Practical Lessons for a Lifetime of Leadership
The authors of Lessons from Leaders distill decades of experience from fifteen leaders into a collection of stories, each including an actionable Leadership Lesson, sure to inspire readers and transform the way they lead.
*By the Bestselling Author of What Got You Here Won't Get You There* Do you hesitate about putting forward ideas? Are you reluctant to claim credit for your achievements? Do you find it difficult to get the support you need from your boss or the recognition you deserve from your colleagues? If your answer to any of these is 'Yes', How Women Rise will help get you back on track. Inspiring and practical by turns, it identifies 12 common habits that can prove an obstacle to future success and tells you how to overcome them. In the process, it points the way to a career that will satisfy your ambitions and help you make the difference you want to make in the world. 'How Women Rise is a great read for any woman who wants to identify self-defeating behaviours that are holding her back, gain insight into why she engages in those behaviours, and develop skills to confidently achieve her goals.' Lois P. Frankel, author of Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office
How are the world's most successful organizations developing their leaders? "This book will help anyone who is charged with a leadership development initiative or is learning about leadership development. Full of practical examples and tools from companies that are known for having a reputation for developing leaders." Michael Piergrossi; vice president, leadership and organization development, W. R. Grace & Co. Using the case studies in this book will give you the opportunity you to: * Benchmark against SmithKline Beecham's 21 Leadership Competencies * Implement cutting-edge tools including Allied Signal's Career Profile, continuous improvement and performance objectives tools * Customize a training curriculum that works for your organization based on: Imasco's Operating Company Visits and Work Projects, Colgate-Palmolive's Key Accountability program, or Abbott Lab's Managing Across Boundaries * And much more! In 1998, Linkage, Inc., and Warren Bennis collaborated in completing a study of more than 350 companies involved with leadership development and found that: * Nearly all respondents recognized the need to develop stronger leaders, yet less than 44 percent had a formal process for nominating or developing high-potential employees * Companies that do successfully build their high-potential employees use structured leadership development systems * The programs that make a difference include some or all of three critical components: formal training, 360-degree feedback, and most importantly, exposure to senior executives including mentoring programs The result of this study is Linkage Inc.'s Best Practices in Leadership Development Handbook. With its case study approach, this book gives you access to the practical, easy-to-apply tools, instruments, training, and competency models that fifteen world-class organizations use as benchmarks to successfully implement their leadership development programs. To read the foreword from this book, click here. To read the first chapter from this book, click here.
The Organization of the Future presents the latest and best thinking of acclaimed visionaries and practitioners who ponder the future of human enterprise everywhere - in government, business, and community. Supported by two giants - Peter Drucker opens the book and Charles Handy closes it - the authors within provide their own perspectives on tomorrow, in thoughtful, to-the-point chapters. Together they underscore where, when, and how organizations and their leaders must
"The Leader of the Future is a compendium of new thought. It is a book about the future quality of our lives, our businesses, our organizations, our society - and the leadership required to move us into the exciting unknown." "Each of the acclaimed authors offers a special perspective on leadership, a unique glimpse into the future, and together their thinking forms a treasure trove of insight and knowledge. All essays were written especially for this book, providing even the most astute reader with new insights and directions crucial to becoming an effective leader in the organization of tomorrow."--Jacket
America's most sought-after executive coach shows how to climb the last few rungs of the ladder The corporate world is filled with executives, men and women who have worked hard for years to reach the upper levels of management. They're intelligent, skilled, and even charismatic. But only a handful of them will ever reach the pinnacle--and as executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shows in this book, subtle nuances make all the difference. These are small "transactional flaws" performed by one person against another (as simple as not saying thank you enough), which lead to negative perceptions that can hold any executive back. Using Goldsmith's straightforward, jargon-free advice, it's amazingly easy behavior to change. Executives who hire Goldsmith for one-on-one coaching pay $250,000 for the privilege. With this book, his help is available for 1/10,000th of the price.
Mojo is the moment when we do something that's purposeful, powerful, and positive and the rest of the world recognizes it. This book is about that moment--and how we can create it in our lives, maintain it, and recapture it when we need it. In his follow-up to the New York Times bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There, #1 executive coach Marshall Goldsmith shares the ways in which to get--and keep--our Mojo. Our professional and personal Mojo is impacted by four key factors: identity (who do you think you are), achievement (what have you done lately?), reputation (who do other people think you are--and what have you've done lately?), and acceptance (what can you change--and when do you need to just "let it go"?). Goldsmith outlines the positive actions leaders must take, with their teams or themselves, to initiate winning streaks and keep them coming. Mojo is: that positive spirit--towards what we are doing--now--that starts from the inside--and radiates to the outside. Mojo is at its peak when we are experiencing both happiness and meaning in what we are doing and communicating this experience to the world around us. The Mojo Toolkit provides fourteen practical tools to help you achieve both happiness and meaning--not only in business, but in life.
Discover the steps to earning your path to fulfillment and living without regrets from a world-renowned executive coach and New York Times bestselling author. Our lives exist on a continuum between fulfillment and regret, and we invest significant time and energy into health, recognition, and relationships. But how can we ensure our investments lead to a sense of purpose? This book reveals how to live authentically, focusing on connecting our actions to something greater than personal ambition. Drawing inspiration from Buddhism, the author emphasizes accepting impermanence and avoiding the trap of "I'll be happy when...". Practical advice is provided to help readers shed obstacles, particularly the limitations of imagination that hinder personal growth. With this guide, readers can bridge the gap between aspirations and achievements. Filled with illuminating exercises and stories from the author's extensive coaching experience with high-achieving leaders, this work serves as a powerful roadmap for those seeking a higher purpose in their lives.
This book brings together a who's who of today's most successful leadership experts and consultants who share personal lessons.
A guide to solving problems presents seven principles that enable individuals to be their own agents of change.
