Leadership

Leadership Wisdom: Discovering the Lessons of Experience (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

In a fast-paced global economy emphasizing innovation and productivity, leaders need to bring as much wisdom as possible to bear on their daily decisions. They often find themselves pulled between making decisions quickly and making them well. The processes described in this guidebook, inquiry and reflection, can help you develop your capacity to make wise choices. You will begin to see a broad range of possible responses and wisely choose the ones that will work best.

Wallace, David Foster McCain's Promise: Aboard the Straight Talk Express with John McCain and a Whole Bunch of Actual Reporters, Thinking about Hope eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Grayson, Mike The Ultimate Business Playbook (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

"The Ultimate Business Playbook" provides an easy and innovative step by step approach to Workflow Analysis and Six Sigma. The method uses an NFL team as an analogy and has been used by the Dept of Homeland Security, Financial Institutions and Fortune 500 companies. It is fun to implement and dramatically changes the work environment - and is the culmination of over 20 years of experience and study. It bridges the philosophical approaches of books like "Good to Great" and "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" and shows people how to effectively implement those ideas in their businesses. It is a "rubber hits the road" book in a big way.

Peck, David Beyond Effective: Practices In Self-Aware Leadership (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Over 100 practices to be a better leader; "Beyond Effective" offers up many concise, powerful tools for busy executives and managers who want new ways to tap their full potential.

Bennis, Warren Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

In Transparency, the authorsa powerhouse trio in the field of leadershiplook at what conspires against "a culture of candor" in organizations to create disastrous results, and suggest ways that leaders can achieve healthy and honest openness. They explore the lightning-rod concept of "transparency"which has fast become the buzzword not only in business and corporate settings but in government and the social sector as well.Together Bennis, Goleman, and O'Toole explore why the containment of truth is the dearest held value of far too many organizations and suggest practical ways that organizations, their leaders, their members, and their boards can achieve openness. After years of dedicating themselves to research and theory, at first separately, and now jointly, these three leadership giants reveal the multifaceted importance of candor and show what promotes transparency and what hinders it. They describe how leaders often stymie the flow of information and the structural impediments that keep information from getting where it needs to go. This vital resource is written for any organizationbusiness, government, and nonprofitthat must achieve a culture of candor, truth, and transparency.

Berke, David Developing Leadership Talent (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Based on the popular Developing Leadership Talent program offered by the acclaimed Center for Creative Leadership, this important resource offers a nuts-and-bolts framework for putting in place a leadership development system that will attract and retain the best and brightest talent. Step by step, the authors explain how alignment with strategic goals and organizational purpose and effective developmental experiences are the backbone of a successful leadership program. An authoritative and useful book, Developing Leadership Talent is an essential tool for any leadership program.

Scharlatt, Harold Selling Your Ideas to Your Organization (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

If you've got an idea you want to sell, you need to do two things: scan your environment and use effective tactics. This guidebook explains how to scan your environment and provides a collection of tactics you can use to sell your idea. Using this systematic approach will make you more likely to accomplish your objective--solving a problem or making an improvement for the benefit of individuals, groups, and the organization as a whole.

Ridderstrale, Jonas Re-energizing the Corporation : How Leaders Make Change Happen (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Re-energizing The Corporation is built on the groundbreaking 3e leadership model which makes sense of the three Es of Envisioning, Engaging and Executing. By understanding and following the model, you will be able to create compelling pictures of the future of your organization; build a following of individuals committed to getting the vision into reality; and maximize team performance to deliver on your dream.

Blackburn, Robert, Curran, James, North, Julian QUALITY BUSINESS eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Based on carefully conducted research, this book is the first to seriously consider quality issues in smaller firms.

Abrashoff, Captain D. Michael It's Our Ship eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

The story of Captain Abrashoff and his command of USS Benfold has become legendary inside and outside the Navy. By governing his ship with his unique management techniques, Abrashoff turned the Benfold into a model of naval efficiency, with amazing cost savings, the highest gunnery score in the Pacific Fleet, and a highly motivated and top performing crew. In IT'S YOUR SHIP, he first demonstrated how to bring his successful management techniques from the ship to the boardroom. Now, in his newest book IT'S OUR SHIP, in the same rugged, can-do voice, Abrashoff will focus on the leadership, motivational, and management insights and tips that he has learned from his last six years of addressing business and corporate audiences. Abrashoff's timely advice will be eminently prescriptive, and will feature anecdotes and insights from leaders of businesses large and small and from public and non-profit sectors. All the material will be completely original. The book will focus on topics such as inspiring employees to be their best, cultivating truth telling, going beyond usual business practices and taking the right kind of risks, all communicated with Abrashoff's unique brand of nautical wisdom.

