Leadership Counts! First and Foremost
Author : Richard Schlagel
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Leadership
ISBN :
Author : Richard Schlagel
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 11,76 MB
Release : 2021
Category : Leadership
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Author : Robert Behn
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 34,47 MB
Release : 2009-06-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780674020689
How can public officials move large government agencies to produce significant results? In Leadership Counts Robert Behn explains exactly what managers in the inherently political environment of government need to do to obtain such performance. In 1983 the leadership of the Massachusetts Department of Public Welfare -Charles M. Atkins, Thomas P. Glynn, Barbara Burke-Tatum, and Jolie Bain Pillsbury-set out to educate and train welfare recipients, place them in good jobs, and move them from dependency to selfsufficiency- From these efforts to accomplish a specific and important public purpose, Behn extracts the fundamental ingredients of successful public leadership. Behn's analysis spans the spectrum of managerial tasks-from the almost spiritual responsibility to create and communicate a public mission to the seemingly mundane chore of motivating specific individuals to accomplish specific tasks. He describes how to manage for performance, examines how effective leaders can use external success to build internal morale, and analyzes the dilemmas of evaluating ongoing and evolving public policies. He explains in detail how accomplishing specific purposes requires management by groping along. And he analyzes three different metastrategies for government executives -strategies that emphasize policy, administration, or leadership. Leadership Counts is more than an intriguing success story. It offers specific lessons that the nominal head of any government agency can employ to become the organization's true leader. This insightful book will be of interest not only to students and teachers of public management but to leaders at all levels of government-from the principal of a school to the secretary of defense.
Author : Carl Barrett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2023-10-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1666784656
We are undoubtedly living in a society and culture that is growing stranger by the day--creating more distance between others, minute by minute. It seems that people are living in their own little bubbles and silos more than ever--with no interest in connecting with people effectively. And it is evident that the rise of the digital age is affecting people mentally and emotionally, leading to voidness and isolation and a sense of hopelessness and helplessness. Billions of people are connecting with an unproductive device in their hands when it should be the word of God! There is no spiritual value when we allow the things of this world to consume our lives more than God's divine nature. Do we really think anything will improve in our homes, communities, churches, schools, country, and globally if we're not grounded and connected in the Truths of his word? We must realize that connecting with humans physically, emotionally, and spiritually is how God designed us. Just like our Creator wants a relationship with you and me, he wants us to bond with others so they can also see the experience of his abundant blessings and goodness in our lives. We cannot afford to be on the sidelines because it's all about cultivating genuine care for God's creation and putting it into practice for the sake of ourselves and others, now more than ever.
Author : John Wooden
Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 2007-01-05
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0071631550
The Essential Wooden--more leadership lessons from the Wooden playbook The Essential Wooden is the ultimate collection of Wooden’s opinions and observations on achieving exceptional leadership in any organization, with 200 invaluable lessons for inspiring championship performance. Coach Wooden offers his hard-won wisdom on building an organization that performs at its full potential under pressure, from preparing and training the team to instilling personal drive and dedication. He takes his famous Pyramid of Success to the next level, filling the entire book with his straight-shooting personality and keen insight on human nature. Wooden shares rarely seen preseason letters to his players, revealing how he instilled productive attitudes and winning ways. He also includes previously unpublished analyses from former players and managers, including Bill Walton and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. From Wooden’s earliest days as a leader through his legendary UCLA dynasty, The Essential Wooden distills a lifetime of learning into the leadership playbook for the twenty-first century.
Author : Lawrence H. Kaufman
Publisher : Texas Monthly
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 32,58 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
Mergers have affected railroads in ways few other industries have experienced, and in the last 50 years they have steered the business direction of American railroads. Leaders Count brings readers the dramatic story of how the Aurora Branch Railroad, which spanned from Aurora, Illinois, to Chicago, grew and developed into the modern-day BNSF Railway. The story begins with the many ways railroads shaped and settled the country and tells how the founders commitment to their dreams ensured the railroad's success. The profiles of tenacious leaders like James J. Hill, known as The Empire Builder, and Matthew Rose, current CEO of BNSF, will inspire readers. This is a case history of the business strategies that have taken this company from its humble beginnings to the industry giant that it is today. More than 75 photos from the company's extensive archives accompany the story of BNSF's evolution. As one of the largest and most successful of U.S. railroads, BNSF Railway is a vibrant example of today's freight railroad industry. While the book provides a brief history of railroads in general, including the five principal companies making up the present day BNSF, its focus is on the critical decisions and strategies implemented by its leaders, choices that ensured the railroad's survival. Leader Count will be released on the tenth anniversary of the merger that brought the Burlington Northern and the Santa Fe railroads to create the industry titan that it is today.
