The Leadership Crash Course: How to Create a Personal Leadership Value by Paul Taffinder

# Author: Paul Taffinder
# Paperback: 176 pages
# Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd; 2Rev Ed edition (3 Mar 2006)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0749446382
# ISBN-13: 978-0749446383
# Format: PDF | 616KB

“Contains practical tips on taking a new leadership role and managing change.”

As organizations become more global and less hierarchical there is a need for leadership to provide direction and cohesion and take companies through the organizational changes necessary for survival.

This is a self-improvement course: readers can analyze their strengths and weaknesses with guidance on taking on new leadership roles, communicating change to employees, disturbing the organizational culture to make things happen, and mobilizing staff to pull in the same direction.

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Leadership Lessons from West Point by Jim Collins (Foreword), Doug Crandall (Editor)

# Author: Jim Collins (Foreword), Doug Crandall (Editor)
# Hardcover: 432 pages
# Publisher: Jossey-Bass (November 10, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0787987735
# ISBN-13: 978-0787987732
# Format: PDF | 1.6MB

With Leadership Lessons from West Point as a guide, leaders in the business, nonprofit, and government sectors can learn leadership techniques and practices from contributors who are teaching or have taught at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and have served in positions of leadership that span the globe. These military experts cover a broad range of topics that are relevant to any leadership development program in any sector. The articles in this important resource offer insight into what leadership means to these experts—in both war and peacetime—and describe their views on quiet leadership, mission, values, taking care of people, organizational learning, and leading change.

"A wonderfully impressive book. It's impressive because of the authors' credentials—all are leaders in their own right—and because of their honesty. Rarely will you find more open, self-disclosing discussions of failure, courage, and honor. It's impressive because it's heartfelt . . . it's about selfless service, honesty, and integrity—things we need to hear more about from our leaders. Leadership Lessons from West Point will renew your hope, restore your faith, educate your mind, and expand your horizons. We highly recommend it."
—Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner, coauthors of the best-selling book, The Leadership Challenge

"Attention to detail, going about jobs correctly, and understanding that no job is too large or too small are just a few of the major aspects included in the West Point experience . . . Leadership Lessons from West Point does a great job of capturing those values and many others."
—Mike Krzyzewski, "Coach K," head, Duke Basketball Program

"All those concerned with developing leaders for every walk of life should welcome this compilation of important lessons from inside West Point, producer of the cream of the crop."
—Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Harvard Business School, best-selling author of Confidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End

"The people at West Point have so much to teach all of us about how to lead, and any student of leadership will want to have this book on their shelf for continuous learning and reference."
—Patrick Lencioni, author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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The Innovative Leader: How to Inspire Your Team and Drive Creativity by Paul Sloane

# Author: Paul Sloane
# Paperback: 196 pages
# Publisher: Kogan Page; 1 edition (July 28, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0749450010
# ISBN-13: 978-0749450014
# Format: PDF | 1.19MB

The Innovative Leader stresses the importance of innovation and creativity in modern business to help organizations secure competitive advantage over rivals.

It shows how to apply methods of innovation and creativity to the individual, to business peers, and to the organization. Author Pual Sloane demonstrates the importance of setting out your vision clearly and emphasizes the need for continual evaluation of the process.

Numerous international examples illustrate how organizations such as Virgin, Body Shop, Disney, and 3M have benefited from this approach, encouraging excellence and entrepreneurship through challenging goals that keep employees motivated and engaged.

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Leadership Secrets of the World's Most Successful CEOs: 100 Top Executives Reveal the Management Strategies That Made Their Companies Great

# Author: Eric Yaverbaum
# Publisher: Kaplan Business
# Number Of Pages: 304
# Publication Date: 2004-03-01
# ISBN-10: 0793180619
# ISBN-13: 9780793180615
# Format: CHM | 1.3MB

Who knows what it really takes to be an effective leader in today's business world? The most successful CEOs do. They are the men and women who run the #1 or #2 corporation in their industry or market niche.

Leadership is such a vital skill that four out of ten U.S. corporations now have some sort of formal leadership training program in place, says public relations executive Eric Yaverbaum. His new book, Leadership Secrets of the World's Most Successful CEOs, consists of exclusive interviews with top executives discussing the proven strategies, philosophies, and tactics they use to help their organizations succeed.

