole- leaders must set strategy, develop trusting relationships with others, and consistently do the right thing based on personal values. -Partial- leaders, often the product of traditional executive programs, may be successful in the shortrun, but their companies lose over time. Filled with case studies of companies such as Bank of America, Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, and UBS, Head, Heart, and Guts, lays out specific steps and actions for leaders who want to grow beyond their -leadership comfort zone- and an action plan for companies that want to move beyond tried-and-true leadership development in order to develop -whole- leaders throughout their leadership pipeline.

Recenzje

"balanced, progressive view of leadership." ( CPO Agenda, September 2006)

Spis treści

Introduction.

Part One: The Case for Whole Leadership.

1. Whole Leadership Versus Partial Leadership.

2. Developing Leaders the Systemic, Integrated Way.

Part Two: Head Leadership.

3. Rethinking the Way We Do Things Around Here.

4. Reframing the Boundaries.

5. Getting Things Done.

6. Developing and Articulating a Point of View.

Part Three: Heart Leadership.

7. Balancing People Needs with Business Requirements: Touching All the Bases.

8. Delivering Integrated Solutions Through Trust.

9. Working with and Leading People from Diverse Cultures: Developing True Empathy.

10. Overcoming Personal Derailers in Working with Others.

Part Four: Guts Leadership.

11. Taking Risks with Little or No Data.

12. Balancing Risk and Reward.

13. Acting with Unyielding Integrity.

Part Five: Mature Leadership.

14. Developing Mature Leaders for the Twenty–First Century.

References.

About the Authors.

Index.

O autorze

David L. Dotlich is president of Mercer Delta Executive Learning Center (formerly CDR International). He is former executive vice president of Honeywell International.

Peter C. Cairo is head of executive programs and leadership strategy for Mercer Delta Executive Learning Center and former chairman of the Department of Counseling and Organizational Psychology at Columbia University.

Stephen H. Rhinesmith is a partner of Mercer Delta Executive Learning Center. He is former special ambassador to the Soviet Union and was president of Holland America Line.

Blurb

"We know that the importance of these three human qualities head, heart, and guts has been recognized by people before our own time. The idea is not new. The most obvious illustration of it comes from the movies. Almost everyone has seen The Wizard of Oz, one of the most popular films ever made. You will recall that the three main characters (besides Dorothy and her dog Toto) were the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Cowardly Lion. The Scarecrow was searching for brains, the Tin Man for a heart, and the Lion for courage or head, heart, and guts. Each recognized he was incomplete. Each was searching for the missing piece that would make him whole. Each had an underdeveloped capacity but either didn′t know it or didn′t know how to use what he had.

We find that many business leaders today are in the same situation as the Scarecrow, the Tin Man, and the Lion searching for the key personal quality that will somehow make them successful or whole (and often investing significantly in ′wizards′ who promise to do so). Quite often, what they need already exists within them but is unrecognized or undeveloped. We hope this book will help move you down the yellow brick road of leadership understanding."
from the Introduction