Author : S. J. MCGRATH E. H.
Publisher : PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Page : 443 pages
File Size : 35,11 MB
Release : 2011-06-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 8120343441
This reader friendly book on personality and self-development, now in its Fourth Revised Edition, is intended to steer the reader to a better life through leadership in the world of work and industry. It is extremely useful for technical apprentices, trainees and their instructors, supervisors and trade unionists—in short, for any person associated with worker groups. Fr. McGrath, a name to reckon with in the area of HR, shows, in this compact book, the importance of training for life and leadership. WHAT’S NEW TO THIS REVISED EDITION : • Necessary updating done throughout the text. • The references to pay scales and labour laws have been adjusted along with minor modifications in a number of places. The text is written in a simple conversational style using clear examples and cartoons to make it lively.
Author : Linda Holbeche
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 680 pages
File Size : 30,94 MB
Release : 2016-12-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1317808843
In this book Linda Holbeche offers an historical narrative on the changing landscape of work since the 1980s and considers how definitions of organizational effectiveness have changed over time. She considers the characteristics and effects of the neo-liberal work culture of new capitalism, and how HRM practices have contributed to shaping this work culture. Influencing Organizational Effectiveness challenges mainstream thinking around business strategy, change and organizational effectiveness, and about the roles of HRM and management. While the overall tone of the book is critical, Holbeche argues that HRM can play an active role in giving voice to employees and advancing organizational effectiveness. Grounded in research, this book includes reflective questions, case studies and helpful guidelines to support HRM and organizational development professionals and master's-level students. It illustrates what ‘better’ might look like and how HRM can contribute to a new definition of effectiveness which is aligned to the needs of modern organizations.
Author : bipul banerjee
Publisher : bipul banerjee
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 13,48 MB
Release : 2023-08-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN :
This book is devoted to those getting into leadership positions for the first time which can be daunting. So far you have been responsible for your performance and now stepping into the responsibility of a team’s performance can be often confusing and overwhelming. The manager and team relationship is often a complex mechanism. Telling everyone what to do is not enough, leadership has to go much beyond that. This book will take you near to the characteristics of true leaders and shed light on behavioral aspects of excellent managerial capabilities.
Author : Trevor Kerry
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 47,10 MB
Release : 2020-11-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 1000259692
Stand Up and Be Counted provides middle leaders with increased knowledge, understanding and confidence in the leadership process. It examines the qualities that enable middle leaders to lead effectively and have a positive impact on the vision and culture of their school. With clear explanations of leadership theory, chapters cover a wide range of topics such as recruitment, coaching staff, crisis management, teamwork, setting standards, dealing with inspections, and evaluating both your own and staff performance. Full of real examples of leadership situations in schools and opportunities to reflect, this book will help middle leaders to develop the habits and skills they need to be successful in their roles. This inspirational and conceptual book: acknowledges the essentials of leadership and decision-making; highlights how teachers become leaders, including the initial status of followership; discusses the good habits and skills that teachers can adopt to prepare themselves for leadership roles; identifies key concepts for middle leaders such as vision, inspiration, courage, and self-belief; addresses the need to be a visionary and lead from the front: to be courageous. Covering all aspects of leadership and using examples from various of walks of life to illuminate the role of a leader, this book will be of great interest to middle leaders across the primary and secondary sectors as well as subject leaders looking to increase their knowledge and confidence in their development.
Author : Brian Kilmeade
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 2008-12-13
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0061978892
What do Henry Kissinger, Jack Welch, Condoleezza Rice, and Jon Bon Jovi have in common? They have all reached the top of their respective professions, and they all credit sports for teaching them the lessons that were fundamental to their success. In his years spent interviewing and profiling celebrities, politicians, and top businesspeople, popular sportscaster and Fox & Friends cohost Brian Kilmeade has discovered that nearly everyone shares a love of sports and has a story about how a game, a coach, or a single moment of competition changed his or her life. These vignettes have entertained, surprised, and inspired readers nationwide with their insight into America's most respected and well-known personalities. Kilmeade presents more than seventy stories straight from the men and women themselves and those who were closest to them. From competition to camaraderie, individual achievement to teamwork, failure to success, the world of sports encompasses it all and enriches our lives. The Games Do Count reveals this simple and compelling truth: America's best and brightest haven't just worked hard -- they've played hard -- and the results have been staggering!