Each chapter features a top CEO who reveals in quick-read fashion his or her most powerful leadership technique. Readers will discover the proven management principles of the CEOs of Absorbine, 7-Eleven, Domino's Pizza, Grumman, Nabisco, Radio Shack, Staples, Xerox, and dozens of other companies in all industries, large and small.

Each interview includes a summary and explanation of the CEO's most powerful ""leadership secret,"" and each section can be read-and its leadership secret learned-in less than five minutes. Readers can either skim the secrets that interest them or read the entire book to learn and apply the leadership principles that are most relevant to their daily business practices.

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The Connected Leader: Creating Agile Organisations for People, Performance and Profit by Emmanuel Gobillot

# Author: Emmanuel Gobillot
# Hardcover: 221 pages
# Publisher: Kogan Page (October 1, 2006)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 074944830X
# ISBN-13: 978-0749448301
# Format: PDF | 1.39MB

The business world has changed dramatically in recent years and many of the tried-and-true management techniques used in the workplace are no longer applicable. The Connected Leader presents global case studies that show how new approaches to management are improving business performance. This step-by-step guide to the development of a more informal, holistic leadership style contains clear guidelines and diagnostic tools that will help executives improve their effectiveness. Written in a crisp, precise manner, it contains short recaps at the end of each chapter and a summary of key lessons, from "motivation exists in everyone" to "bribery is no longer a performance management option."

"Remarkable.... He strikes a wonderful balance between the 'why' and the 'how' of the People Economy and Connected Leadership, and the advice is sensible, practical, and well-written." -- Spooky Action "Spooky Action"


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The 360 Degree Leader: Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization by John C. Maxwell [Audiobook Deluxe Edition]

# Author: John C. Maxwell
# Publisher: Thomas Nelson; Com/Bklt D edition (April 10, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0785289143
# ISBN-13: 978-0785289142
# Format: Audio | 60MB

You often have encountered a question: How do I apply leadership principles if I’m not the boss?

It’s a valid question that Maxwell answers in The 360 Degree Leader voted best business book of the year by Soundview Executive Book Summary subscribers, and 2006 recipient of their Harold Longman Award.

In this award-winning book, Maxwell asserts that you don’t have to be the main leader to make significant impact in your organization. Good leaders are not only capable of leading their followers but are also adept at leading their superiors and their peers.

Debunking myths and shedding light on the challenges, John Maxwell offers specific principles for Leading Down, Leading Up, and Leading Across. 360-Degree Leaders can lead effectively, regardless of their position in an organization.

By applying Maxwell’s principles, you will expand your influence and ultimately be a more valuable team member. This unique Deluxe Audio Edition of the New York Times bestseller includes the abridged audio book on three CDs. 360 Degree Leaders’ influence is greater than they know. They have a unique opportunity to exercise influence in all directions-up (to the boss), across (among their peers), and down (to those they lead). When they practice the disciplines of 360 Degree Leadership, the opportunities will be endless . . . for their organization, for their career, and for their life.

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How to Work for an Idiot: Survive & Thrive– Without Killing Your Boss by John Hoover

John Hoover | Career Press; 1 edition (November 2003) | 256 pages | ISBN-10: 1564147045 | ISBN-13: 978-1564147042 | English | PDF | 1.01MB

For more than two decades, Dr. John Hoover has written books on leadership, creativity, and organizational performance, extolling the virtues of flattened organizations, collaborative leadership, and shared responsibility. His clients welcomed him, praised him…yet (he felt) completely ignored his advice!

This book contains the confession of a recovering “I-Boss” (Idiot Boss). After decades of writing and consulting, Dr. John finally realized that the vast majority of people he kept trying to “energize,” “motivate,” and “enlighten” were, well, idiots.

Also he was an idiot for trying to change them. Instead, he has decided to enlighten you, who actually have to continue working for difficult and demanding bosses. You cannot change them. You cannot challenge them.

Yet, you can survive them, even thrive under them, if you learn how to deal with them using this book. It offers hope for the spirit and strategy for the mind to help you deal with your work place situation.

