Reflections on Leadership


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Taking a page from the servant leadership ideas of AT&T's Robert Greenleaf--America's true business visionary--Spears encourages managers to act as facilitators and coaches who empower employees and lead by example, rather than beating them over the head with programs and inflexible demands.




Reflections on Character and Leadership


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Reflections on Character and Leadership is the first of the three books in the Manfred kets de Vries on the Couch series. Here, Kets de Vries looks at entrepreneurship, the pathology of leadership, and the personality of the leader. The reader will visit the disturbed inner worlds of leaders like Alexander the Great, Shaka Zulu and Robert Maxwell, discover how to distinguish between a cold fish and a live volcano, and identify impostors, despots, organizational fools and global leaders. The book highlights the basic principles of the clinical paradigm—the process of putting organizations and the individuals who lead them on the psychoanalyst’s couch. It includes studies of personality archetypes and the effects they have on organizational life and culture—and the effects that organizations have on them. Referring frequently to key management concepts, Kets de Vries looks not only at what happens when things go wrong, but also at how to create the psychological and organizational space to make sure that things go right. About the series: The series offers an overview of Kets de Vries’s work spanning four decades, a period in which he has established himself as the leading figure in the clinical study of organizational leadership. The books in this series contain a representative selection of Kets de Vries’ writings about leadership from a wide variety of published sources and cover character and leadership in a global context, career development and leadership in organizations. The original essays were all written or published between 1976 and 2008. Updated where appropriate and revised by the author, they present a digest of the work of one of the most influential management thinkers of the present day.




Leadership Reflections


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Do you think of yourself as a leader? Leadership starts with a mindset, not a title. Leaders influence. They share keen insight. They command respect without demanding it. Leaders inspire achievement of successful outcomes, whether leading people, projects, or processes. You'll relate to the real-world vignettes in this book as they represent typical challenges leaders face as they navigate the wilds of the workplace. This book is a collection of short essays on leadership and relationship management written by Dr. Lisa M. Aldisert, a seasoned management consultant. Not only has she advised hundreds of clients on these issues, but she has faced these situations directly in her businesses. This book will provide you with anecdotes and examples that you can apply on the job every day.




Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge


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Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge is a faith-based companion to the best-selling leadership book of all time--The Leadership Challenge. Grounded in Jim and Barry’s time-tested research, Christian Reflections on The Leadership Challenge describes their Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership ® --Model the Way, Inspire a Shared Vision, Challenge the Process, Enable Others to Act, and Encourage the Heart—and offers practical guidance and inspiring examples about how Christian leaders can have a powerful impact in their workplaces, communities, and congregations by bringing their faith into their leadership. In addition to Jim and Barry’s foundational wisdom, the book brings together five leaders who reflect on the Five Practices from a Christian perspective. John C. Maxwell, David McAllister-Wilson, Patrick Lencioni, Nancy Ortberg, and Ken Blanchard share insights and stories culled from personal experience and the lives of other Christian leaders who have accomplished extraordinary things in churches, communities, classrooms, and corporations. Their thoughtful reflections on the role of faith in leadership will propel leaders and aspiring leaders




How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership


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From the woman named one of “America's Best Leaders” by U.S. News & Report Powerful insights into the practice of motivation Marilyn Carlson Nelson has achieved global recognition for the Carlson brands of hotels, restaurants, cruise, travel, and marketing services. But that's only part of the story. As a daughter, wife, mother, and grandmother, Marilyn has always put people first. When her grandson asked a simple question about her life, she decided to write it all down-her fondest memories and deepest insights-in How We Lead Matters: Reflections on a Life of Leadership. This thoughtful book offers a surprisingly personal glimpse into a multi-faceted woman who happens to be one of the most successful CEOs in the world. She describes the thrill of flying in an F16 over Death Valley (without getting sick), and throwing a barbeque for the KGB (who preferred vodka to the traditional beer). She shares the difficulty of making choices and sacrifices to run her family's business, and the heartbreak of losing a child. Her insights are sprinkled with the timeless words of Mahatma Gandhi, Anne Frank, Oscar Wilde, Albert Einstein, Mark Twain, and others, as she talks about what it's like to be a woman in today's business world, while reflecting on an engaging array of subjects-from equal rights to corporate wrongs to motherhood. Most compelling of all, she reveals how a meaningful legacy is built one day at a time.




The Prime Ministers


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A landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK's role in the modern world - and what makes them special - by a seasoned political journalist.




