Authors:Robert M. Fulmer, Marshall Goldsmith,
Publisher: AMACOM
Keywords: leadership, advantage, development, strategic, organizations, investment, world, gain
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2000-10-27
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0814405584
ISBN-13: 9780814405581

Economies rise and fall. Technologies come and go. But companies that develop outstanding leadership within their ranks can weather any business storm. "Leadership," say authors Fulmer and Goldsmith, "is the future’s only source of sustainable competitive advantage." Their new book presents a sweeping overview of the best practices in leadership development today. Rich with the distilled experiences of the world’s most advanced programs, THE LEADERSHIP INVESTMENT focuses on six exemplary organizations and their varied approaches to leadership development: * Arth

Authors:J. Thomas Wren, Douglas A. Hicks, Terry L. Price,
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
Keywords: leadership, mini, series, elgar, international, classics, traditional, library
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2006-02-20
List price: $40.00
ISBN-10: 1843761513
ISBN-13: 9781843761518

Leadership might be thought of as the process that facilitates the achievement of group or societal objectives. As such, it has been at the center of learned reflection and debate from earliest times. Philosophers, religious leaders, political theorists, and reformers have struggled with (and argued about) the moral purpose of leadership, how individuals and societies can go about achieving desired ends, and what role leaders and followers play in the process. This volume draws together in one place some of the best thinking on these and other issues from the great minds of the Western traditi

Authors:David L. Dotlich, James L. Noel, Norman Walker,
Publisher: Jossey-Ba
Keywords: leadership, non, franchise, leader, professional, passages, personal, transitions
Number of Pages: 240
Published: 2004-09-21
List price: $27.95
ISBN-10: 0787974277
ISBN-13: 9780787974275

Leaders face numerous critical crossroads in their careers, moments that can provide extraordinary learning and growth opportunities or ensnare them and prevent further development. The good thing about these passages is that they’re predictable, and with proper preparation, leaders not only can survive them to become stronger but can use these experiences to enhance their leadership, compassion, and effectiveness. This book lays out thirteen specific “leadership passages” based on research, interviews, and coaching of senior executives in such well-known companies as Johnson & Johnson,

Authors:Karen Sobel Lojeski, Richard R. Reilly,
Publisher: Wiley
Keywords: leadership, enterprise, microsoft, executive, series, integrated, innovation, virtual, workforce, transforming, uniting, globally
Number of Pages: 204
Published: 2008-04-11
List price: $29.95
ISBN-10: 0470193956
ISBN-13: 9780470193952

Praise for Uniting the Virtual Workforce "Uniting the Virtual Workforce offers much-needed guidance on how to navigate the largely unmapped territory of virtual work environments in the global economy. The authors do an outstanding job of presenting how organizations should address the challenges of virtual workforces so as to reap the huge potential benefits of increased growth, productivity, and innovation." -C. Warren Axelrod, PhD, Chief Privacy Officer and Business Information Security Officer, U.S. Trust, and author of Outsourcing Information Security "Lojeski and Reilly

Authors:LASTCenter for Creative Leadership, David Baldwin, C
Publisher: Pfeiffer
Keywords: center, creative, leadership, ccl, results, gaining, commitment, getting, influence
Number of Pages: 31
Published: 2007-03-19
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 1882197828
ISBN-13: 9781882197828

Influence is an essential component of leadership. Your position in an organization and the power it gives you aren’t always enough to motivate people to do what you ask. Developing your influence skills can help you gain commitment from people at all levels: direct reports, peers, and bosses. This book includes an assessment tool to help you determine the influence tactics you currently use. Some tactics depend on logic, others appeal to emotions, and others are cooperative appeals. You may discover tactics you rarely use, and you can develop those tactics to become more effective. You will

Authors:Ken Blanchard, Patricia Zigarmi, Drea Zigarmi,
Publisher: William Morrow
Keywords: leadership, effectiveness, situational, increasing, manager, one, minute
Number of Pages: 112
Published: 1985-10-06
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0688039693
ISBN-13: 9780688039691

In clear, simple terms Leadership and the One Minute Manager® teaches managers the art of Situational Leadership®--a simple system that refutes the conventional management mandate of treating all employees equally. Here, you’ll learn why tailoring management styles to individual employees is so important; why knowing when to delegate, support, or direct is critical; how to identify the leadership style suited to a particular person; and how consistent use of the One Minute techniques will produce better management and enhanced motivation on all levels. This remarkable, easy-to-follow b

Authors:Belinda Johnson-White, Suzie Debusk, Greg Kozera, Bri
Publisher: Elevate
Keywords: advantage, leadership, experts
Number of Pages: 197
Published: 2008-01-01
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 1601940130
ISBN-13: 9781601940131

Good Leaders are made, not born. Gain the advantage from top experts as they share what has made them successful.