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Phoenix Leadership for Business : an Executive's Strategy for Relevance and Resilience /

The world continues to ride a wave of turmoil, challenging leaders like never before. New laws, competitive markets and the need to respond to the demands of corporate boards and stockholders unnerve even the most senior of leaders resulting in progressively shorter tenures of those in leadership po...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Gokenbach, Valentina
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Milton : Productivity Press, 2018.
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  • Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Table of Contents; Foreword; Author; 1: Status of Organizational Leadership in the United States; Leadership: An Awesome Responsibility; Concept of a Plane Crash; Leadership Is the Answer to Quality, Safety and Effectiveness; Are Leaders Born or Made?; Difference between Leadership and Management; Evolution of Leadership Theory; Industrial Revolution; Human Resource Era; Leadership Approaches; Autocratic/Authoritarian; Democratic/Egalitarian; Transactional; Contingency Theory; Followership; Servant; Coaching; Transformational.
  • Organizational and Personal Effects of Ineffective LeadershipCauses of Ineffective Leadership; Inexperience; Lack of Knowledge of Self; Complacency; Resistance to Change; Ego Issues; Inability to Communicate a Vision; Ineffective Responses to Challenges; Inability to Read the Political Landscape; Case for the Phoenix Leader; Application to Practice; 2: The Phoenix Leader; Story of the Phoenix; Classic Arabian Phoenix; The Bennu; Fenghuang; Hou-Ou; Native American Thunderbird; Characteristics of the Phoenix; Attributes of the Phoenix Leader; Strong Sense of Self.
  • Effective Interpersonal RelationshipsAbility to Build an Empowered Workforce; Innovative; Resilience; Reason for becoming a Phoenix Leader; Relevance; Resilience; Personal Growth and Success; Contribution to Great Work; 3: Attributes of the Phoenix Leader, a Strong Sense of Self; Values; Where Do Values Come From?; Alignment of Values and Behaviors; Finding Your Personal Values: An Exercise; Values-Based Leadership; Authenticity Defined; Hollis's 10 Steps to Authenticity; Authentic Leadership; All about Ego; Ego Defined; Superego; Id; Ego; Ego as the Enemy; Common Ego Traps to Avoid.
  • Application to Practice4: Attributes of the Phoenix Leader: Effective Interpersonal Relationships; Emotional Intelligence Defined; The Story of Nikki; Emotional Intelligence, the Science; First Brain; Emotional Brain; Rational Brain; Value to Leadership; Emotional Intelligence and the Phoenix Leader; Social Intelligence Defined; Social Intelligence, the Science; Value to Leadership; Social Intelligence and the Phoenix Leader; Strong Communication Skills; Attention Span; Types of Learners; Tactile Learners; Audio Learners; Visual Learners; Communication Expectations of Various Generations.
  • Silent GenerationBaby Boomers; Generation X; Generation Y; Putting It All Together; Communication Infrastructure; Objectives of a Communication Plan; Flow of Information; Information Distillation; Information Drift; Gossip; Chain of Command; Communication Standards; What Should Be Communicated?; Value of Feedback; Formats; Application to Practice; 5: Attributes of the Phoenix Leader: Building an Empowered Workforce; Empowerment Defined; How They Work and the Processes Employed; Where They Work; When They Work; How They Complete Their Work.