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Practical leadership /
This management book is published in association with the Institute of Leadership and Management (ILM). Drawing upon both contemporary experience and that of well known leaders, this book offers practical advice and guidance to inspire, encourage, and inform anyone facing, for the first time, the re...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Oxford :
Chandos,
2006.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Practical Leadership; Copyright; Contents; Preface; The Firebird; About the author; 1 Introduction; 2 Initiation: of mentors, meetings and missions (seemingly) impossible!; Getting there; Find your own best arena, gate-keeper, and mentor; First steps; 3 Into the unknown: first steps in leadership; The four key questions; Preparing for the path of leadership; The power of reflexivity; The Johari window; 360 degree feedback; Of the path of leadership itself; what does good look like?; Loneliness and the leader; Authentic leadership; 4 Turning a crowd into a team; Good as gold.
- Establishing two-way communicationFacilitating growth; The bearing of a leader; Playing to team strengths; Keeping troublemakers close; Anticipating others' actions and responses to change; The leader as gardener: the power of empowerment; 5 Driving change; Anticipating and embracing change; Information management: management by exception; Exception reporting; Succession management; 6 The constraints of leadership; The constraint of team and company expectations; The constraint of context; Taking account of contextual constraints: situational and consensual leadership.
- Transcending the constraints of IQThe constraint of fallibility: from the worst to the best
- learning from mistakes; The constraints of delegated leadership
- the need to set limits; 7 The unforgiving minute: from busyness to working smart; From 'busy' to productive; The unforgiving minute in public: Kate and meetings; The unforgiving minute in general leadership; 8 Touching base: it's good to talk; The value of dissent and the danger of repressing it; Staff performance review and career development; 9 Storms of passage: leading through conflict.
- The power of positivity and optimism to deal with change, conflict and failure10 Landfall and reflections in still waters; Beyond loneliness; 11 Epilogue; Index.