The Leader's Window

The Leader's Window
Author: John D. W. Beck
Publisher: Nicholas Brealey
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2005-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0891063161

"A great read for anyone who is trying to live the 7 habits at work." - Dr. Stephen R. Covey Do you know how to lead people? This is the toughest act required of every supervisor, manager, executive, and CEO. In the face of leadership challenges and increasing pressure to produce results, here is proven guidance for achieving the highest possible performance from your workers-both collectively and individually. Neither abdicating nor dominating, but truly empowering workers is the key. Peer into this newly expanded edition of The Leader's Window to: - Build and maintain high-performance teams to guarantee long-term success - Expose seven teamwork myths, and revise tactics accordingly - Meet the needs of the people you work for and the people who work for you It's not easy being a leader, but it is possible to achieve greatness and support long-term success even at the frenetic pace of business as we now encounter it. This book will show you how.

The Leader's Window

The Leader's Window
Author: John D.W. Beck
Publisher: Hachette UK
Total Pages: 537
Release: 2005-09-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1473644267

Do you know how to lead people? This is the toughest act required of every supervisor, manager, executive, and CEO. In the face of leadership challenges and increasing pressure to produce results, here is proven guidance for achieving the highest possible performance from your workers—both collectively and individually. Neither abdicating nor dominating, but truly empowering workers is the key. Peer into this newly expanded edition of The Leader’s Window to: • Build and maintain high-performance teams to guarantee long-term success • Expose seven teamwork myths, and revise tactics accordingly • Meet the needs of the people you work for and the people who work for you It’s not easy being a leader, but it is possible to achieve greatness and support long-term success even at the frenetic pace of business as we now encounter it. This book will show you how.

The Leader's Brain

The Leader's Brain
Author: Michael Platt
Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages: 150
Release: 2020-10-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1613631456

Leadership is a set of abilities with which a lucky few are born. They're the natural relationship builders, master negotiators and persuaders, and agile and strategic thinkers. The good news for the rest of us is that those abilities can be developed. In The Leader's Brain, Wharton Neuroscience Initiative director Michael Platt explains how.

Total Leadership

Total Leadership
Author: Stewart Friedman
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Total Pages: 273
Release: 2014-08-19
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1625274424

National Bestseller “Students talk about Stewart D. Friedman, a management professor at the Wharton School, with a mixture of earnest admiration, gratitude and rock star adoration.” —New York Times In this national bestseller, Stew Friedman gives you the tools you need to achieve “four-way wins”—improved performance in all domains of life: work, home, community, and self. Friedman, celebrated professor and founding director of the Wharton School’s Leadership Program and its Work/Life Integration Project, explains how three simple yet potent principles—be real, be whole, and be innovative—can help you, no matter what your age or what you do for work, become a better leader and have a richer life. In this engaging adaptation of his hands-on Wharton course, he offers step-by-step instruction to help you create positive, sustainable change in your world. This proven, programmatic method teaches you how to produce stronger results at work, find clearer purpose, feel less stressed, strengthen connections with the people who matter most to you, contribute further to important causes, and gain greater support for your vision of your future. If you’re ready to learn to lead in all parts of your life—this is the book for you. For a full array of Total Leadership tips and tools, visit totalleadership.org. Also look for Stew Friedman’s book, Leading the Life You Want, which builds on Total Leadership by profiling well-known leaders—from Bruce Springsteen to Michelle Obama—who exemplify its principles and demonstrate how success in your work is accomplished not at the expense of the rest of your life, but as the result of meaningful attachments to all its parts.

To Boldly Go

To Boldly Go
Author: Jonathan Klug
Publisher: Casemate
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2021-09-30
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1636240631

“A rich exploration of sci-fi universes we know and love, merged flawlessly with discussions on leadership, national security . . . diplomacy, and more.” —Diplomatic Courier As a literature of ideas, science fiction has proven to be a powerful metaphor for the world around us, offering a rich tapestry of imagination through which to explore how we lead, how we think, and how we interact. To Boldly Go assembles more than thirty writers from around the world—experts in leadership and strategy, senior policy advisors and analysts, professional educators and innovators, experienced storytellers, and ground-level military leaders—to help us better understand ourselves through the lens of science fiction Each chapter of To Boldly Go draws out the lessons that we can learn from science fiction, drawing on classic examples of the genre in ways that are equally relatable and entertaining. A chapter on the burdens of leadership by Ghost Fleet author August Cole launches readers into the cosmos with Captain Avatar aboard the space battleship Yamato. In another chapter, the climactic Battle of the Mutara Nebula from The Wrath of Khan weighs the advantages of experience over intelligence in the pursuit of strategy. What does inter-species conflict in science fiction tell us about our perspectives on social Darwinism? Whether using Star Trek: Deep Space Nine to explore the nuances of maritime strategy or The Expanse to better understand the threat posed by depleted natural resources, To Boldly Go provides thoughtful essays on relevant subjects that will appeal to business leaders, military professionals, and fans of science fiction alike.

The Leader in Me

The Leader in Me
Author: Stephen R. Covey
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 218
Release: 2012-12-11
Genre: Self-Help
ISBN: 147110446X

Children in today's world are inundated with information about who to be, what to do and how to live. But what if there was a way to teach children how to manage priorities, focus on goals and be a positive influence on the world around them? The Leader in Meis that programme. It's based on a hugely successful initiative carried out at the A.B. Combs Elementary School in North Carolina. To hear the parents of A. B Combs talk about the school is to be amazed. In 1999, the school debuted a programme that taught The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Peopleto a pilot group of students. The parents reported an incredible change in their children, who blossomed under the programme. By the end of the following year the average end-of-grade scores had leapt from 84 to 94. This book will launch the message onto a much larger platform. Stephen R. Covey takes the 7 Habits, that have already changed the lives of millions of people, and shows how children can use them as they develop. Those habits -- be proactive, begin with the end in mind, put first things first, think win-win, seek to understand and then to be understood, synergize, and sharpen the saw -- are critical skills to learn at a young age and bring incredible results, proving that it's never too early to teach someone how to live well.