Managing Leadership Stress (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Everyone experiences stress, and leaders face the additional stress brought about by the unique demands of leadership: having to make decisions with limited information, to manage conflict, to do more with less . . . and faster! The consequences of stress can include health problems and deteriorating relationships. Knowing what signs of stress to look for and having a strategy for increasing your resources will help you manage leadership stress and be more effective over a long career.

Mine, Yoshinori Leadership the Hard Way: Why Leadership Can't Be Taught - And How You Can Learn It Anyway (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

In this book, Frohman—iconoclastic innovator and founder of Intel Israel—and coauthor Robert Howard present a method of living and working that can truly facilitate the learning of leadership. Their method shows how to go against the current, fight conventional wisdom, and embrace the unexpected. It is about trusting oneself and valuing intuition, principles, and imagination as much as hard skills and analysis. Frohman combines his counterintuitive ideas with experiences from his own background—from escaping the Nazis as a child to becoming a leading innovator in the semiconductor industry—to show how readers can build their own leadership abilities. A leader’s values and personality, he ultimately reveals, are the only sure source of stability in a world of continuous change.

Moltz, Barry J., Zipp, William The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Discover the 10 best Coaching practices for solving problems and implementing change with clients—right away

Coaching works, there's no doubt about that. But the coaching industry is going through tremendous change that all professional coaches need to address.

Equipping coaching professionals to stay on the cutting-edge of their craft, The Business Coaching Toolkit: Top 10 Strategies for Solving the Toughest Dilemmas Facing Organizations expertly provides a collection of application-based, proven tools that present creative solutions to common situations encountered in today's workplace.

This hands-on guide creatively empowers professionals to:

Achieve greater performance by identifying and maximizing strengths and managing weaknesses
Lead their team or client through setting specific, measurable, and reasonable goals
Discover the deeper meaning of vision and tie goals into the client's core values
Guide clients through a comprehensive analysis of their current situation—the good, the bad, and the ugly

Whether it's increasing a client's time management skills, giving feedback to an employee, or building a leadership team, The Business Coaching Toolkit presents a valuable supply of straightforward exercises designed to bring a new dimension to every coaching professional's work with clients.

Brooks, Roger B., Martineau, Jennifer, W. Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Implement Evaluation the CCL Way

Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development is a step-by-step guidebook for creating and implementing evaluation of leadership development systems. Approaching issues from an evaluative perspective enables leadership development professionals to consider multiple perspectives and draw lessons as a natural part of the way work is done.

Advance praise for Evaluating the Impact of Leadership Development

"This refreshingly practical guide to evaluating leadership activities will provide the confidence and the evidence to reinvigorate the international community's support for effective leadership to address the major global issues of today."
-John Davidson, senior public sector specialist, The World Bank

"An extremely well-written book! It will help evaluation practitioners demonstrate to their stakeholders where and how evaluation adds unique values to leadership development initiatives."
-Huilan Yang, evaluation manager and project leader, W. K. Kellogg Foundation

"Hannum and Martineau have nailed this topic! In their mission to educate and assist others in evaluating leadership development, they have provided a valuable guide that is rich with practical tools and examples that enable anyone to think systematically about how to effectively demonstrate the value of their leadership development programs and approaches."
-Leslie W. Joyce, vice president and chief learning officer, The Home Depot

Mitchell, Tedd, Miller, Linda J. Coaching in Organizations: Best Coaching Practices from The Ken Blanchard Companies (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Learn the secret to success in yourbusiness coaching program

Coaching in organizations has grown substantially over the past ten years, with businesses spending millions of dollars on coaching programs in the United States alone. Without a universal understanding of what coaching is, however, executive coaches and consultants may become frustrated with what appears to be little or no tangible results from their corporation's investment.

How can your company experience an "observable" return on investment through its coaching program? From The Ken Blanchard Companies, a leading global corporate training firm, comes a powerfulguide designed to help executive coaches and managersimplement programs that work for their organizations.

With Coaching in Organizations, your business can:
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Learn how to establish a top-quality "coaching climate"
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Support learning, achieve strategic objectives, and build up leadership development
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Look at internal and external coaching and the roles and competencies of each
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Put the right elements to work to get the most from your coaching program
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Develop a coaching program that creates sustainability and ensures a real return on your organization's invested training dollars

Written by two master certified business coaches and leaders in the business coaching field, Coaching in Organizations equips human resource and organizational develop-ment professionals, as well as beginning to expert coaches, with the tools and methodologiesthey need to help clients become more effective leaders within their organizations.