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Communication Matters: “That’s not What I Meant!”: The Sciolinguistics of Everyday Conversation by Deborah Tannen [audiobook]

Lectures Description

ISBN- 1402547730

1402547749 (text)

1402547330 (sound discs)

These lectures address the various aspects and implications of “conversational style.” They look at the dynamics of specific situations, such as the workplace and classroom, where the role of conversational style is of particular importance.

Contents of the Audio Lectures and pdf Course Guide:

Lecture 1. Conversational style: the power of language in your life

Lecture 2. Linguistic signals, devices, and rituals

Lecture 3. Framing and reframing: how metamessages frame meaning

Lecture 4. Power and solidarity: the interplay of hierarchy and connection

Lecture 5. Indirectness: the ways and whys we communicate meaning not in so many ways

Lecture 6. The rhythms of talk: pacing, pausing, silence, and interruption

Lecture 7. Listenership: conversation as a joint production

Lecture 8. Agonism: programmed contentiousness, ritualized opposition

Lecture 9. Gender: women and men talking

Lecture 10. Apologies in private and public contexts

Lecture 11. Talking at work: institutional and interactional power

Lecture 12. The classroom: talking in school

Lecture 13. Politics: talk in the public arena

Lecture 14. What to do with what you’ve learned.

This is a must listen lectures for every executive and each of that person who want to improve upon everyday conversation in different situations.

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Leadership for Leaders by Michael Williams

Michael Williams | Thorogood Publishing | 2006-02-25 | ISBN: 1854183508 | 250 pages | PDF | 1.1 MB

A ground-breaking book based on extensive research which challenges accepted 'norms' and establishes the seven key competencies required for successful leadership today.

About the Author
Michael Williams has been a successful consultant for 25 years, specializing in leadership, team and organizational development. He has worked extensively with major corporations in the USA and both western and eastern Europe, including IBM, ICI, ABN AMRO Bank, British Alcan, AT&T/ISTEL, GUS, McCain's and Schroders.


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The Daily Drucker: 366 Days of Insight and Motivation for Getting the Right Things Done by Peter Ferdinand Drucker, Joseph A. MacIariello

The Daily Drucker 德鲁克日志
# Author: Ferdinand Drucker, Joseph A. MacIariello
# Publisher: Butterworth-Heinemann Ltd
# Number Of Pages: 500
# Publication Date: 2004-10-20
# ISBN-10: 0750665998
# ISBN-13: 9780750665995
# Format: PDF |1.3MB

Revered management thinker Peter F. Drucker is our trusted guide in this thoughtful, day-by-day companion that offers his penetrating and practical wisdom. Amid the multiple pressures of our daily work lives, The Daily Drucker provides the inspiration and advice to meet the many challenges we face. With his trademark clarity, vision, and humanity, Drucker sets out his ideas on a broad swath of key topics, from time management, to innovation, to outsourcing, providing useful insights for each day of the year.

These 366 daily readings have been harvested from Drucker's lifetime of work. At the bottom of each page, the reader will find an action point that spells out exactly how to put Drucker's ideas into practice. It is as if the wisest and most action-oriented management consultant in the world is in the room, offering his timeless gems of advice. The Daily Drucker is for anyone who seeks to understand and put to use Drucker's powerful words and ideas.


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Consultants and Advisers: A Best Practice Guide to Choosing, Using and Getting Good Value by Harold Lewis

Harold Lewis | Kogan Page | 2004-08-01| ISBN: 0749441364 | 227 pages | PDF | 2 MB

This unique book is a practical guide to help businesses, organizations and individuals make the best use of consultants and advisers. It will help them get the best value from the experts they hire, and offers a wealth of inside information that clients cannot usually obtain.

Written in a crisp, accessible style, the book distils the author's in-depth experience of both sides of the business relationship. It covers the whole process of working with consultants, including: identifying the need for external advice, understanding how consultants operate and calculate their fees, specifying the job to be done, selecting the right experts, going out to tender, drawing up contracts, managing contract risks, keeping track of the work, resolving problems, developing successful professional and partnering relationships. As well as examples and checklists, the book includes case studies of good and bad practice, and personal viewpoints from various professionals that offer pointers for less experienced clients. It will help any client avoid mistakes and pitfalls, save time, money and effort, and make the process of working with consultants really worthwhile.


