Kategoria BISAC: Education >> Leadership

Academics work in a highly complex world where they must build integrative capabilities and outcomes as teachers, researchers and leaders. As they progress from novice to expert their evolving identities, methodologies and strategies need to be well-attuned to their own strengths and the sectoral expectations: a process that is greatly facilitated by the guidance of leaders and specialist developers. "Developing Academics" offers guidance to developers, senior leaders and academics on the principles and practices that support high-performing and adaptive academic communities. As the first...

Academics work in a highly complex world where they must build integrative capabilities and outcomes as teachers, researchers and leaders. As they progress from novice to expert their evolving identities, methodologies and strategies need to be well-attuned to their own strengths and the sectoral expectations: a process that is greatly facilitated by the guidance of leaders and specialist developers. "Developing Academics" offers guidance to developers, senior leaders and academics on the principles and practices that support high-performing and adaptive academic communities. As the first...

How can we create a just, healthy, and humane world? What is the path to developing sustainable energy, food, transportation, production, construction, and other systems? What's the best strategy to end poverty and ensure that everyone has equal rights? How can we slow the rate of extinction and restore ecosystems? How can we learn to resolve conflicts without violence and treat other people and nonhuman animals with respect and compassion?

Organizational Learning in Asia: Issues and Challenges addresses important and pressing questions on organizational learning in Asia in both domestic and foreign firms--those that have been forgotten in the mainstream literature or that remain unasked and unanswered.

Three sets of questions are especially salient. First, how can firms operating in, or from, Asia detect, respect, recognize, and honor different cultural stances on suggestion-giving, knowledge sharing, and standardization while also challenging accepted wisdom, avoiding risks and mistakes, and voicing...

Have we become too soft as leaders? A team's culture is only as good as its leader. Effective leaders are the result of effective training, education and skill development. We find that leaders who have under performing teams, have usually become that way because of a lack of engagement or a break in the team culture.

In this book, you will discover bold strategies that will make you re-think the way you lead. Learn how to get your team on track, re-engaged, and performing at a level that is consistent with your big goals. With over two decades of leadership experience, Mike's...