Against the backdrop of corporate downsizings and rightsizings that have forever blurred the line between leaders and followers, "The Manager as Leader" presents practical strategies, tools, and techniques for developing the leadership mindset and applying it on a daily basis. The book introduces the Contextual Leadership Model, which identifies nine fundamental leadership roles and six common contexts in which leadership is exercised, and guides readers toward matching their roles and actions to the particular context at hand--as well as making adjustments when context changes. Packed...