Leading Wise


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Shift your perspective and transform your leadership with inspirational wisdom. Inspiration that empowers you to reflect on your power as a corporate leader, deepen your leadership, and lead in a more authentic way. Powerful and deeply impactful prose take the reader on a powerful journey of inner connection and reflection on the path to wise and balanced leadership. Rooted in the philosophy of wisdom traditions, this uplifting guide connects culture, spirituality and business leadership and is a powerful tool for leadership development and personal transformation that belongs on every leader's bookshelf. Leading Wise touches and nourishes the wisdom of leadership that exists within each of us, freeing it to blossom. Yes, corporate leaders can be intentional, authentic and aligned with purpose as they lead and rise in their organizations. Leading Wise is the mirror that reveals your inner wisdom along the way. Leading Wise features: - Inspirational prompts ―Discover simple, effective reflections, mantras and personal inquiry for authentic and transformational leadership - Global perspective―Draws on experiential wisdom from cultural and spiritual communities that value purpose and community - Affirmations for leaders - Powerful statements to reinforce the wise leadership principles - Journal Pages- Capture your own reflections and thoughts as you absorb each word into your mind, heart and soul The gift of leadership through reflection, inspiration and affirmation awaits you with Leading Wise.




Reflections on Leadership


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Do you feel stuck in your leadership journey? Are you just going through the motions and calling it leadership? Does chaos seem to follow you, and even know your address? In Reflections on Leadership, leadership consultant Dennis Mossburg talks straight about how history's leaders developed teams and served their followers. A leader who has led teams in high stress conditions and been deployed to natural disasters as part of an award winning Incident Management Team, Dennis tells his lessons from building teams to mentoring others and building morale. Through quotes, humor, and dozens of practical tips, he shows the way to anyone who has lost their leadership and is trying to figure out why. In these pages you'll discover: § How to identify and end your toxic relationships § How to run your one on ones § How to give actionable feedback § How to build relationships with your followers § How to mentor your followers in minutes a week Your leadership is your creation, but only if you know how. If you are a leader who wants to get the best out of your team but don't know how, this book is for you. Dennis Mossburg has a Master of Science in Management and Leadership, is a leadership consultant who specializes in helping first-time leaders. He can be reached through his email at [email protected] or found on Facebook at Grey Moose Leadership Group.




Daily Leadership Reflections


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What to do when you're a new leader. A 30-day guide designed to help new leaders take stock of current knowledge, question assumptions, find gaps, and begin to fill them. It is intended to push leaders out of their comfort zones towards creating new leadership skills, habits, and competencies. New leaders can: Build their relative vision Better understand the dynamics of their markets and industries Become a better mentor and coach to their team Understand their leadership style Become more influential to their groups and throughout their organization Take the first steps in your leadership journey with confidence.




Take Control of the Noisy Class


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Packed with powerful, fast-acting behaviour management strategies for the classroom - including a novel routine to get any group quiet in 15 seconds or less - Take Control of the Noisy Class by Rob Plevin provides teachers with a highly effective, step-by-step plan for successfully managing challenging groups and students in today’s toughest schools. Drawing on his experience working in both mainstream and special education, teacher-trainer Rob Plevin presents hundreds of proven, practical ideas and interventions to help you connect and succeed with defiant or reluctant learners. Relevant to teachers of all age groups, you’ll find useable strategies for establishing classroom routines, gaining respect, making lessons engaging and creating a positive classroom environment as well as in-depth instruction on what Rob considers to be the ‘number one secret to effective behaviour management’. Take Control of the Noisy Class provides teachers with a proven system for dealing with disruptive, inappropriate behaviour in the classroom, enabling them to create calm, positive learning environments and trusting bonds with hard-to-reach students. Discover: effective behaviour management strategies, the power of routines, instructions and consequences, the importance of relationships, tips and tricks for tackling misbehaviour, proven techniques for getting a rowdy class’s attention, strategies for maintaining lesson flow and effective classroom management strategies which curb misbehaviour and prevent it from escalating to the stage of involving the senior leadership team and school behaviour policy. As well as a complete step-by-step lesson plan for succeeding with very challenging groups, Take Control of the Noisy Class also includes a comprehensive suite of downloadable teacher resources including video tutorials, classroom management tools and engaging lesson activities. Learn Rob's super-effective classroom management strategies for today’s toughest classrooms. Relevant to teachers of all subjects and age groups - across primary and secondary schools - the book is ideal for individual teachers and leaders or as the basis of whole-school INSET. If you’re worn out and fed up with students who ignore you, and have had enough of disruption and defiance, read Take Control of the Noisy Class and apply Rob’s easy-to-follow behaviour management methods. You’ll be able to take immediate control in your classroom, get the most from your students and enjoy stress-free teaching. Get your copy now.