Leader to Leader 2: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Leader to Leader Institute's Award Winning Journal

ISBN-13: 9780470195475 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 384 str.

Frances Hesselbein; Alan Shrader

Opis

Leader to Leader 2 brings together the best and most popular articles from the award-winning journal Leader to Leader by some of the best-selling authors and thought leaders of our day. With thirty-five new chapters not included in the previous volume, this book is designed as a resource for leaders at all levels. Each of the book's five parts opens with guidance and ideas on how to enact the concepts discussed, practical action steps, thought-provoking questions, and handy tools. The Parts include: Understanding Leadership, Improving Your Personal Effectiveness, Developing People and Teams, Leading High-Performance Organizations, Leading Strategically in a World That Demands Innovation Authors Include: David Allen, Ram Charan, Clayton Christensen, Stephen Covey, Marshall Goldsmith, Bill George, Andy Grove, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Beverly Kaye, Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, Patrick Lencioni, Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatley...and more

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The Editors.

Introduction.

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP.

1 Leadership Is an Enabling Art (Stephen R. Covey).

2 Building the Bridge as You Walk on It (Robert E. Quinn).

3 The Price and Prize of Leadership (Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones).

4 The Source of Leadership (Peter M. Senge).

PART TWO: IMPROVING YOUR PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS.

5 The Transformation from I to We (Bill George and Andrew McLean).

6 Leadership T ai Chi: A Beginner s Guide (Robert A. Goldberg).

7 Challenge Is the Opportunity for Greatness (James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner).

8 Maintaining Your Focus (Sam T. Manoogian).

9 Stand Up for Your Values (Bowen H. Buzz McCoy).

10 Adjusting Your Leadership Volume (Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser).

11 Mastering Peter Drucker s The Effective Executive(Joseph A. Maciariello).

12 The Influential Leader (Jack Stahl).

13 Ten Questions to Stellar Communication (Dianna Booher).

14 The Leader s Role in Managing Conflict (Howard M. Guttman).

15 Using Dialogue to Deal with Confl icts (George Kohlrieser).

PART THREE: DEVELOPING PEOPLE AND TEAMS.

16 The Leader s Role in Growing New Leaders (Beverly Kaye).

17 Helping People Achieve Their Goals (Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith).

18 Energizing Others (Dean Spitzer).

19 The Trouble with Teamwork (Patrick M. Lencioni).

20 Leading Resonant Teams (Daniel Goleman).

21 Communication Strategies for Leading Teams (Ichak Adizes).

22 Making Diversity Pay Off (R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.).

PART FOUR: LEADING HIGH–PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS.

23 Doing Performance Planning Right (Douglas K. Smith).

24 Aligning Boards and Management on Strategy (Ram Charan).

25 Making It Up and Making It Happen (David Allen).

26 Leading Transition: A New Model for Change (William Bridges and Susan Mitchell).

27 The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders (Rosabeth Moss Kanter).

28 The Key to Cultural Transformation (Frances Hesselbein).

29 Culture as Competitive Advantage (Paul Meehan, Orit Gadiesh, and Shintaro Hori)

30 The Culture Starts with You (Ray Davis).

PART FIVE: LEADING STRATEGICALLY IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS INNOVATION.

31 The Challenge of Strategic Innovation (Constantinos Markides).

32 Responding to Strategic Infl ection Points (Andrew S. Grove).

33 Assessing Your Organization s Innovation Capabilities (Clayton M. Christensen).

34 Innovation Means Relying on Everyone s Creativity(Margaret J. Wheatley).

PART SIX: CONCLUSION.

35 When the Roll Is Called Ten Years from Now(Frances Hesselbein).

Index.

O autorze

Frances Hesselbein is the former founding president and current chairman of the Board of Governors of the Leader to Leader Institute and editor in chief of its journal Leader to Leader. She is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States′ highest civilian honor, and has been awarded doctorates from twenty college universities.

Alan Shrader is managing editor of Leader to Leader. He has more than twenty–five years of experience in publishing as an editor, writer, and director of marketing.

Established in 1990 as the Peter F. Drucker Foundation for Nonprofit Management, the Leader to Leader Institute furthers its mission to strengthen the leadership of the social sector by providing social sector leaders with essential leadership wisdom, inspiration, and resources to lead for innovation and to build vibrant social sector organizations.

Blurb

Leader to Leader 2 brings together an encyclopedic array of articles, from the award–winning journal Leader to Leader, by some of the best–selling authors and thought leaders of our day. With thirty–five new chapters not included in the previous volume, this book is designed as a resource for leaders at all levels. Each of the book′s five parts opens with guidance and ideas on how to enact the concepts discussed, practical action steps, thought–provoking questions, and handy tools. The amazing lineup includes

• Ichak Adizes

• David Allen

• Dianna Booher

• William Bridges

• Ram Charan

• Clayton M. Christensen

• Stephen R. Covey

• Ray Davis

• Orit GadieshBill George

• Rob Goffee

• Robert A. Goldberg

• Marshall Goldsmith

• Kelly Goldsmith

• Daniel Goleman

• Andrew S. GroveHoward M. Guttman

• Frances Hesselbein

• Shintaro Hori

• Gareth Jones

• Rob Kaiser

• Rosabeth Moss Kanter

• Bob Kaplan

• Beverly Kaye

• George Kohlrieser

• James M. Kouzes

• Patrick M. Lencioni

• Joseph A. Maciariello

• Constantinos Markides

• Sam T. Manoogian

• Bowen H. "Buzz" McCoy

• Andrew McLean

• Paul Meehan

• Susan Mitchell

• Barry Z. Posner

• Robert E. QuinnPeter M. Senge

• Douglas K. Smith

• Dean Spitzer

• Jack Stahl

• R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.

• Margaret J. Wheatley