Mongan, John, Sylvestor, Taylor Leveraging the Impact of 360-degree Feedback (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Leveraging the Impact of 360-Degree Feedback is a hands-on guide for implementing and maintaining effective 360-degree feedback as part of learning and development initiatives. Written for professionals who work inside organizations and for consultants working with clients, the book draws on a proven ten-step program and lessons learned over the past twenty years of research and practice. The authors present step-by-step suggestions for the successful implementation of 360-degree feedback as well as a collection of best practices that the Center for Creative Leadership has observed and tested with their broad base of clients.

Litt, Samuel A. Energy Leadership: Transforming Your Workplace and Your Life from the Core (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

In Energy Leadership, renowned coach Bruce D. Schneider teaches how to understand the most important personal resource of all -- energy, and shows how to harness it to achieve success in the workplace, the home, and in the world at large.

This engaging and fast-paced story clearly explains how managers and leaders from all walks of life can use the principles of Energy Leadership to inspire themselves and others to achieve extraordinary results in whatever they do. The author provides insight into a cutting edge coaching process he has developed, which has positively impacted the lives of tens of thousands of people in both the corporate and private sectors.

You will learn how to:

Recognize the seven distinct levels that are the key to understanding why everyone thinks and acts the way they do, in life and specifically within the workplace.
Distinguish truly effective leaders from those who deplete the energy of the people around them, and specific techniques to shift energy levels to inspire peak performance.
Become powerful leaders who motivate themselves and others to reach their true potential.
Identify the Big Four Energy Blocks and discover proven techniques and strategies for overcoming these and other obstacles to success.
Develop the ability to shift internal energy to meet any leadership challenge, and use this newfound power to inspire respect, confidence, and loyalty in others.

If you always try to inspire others but sometimes feel like somethings missing, something is. Energy Leadership puts you in touch with the missing link between your ambitions and your ability to achieve them.

Lindoerfer, Dennis Raising Sensitive Issues in a Team (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Have you ever wondered how to deal with a sensitive issue within your team? For example, how do you raise the issue that the women rarely get listened to? How do you bring up your observation that the team members from Marketing always dominate the meetings? This guidebook focuses on ways to determine whether to raise such an issue in a team meeting--and if so, how.

Thompson, Robert H. The Offsite: A Leadership Challenge Fable (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Drawing on the leadership theories in the management classic The Leadership Challenge, Robert Thompson effortlessly incorporates these ideas into a fable of leadership and growth. Based on a company's three-day offsite meeting, we follow this tale of transition through the eyes of two former rival pharmaceutical companies creating a joint sales strategy. The characters ultimately learn how to adopt the five practises that form the Leadership Challenge:

Model the Way
Inspire a Shared Vision
Challenge the Process
Enable Others to Act
Encourage the Heart.

The book also explores the dynamics of a company off-site and addresses the fears and concerns participants may have especially around 360 degree feedback, the key component of the Leadership Challenge model and workshops.

For anyone preparing to attend a leadership training off-site, human resource professionals or trainers planning an offsite, leadership developers, program planners, or for professionals looking to hone their leadership skills, this book will be an invaluable resource and a succinct introduction to The Leadership Challenge.

Henein, Amal Made in Canada Leadership: Wisdom from the Nation's Best and Brightest on the Art and Practice of Leadership (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Leadership is currently one of the most daunting issues facing all sectors of the economy in Canada and abroad. Much has been made in the media about a leadership 'deficit' and organizations are concerned about the quality and quantity of leadership available to meet their current and future needs. Many think we are faced with a leadership shortage and need to take drastic measures to remedy this problem.

As a result, organizations wonder about the most effective approach to leadership development and seek to implement the best strategies and programs to enable their workforce to acquire and hone leadership skills.

Made In Canada Leadership seeks to answer three fundamental questions:

What are the best ways to develop competent leaders?
How to ensure a reliable supply of capable leaders for the country?
How to strengthen Canadian leadership?

To do so, the authors draw upon the collective wisdom and experience of 295 exceptional Canadian leaders in the private, public, community, art, sport and co-operative sectors from coast to coast as well as 66 professional leadership development experts representing programs in universities, institutes, corporations, public sector entities, co-operatives as well as sports, community and youth programs

Wilson, Marie C. Closing the Leadership Gap: Why Women Can an Must Help Run the World eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

When first published in 2004, Marie Wilson's Closing the Leadership Gap finally drew attention to what everyone knew but no one talked about-the lack of women in America's leadership positions, even though compelling research shows that women enhance the top decision-making process dramatically. And yet, even as our nation sits on a world spinning with crises, we have barely begun to tap that most critical natural resource. With the possibility of America's first woman president looming large, now is the time to revisit this inspiring call to action.