The Advanced TEXbook

The Advanced TEXbook
Author: David Salomon
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Total Pages: 491
Release: 2012-12-06
Genre: Computers
ISBN: 1461242568

"Why is 'lEX so hard to use?" is the most frequent comment/complaint made by (frustrated) 'lEX users. The answer: Because it is programmable (has many features commonly found in programming languages), because it pays attention to detail, and because its creator has developed it for his own use (perhaps also his administrative assistant's) and not for general use. The material presented here is a direct result of this complaint and is an attempt to make it easier for inexperienced users to get the kind of high-quality typesetting that is possible with 'lEX. The material is based on classes taught since 1985, and on the author's personal experience with 'lEX, which includes writing three books and numerous articles, handouts, and letters. Both introductory and advanced material is included here. There are many examples as well as a detailed discussion of topics, such as \ valign and \emergencystretch, that are only briefly touched upon in The TpJXbook. Chapter 20 describes the macros used to typeset this book; it also lists the METAFONT programs for the special characters used.

Gung Ho!

Gung Ho!
Author: Ken Blanchard
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 216
Release: 1997-10-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 068815428X

Ken Blanchard and Sheldon Bowles, co-authors of the New York Times business bestseller Raving Fans, are back with Gung Ho! Here is an invaluable management tool that outlines foolproof ways to increase productivity by fostering excellent morale in the workplace. It is a must-read for everyone who wants to stay on top in today's ultra-competitive business world. Raving Fans taught managers how to turn customers into full-fledged fans. Now, Gung Ho! brings the same magic to employees. Through the inspirational story of business leaders Peggy Sinclair and Andy Longclaw, Blanchard and Bowles reveal the secret of Gung Ho--a revolutionary technique to boost enthusiasm and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. The three principles of Gung Ho are: The Spirit of the Squirrel The Way of the Beaver The Gift of the Goose These three cornerstones of Gung Ho are surprisingly simple and yet amazingly powerful. Whether your organization consists of one or is listed in the Fortune 500, this book ensures Gung Ho employees committed to success. Gung Ho! also includes a clear game plan with a step-by-step outline for instituting these groundbreaking ideas. Destined to become a classic, Gung Ho! is a rare and wonderful business book that is packed with invaluable information as well as a compelling, page-turning story. Management legend Ken Blanchard and master entrepreneur Sheldon Bowles are back with Gung Ho!, revealing a surefire way to boost employee enthusiasm, productivity, and performance and usher in astonishing results for any organization. Raving Fans brilliantly schooled managers on how to turn customers into raving fans. Gung Ho! now brings the same magic to employees. Here is the story of how two managers saved a failing company and turned in record profits with record productivity. The three core ideas of Gung Ho! are surprisingly simple: worthwhile work guided by goals and values; putting workers in control of their production; and cheering one another on. Their principles are so powerful that business leaders, reviewing the manuscript for Ken and Sheldon, have written to say, "Sorry. Ignored instructions. Have photocopied for everyone. I promise to buy books, but can't wait. We need now!" Like Raving Fans, Gung Ho! delivers.

Who's in the Room?

Who's in the Room?
Author: Bob Frisch
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 208
Release: 2011-12-06
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1118170083

Is your company run by a team with no name? At the top of every organization chart lies a myth—that a Senior Management Team makes a company's critical decisions. The reality is that critical decisions are typically made by the boss and a small group of confidants—a "team with no name"—outside of formal processes. Meanwhile, other members of the management team wonder why they weren't in the room or even consulted ahead of time. The dysfunction that results from this gap between myth and reality has led to years of unproductive team building exercises. The problems, Frisch shows, are ones of process and structure, not psychology. In Who's in the Room? Bob Frisch provides a unique perspective to this widely misunderstood issue. Flying in the face of decades of organizational psychology, he argues that the solution lies not in addressing behaviors, but in unseating the senior management team as the epicenter of decision making. Using a broad portfolio of teams—large and small, permanent and temporary, formal and informal—great leaders match each decision to the appropriate team in a fluid, flexible approach that you won't find described in management textbooks. Who's in the Room? is based on interviews with CEOs at organizations ranging from MasterCard to Ticketmaster to The Red Cross. Understand and embrace the way decision-making actually happens in their organizations Use these "teams with no names" to best advantage Engage the Senior Management Team in the three critical tasks for which it is ideally suited Organizations will get better decisions and superior results by unleashing the full potential of their Senior Management Teams. And bosses will see a dramatic drop-off in people coming into their offices asking, "Why wasn't I in the room?"

Shattering the Stained Glass Ceiling

Shattering the Stained Glass Ceiling
Author: Robyn Wilkerson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017-10-03
Genre: Christian leadership
ISBN: 9781681540597

Are you willing to create positive change in your life to fulfill your leadership potential? That's where Robyn's leadership coaching strategies can help. They will: Guide you not only to understand but to activate your potential to lead. Help you find new ways to understand your leadership skills to gain better results. Nurture your distinct vision of the future and teach you how to engage others to embrace that vision. Being a woman isn't an obstacle to your leadership, it's your asset!