The Concise Leadership Textbook


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Learn key leadership skills, grow as a leader, guide and inspire others! With this concise leadership textbook, you will learn about the main principles and practices of effective leadership in contemporary organizations and society, and develop your own leadership abilities. - A comprehensive yet concise overview of leadership knowledge and principles - Essential leadership skills for working with people - Practical exercises for boosting your own leadership skills - Tested methods and tools for supporting effective leadership in different contexts - Best-practice insights from successful leadership examples - Contemporary leadership challenges (e.g. virtual teams, inclusion, leading change) - Bonus learning materials on the companion website The Concise Leadership Textbook is the ideal companion for students in business and management, as well as in other fields where leadership competences are required, and for professionals who aspire to leadership positions or want to strengthen their leadership abilities. “Professor Pittino has produced a strong and much-needed guide to leadership that provides clear, concise and key information in a highly accessible way for the busy person.” --Professor Peter Strokes, Professor of Leadership and Professional Development, De Montfort University (UK) “In a clear and lucid manner, Daniel Pittino has done a masterful job of presenting the theory and practice of leadership. If you're a rookie leader, or an experienced one looking to stay on course, this is the book for you. Its brevity promotes clarity, insight, and ultimately right action.” --Louise Kelly, Ph.D., Professor of Management, University of La Verne (California), author of the Dictionary of Strategy and the Psychologist Manager “Daniel Pittino skillfully intertwines leadership research, case studies, and self-reflection while delivering an engaging and unpretentious read. Few leadership books can claim comprehensive coverage of the field and practice of leadership, so it is unexpected that such a brief textbook has achieved this.” --Charmine E. J. Härtel, Ph.D., Associate Dean Research Impact, Professor and Director, The Opportunity Tech Lab, Inclusive Leadership & Entrepreneurship, Monash Business School, Monash University (Australia) “Daniel Pittino presents a punchy yet detailed examination of leadership. He brilliantly weaves together research, examples, thoughtful figures, and short exercises to create a succinct book that is well-suited to students, professionals, and executives desiring to know more about leadership. The Concise Leadership Textbook is a masterclass in making progress together with other people—the measure of a good leader.” --Mathew (Mat) Hughes, Ph.D., Schulze Distinguished Professor, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Loughborough University (UK)




The Concise Adair on Leadership


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As management fads come and go, John Adair's work remains a beacon of practical advice and shrewd insights. His books have sold hundreds of thousands of copies. The Concise Adair on Leadership encapsulates his writing on how to develop your own leadership potential, to motivate your colleagues and to build a creative and high-performing team.




Sports Leadership


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Included in this volume: Leadership glossary: essential terms for the 21st century / Jeni McRay, editor.




Leadership by the Book


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Told in the parable format of The One Minute Manager, this work draws on the model and messages of Jesus as a source of practical lessons in effective leadership. Recounting the story of a teacher, a minister and a marketplace leader who support one another in their leadership challenges, this book offers unexpected and exceptional answers to tough leadership issues. The authors offer simple strategies for bringing vision - and values - to the workplace by examining messages and examples from the Bible.




Motion Leadership


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Cycling from practice to theory and back again, this concise book provides the skinny on motion leadership, or how to “move” individuals, institutions, and whole systems forward.




The "L-Model" of Leadership


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The "L-Model" of Leadership is easy to follow and provides a simple, definitive seven-step process that outlines how to become an effective leader in today's public and private sector organizations. Through a myriad of detailed examples it presents the reader with a roadmap towards becoming and maintaining successful leadership. The "L-Model" is succinct, accurate, and an outstanding method that offers a concise proven path that other leadership books have yet to illustrate. No matter your level of experience, the "L-Model" will capture your attention and arm you with tangible skills that you can immediately employ.




Developing Coaching Skills


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Learn how to coach effectively-and help others unlock their potential! Do you plan to become a professional coach? Do you want to enhance your coaching skills to become a better coach or leader? Or do you just want to know more about how coaching works to help improve the lives of others? With this concise coaching textbook, you will quickly learn the main principles and tools of executive coaching and life coaching. Key features: A compact yet comprehensive overview of how coaching works Over 200 powerful coaching questions that you can apply right away Master all phases of the coaching process Conduct effective coaching conversations in a goal- and solution-oriented way Develop essential coaching skills (e.g. questioning, active listening, goal setting, giving constructive feedback, coaching for performance, dealing with emotions, and supporting behavior change) Tried and tested coaching tools Best-practice insights into how experienced coaches work Practical coaching exercises for developing your own coaching skills Free bonus learning materials on the companion website Developing Coaching Skills is essential reading for aspiring and practicing coaches, as well as for leaders and students of coaching. Learn what effective coaching really means, make coaching a habit, and bring out the best in other people!