McFarland, Keith R. The Breakthrough Company: How Everyday Companies Become Extraordinary Performers eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

The vast majority of small businesses stay small-and not by choice. Only the most savvy and persistent-a tiny one tenth of one percent-break through to annual sales above $250 million. In The Breakthrough Company, Keith McFarland pinpoints how everyday companies become extraordinary, showing that luck is a negligible factor. Rather, breakthrough success turns out to be associated with a clearly identifiable set of strategies and skills that anyone in any business can emulate-from small startup to industry leader. Encouraged by experts such as business legend Peter Drucker and Good to Great author Jim Collins to identify the drivers that enable a company to push past the entrepreneurial phase, McFarland spent five years building and analyzing the world's largest growth-company performance database and interviewing more than 1,500 growth-company executives on four continents. His goal was simple: to identify the secrets of breakthrough. The Breakthrough Company is the result. Winnowing a study pool of more than 7,000 companies down to nine that have made the transition to major-player status, McFarland highlights real-world tools and myth-busting insights that can be used by anyone wanting his or her business to join this exclusive circle. Among the book's takeaways: . Common wisdom holds that the founders and core entrepreneurial leaders of a company must step aside for the business to reach the next level. Not true-as long as founders "crown the company" instead of themselves. . It's not reckless to make ever-escalating bets on your company's future, even going nose to nose with competitors many times your size. In fact, it turns out that the only safety comes in constantly upping the ante in exactly this way. . A Business Bermuda Triangle does exist, gobbling up companies on the verge of breakthrough. Presented here are three ways to navigate this potentially deadly hazard successfully. . However good you are-or think you are-you can't do it alone. Learn how to surround your company with networks of outside resources, aka "scaffolding," and how to enlist the aid of "insultants"-people who are willing to question a firm's existing assumptions and ways of doing business. With powerful and specific action steps concluding each chapter-and invaluable advice on virtually every page from business leaders who've taken their companies to extraordinary levels of growth and profitability-The Breakthrough Company is one of the most provocative, inspiring, and instructive business books you'll ever read.

Lukaszewski, James E. Why Should the Boss Listen to You?: The Seven Disciplines of the Trusted Strategic Advisor (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

This is a book about gaining influence and becoming a key trusted advisor. It is for everyone who advises leaders and senior managers (accounting, finance, human resources, IT, law, marketing, public relations, security, and strategic planning) and for outside consultants in these functional staff areas. It’s also for operations people yearning to finally be heard and heeded by their boss.

Ikeda, John T Leadership Equals RC3 (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

Leadership = RC3 provides organizations, teams and individuals with insight and guidance into leadership that will change the world. Leadership = RC3 delves into the heart of leadership and takes the reader on a journey of self-reflection into their motives behind their quest to become a better leader. The RC3 model is introduced and consists of Responsibility, Commitment, Credibility and Courage. Responsibility is broken down into Responsibility to Society, Responsibility to the Organization, Responsibility to Stakeholders, and Responsibility to Yourself. Commitment is defined as Commitment to Persevere, Commitment to Get-Up and Commitment to Excellence. Courage that is required includes the Courage to Challenge, Courage to Confront and the Courage to Lead. Credibility includes Credibility to Management, Credibility to Staff, and Credibility to Yourself.

Bennett, Carolyn LaDelle Women's Work and Words Altering World Order (Adobe Reader) eBook

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:07:31 GMT

The leader of the free world needs a woman head of state-but a particular woman-with the intellect and presence of mind to ponder action with an eye on the future; a human-centeredness capable of respecting difference and envisioning peaceful cooperation and coexistence with and among nations; a woman unconcerned with showing how tough she is, or how religious she is, or how fashion-setting her wardrobe.

Many of the names and the stories you'll read in Women's Work and Words will be unfamiliar-Rachel Corrie, Anna Politkovskaya, Claudette Colvin, and Wangari Maathai. Others-such as Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Alice Walker, Shirley Chisholm, and Madonna-have reached deep into the human consciousness.

All of these women share a spiritual bond. They struggle. They struggle for peace, justice, and a better world. Each has had the courage to challenge the politics of spin and the inhumanity of men and to work for change. Through this stunning medley of profiles, author Carolyn LaDelle Bennett argues that war and conflicts worldwide will end only when human-centered, independent voices-unbought and unbossed-take the helm of governments and political decision-making.

Adapted from Bennett's news and current affairs columns, this book illuminates true and deeply thoughtful voices on the critical issues of our time.