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Leader to Leader 2
Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Leader to Leader Institute's Award Winning Journal
Frances Hesselbein (Author), Alan R. Shrader (Author)
9780470195475, Wiley
Paperback / softback, published 25 April 2008
384 pages
22.6 x 15 x 3 cm, 0.476 kg
Leader to Leader 2 brings together the best and most popular articles from the award-winning journal Leader to Leader by some of the best-selling authors and thought leaders of our day. With thirty-five new chapters not included in the previous volume, this book is designed as a resource for leaders at all levels. Each of the book’s five parts opens with guidance and ideas on how to enact the concepts discussed, practical action steps, thought-provoking questions, and handy tools. The Parts include: Understanding Leadership, Improving Your Personal Effectiveness, Developing People and Teams, Leading High-Performance Organizations, Leading Strategically in a World That Demands Innovation Authors Include: David Allen, Ram Charan, Clayton Christensen, Stephen Covey, Marshall Goldsmith, Bill George, Andy Grove, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Beverly Kaye, Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, Patrick Lencioni, Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatley...and more!
The Editors ix Introduction xi Part One: Understanding Leadership 1 1 Leadership Is an Enabling Art 5 2 Building the Bridge as You Walk on It 14 3 The Price and Prize of Leadership 23 4 The Source of Leadership 32 Part Two: Improving Your Personal Effectiveness 37 Becoming a Leader 5 The Transformation from “I” to “We” 45 6 Leadership T’ai Chi: A Beginner’s Guide 56 7 Challenge Is the Opportunity for Greatness 63 Managing Yourself 8 Maintaining Your Focus 75 9 Stand Up for Your Values 82 10 Adjusting Your Leadership Volume 89 11 Mastering Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive 98 Communicating Effectively and Managing Conflict 12 The Infl uential Leader 108 13 Ten Questions to Stellar Communication 118 14 The Leader’s Role in Managing Conflict 129 15 Using Dialogue to Deal with Conflicts 138 Part Three: Developing People And Teams 147 Coaching and Mentoring 16 The Leader’s Role in Growing New Leaders 153 17 Helping People Achieve Their Goals 160 18 Energizing Others 168 Strengthening Teamwork 19 The Trouble with Teamwork 178 20 Leading Resonant Teams 186 21 Communication Strategies for Leading Teams 196 22 Making Diversity Pay Off 204 Part Four: Leading High-Performance Organizations 209 Planning and Execution 23 Doing Performance Planning Right 216 24 Aligning Boards and Management on Strategy 226 25 Making It Up and Making It Happen 235 Leading Change 26 Leading Transition: A New Model for Change 246 27 The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders 256 Building a High-Performance Culture 28 The Key to Cultural Transformation 267 29 Culture as Competitive Advantage 271 30 The Culture Starts with You 283 Part Five: Leading Strategically In a World That Demands Innovation 291 The Strategic Challenge 31 The Challenge of Strategic Innovation 296 32 Responding to Strategic Inflection Points 307 Leading for Innovation 33 Assessing Your Organization’s Innovation Capabilities 317 34 Innovation Means Relying on Everyone’s Creativity 333 Part Six: Conclusion 343 35 When the Roll Is Called Ten Years from Now 345 Index 349
Stephen R. Covey
Robert E. Quinn
Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
Peter M. Senge
Bill George and Andrew McLean
Robert A. Goldberg
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Sam T. Manoogian
Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy
Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser
Joseph A. Maciariello
Jack Stahl
Dianna Booher
Howard M. Guttman
George Kohlrieser
Beverly Kaye
Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith
Dean Spitzer
Patrick M. Lencioni
Daniel Goleman
Ichak Adizes
R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.
Douglas K. Smith
Ram Charan
David Allen
William Bridges and Susan Mitchell
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Frances Hesselbein
Paul Meehan, Orit Gadiesh, and Shintaro Hori
Ray Davis
Constantinos Markides
Andrew S. Grove
Clayton M. Christensen
Margaret J. Wheatley
Frances Hesselbein
Subject Areas: Business & management [KJ]