Coaching International Teams


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Do you coach or lead international teams? Do you want to offer really useful solutions that make a difference to productivity and collaboration? If you are a professional coach or leader of international teams, you will have experienced those moments when you know the team are not communicating well but you don't know why. And even if you did know why, would you know how to help them? This easily accessible book guides you through key (and often hidden) reasons for communication breakdown in international teams. It offers solutions based on the five building blocks of inclusion in international teams, a model based on the research of Dr Alexandra Morgan. With this book, as a coach or leader of an international team, you will be able to: Improve understanding and drive down miscommunication Take action to ensure all team members have a voice Foster effective communication both in the moment, and for the future Identify the source of negative emotions in international team settings and know how to alleviate them Leverage cultural differences for positive team collaboration Coaching International Teams is essential reading for international coaches, international managers and leaders, and students of coaching. Learn strategies that help you leverage the diversity of international teams. Know how to be more inclusive by avoiding common linguistic mistakes. Improve your intercultural awareness and see productivity and collaboration improve as a result. "Alex in her latest book Coaching International Teams has done an outstanding job to combine solid conceptual depth with very practical advice. Every chapter is well written and ends with suggestions for activities and questions to be asked as a coach or manager. In short, a MUST read of a WOW book." -- Fons Trompenaars, Founder and Director of the leading intercultural management consultancy Trompenaars Hampden-Turner, author of Riding the Waves of Culture "Coaching International Teams by Dr Alexandra Morgan is a welcome addition to the toolkit for those coaching international teams. Whether you are an experienced intercultural coach or a newcomer to the field, this book is full of useful, real-life applications and examples, as well as practical ideas for development activities." -- Joyce Jenkins, Intercultural Coach, Founder and Board Member of SIETAR Southeast Asia, Past President SIETAR Europa "From the use of language to improving cultural awareness and understanding the role of emotions in working with international teams-Alexandra Morgan covers deep concepts and dynamics essential to coach multicultural teams. This is a sound and needed book for anybody who works internationally." -- Antonio Papuzza, PhD, Professor and Consultant in Cross-Cultural Management, Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, USA "Using accessible language and drawing on numerous real-life incidents, this practical, empathetic and insightful guide explores the multiple ways in which miscommunication and misunderstanding can arise-even (or especially) when we are speaking the same language. This book should be required reading for anyone who leads or works in an international team." -- Dr Karen Malan, Program Leader, MSc Intercultural Business Communication, Leicester Castle Business School, De Montfort University, UK




The Ride of Our Lives


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"The Ride of Our Lives, Lessons on Life, Leadership, and Love" is an inspirational story about a man and his family on a transformational journey as they bicycled across the United States. It is a powerful story about the resiliency required to overcome challenges. In 1983 John and Berti Gronski and their 15-month-old son Stephen set off on a bicycle tour across America. There were no ubiquitous mobile phones, no internet, no email, Google, or social media sites. The closest thing to connectivity was a payphone along a dusty road. John pulled Stephen in a bicycle trailer that resembled a pioneer's covered wagon. They traveled over 4,000 miles from Washington state to Pennsylvania. The trip was filled with adventures and enduring leadership lessons. "From Homer's Odyssey to Pirsig's Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance, tales of travel, adventure, and self-discovery have always fascinated people. Likewise, John Gronski's The Ride of Our Lives regales readers with an inspirational and engaging story of a young family's cross-country bicycle trip that results in a life-long formation of character, family values, patriotic service and citizenship, and unshakable faith. Gronski skillfully weaves into his captivating story a wide range of military leadership principles, faith-based truths, and life lessons that serve as guideposts for the reader's own moral development. This book is a must read for all people interested in learning how one family's experience shaped their notion of character-based leadership through their encounters with and embracing of the best life has to offer." --John J. Sosik, Ph.D., Professor of Management and Organization, Penn State University, Great Valley School of Graduate and Professional Studies, Malvern, PA. John L. Gronski, Major General, USA (Ret.) is founder and CEO of Leader Grove Consulting, LLC (www.LeaderGrove.com). John is a much sought-after speaker and leadership seminar facilitator.




The Leadership Book


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The demands of a leader can be many, varied & difficult. This book picks out the 50 top challenges that leaders face on a daily basis and shows how to maximise the performance of leaders & their teams in each of these situations. The Leadership Book has a very clear structure which has been specially designed to make the 50 sections quick and easy to use. Each challenge is approached in the same way: Understanding the issue, key leadership actions to take, the measures of success and the pitfalls to watch out for. The areas covered include: Leading your strategy, defining and managing your team, managing change and innovation, understanding the market, resolving conflict and communicating your vision . The Leadership Book offers fast effective solutions to pressing business challenges.