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Built to Serve: How to Drive the Bottom Line with People-First Practices by Sanders , Stephen Covey & Ken Blanchard

Sanders , Stephen Covey & Ken Blanchard | McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (September 28, 2007) | ISBN-10: 0071497927 # ISBN-13: 978-0071497923 | English | PDF | 1.13MB

In Built to Serve, Dan Sanders, CEO of the award-winning, service-oriented United Supermarkets, makes this bold claim: the prevailing business culture is broken and a radical transformation is required-a paradigm shift that reshapes our understanding of the true purpose of work.

Leaders have a choice-continue to chase a broken price-profit model and suffer the consequences or build a culture committed to servanthood and discover the fulfillment evident when people see their work as a ministry. The choice leaders make will not only determine economic success and failure but also will determine their organization’s long term impact on humanity.

The time is now. Sanders reveals how your people can adopt United’s mission of “Ultimate Service, Superior Performance, Positive Impact.” He distills valuable lessons from nine decades of a people-centered culture that consistently delivers outstanding customer service and reveals how you can develop a fully engaged, productive workforce.

• Treat your customers like partners
• Create a people-centered culture in a numbers-focused world
• Communicate your organization’s vision
• Focus on strengths, not weaknesses
• Tie performance to the success of your mission
• Reduce your employee turnover
• Build communities connected by an emotional bond
• Ensure sustainability and growth-with an eye on the principles that allowed your success in the first place

When you’re built to serve, employees come to work because they want to, not just because they have to. Built to Serve is your hands-on guide to seeking this higher purpose.

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Balanced Leadership: How Effective Principals Manage Their Work (Critical Issues in Educational Leadership) by Sheryl Boris-schacter & Sondra Langer

Sheryl Boris-schacter & Sondra Langer | Teachers College Press (March 17, 2006) | English | ISBN-10: 0807746983 # ISBN-13: 978-0807746981PDF | 458KB

Alarmed by mounting evidence of a national shortage of qualified and willing principals, the authors surveyed and interviewed over 200 school principals from across the country to find out why so many are leaving the profession and how those who stay manage their work. They discovered that regardless of a principal’s race, gender, school level, geographic region, or tenure, there was a remarkable consistency in the challenges identified and suggestions given for revamping the role of the American principal.

Featuring stories shared by practicing principals, this timely volume:

* Offers fresh insights on ways to both attract and retain good principals.
* Shows how successful principals reconcile their expectations and hopes with the realities and disappointments encountered in their work.
* Examines issues common to all principals, such as time management, staff evaluations, keeping the focus on instruction, community expectations, and pursuing a balanced life.
* Presents strategies that principals have used to make their role more effective and more attractive.
* Provides practical ideas for coping with the present and envisioning the future, including alternative principal models.

About the Author
Sheryl Boris-Schacter is a professor and the director of Educational Leadership, and Sondra Langer is an associate professor and director of the Early Childhood Program, both at Lesley University in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Courage: The Backbone of Leadership by Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee

Gus Lee, Diane Elliott-Lee | Jossey-Bass | 2006-03-03 | ISBN: 0787981370 | 240 pages | PDF | 2.2 MB

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Real-world examples offer practical lessons for rooting out unethical practices and behaviors by:

* Assessing them for rightness and integrity
* Addressing moral failures
* Following through with dialogue and direct action

In this guide to doing the right thing, Lee presents a self-help approach to solving hard-edged problems. The key to effective leadership, he argues, is "principled conduct under pressure"—in short, courage. While courage is hardly the one-size-fits-all magic bullet that Lee envisions, much of his advice is valuable, particularly that dealing with communication, the thorniest management issue of all.

The book is built around extended anecdotes about executives facing tough personnel decisions and having to confront their habits of "avoidant communication," and Lee's reconstructed dialogue is engaging, realistic and instructive. He also offers periodic references to his own, genuinely inspiring transition from myopic, alienated wimp to successful executive, lawyer, executive coach, consultant and bestselling novelist (China Boy, etc.). Granted, this business book has many of the problems typical of the genre: the constant invoking of the book's title, whether or not relevant to the point being made; the regular introduction of acronymed concepts and clumsy coinages; the inspirational speeches and the occasional royal we phrasing ("We now see the difference between high, medium and low core values"). But any book that offers a road map to handling unpleasant workplace conversations is welcome—even if the choices in your everyday life don't require as much courage as in Lee's scenarios.


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