In eight chapters, this book outlines ideas that contribute to more effective leadership. “Meaningful” implies an educated ability to instill and to act upon guiding principles that bring successful results. “Meaningful managing” is knowledgeable, cosmopolitan, leading, wise, diverse, ethical, committed and rewarding. The concentration is on an ethic and leadership that arise through training and education. Types of management, current social ethics, and comparison of managing and leading receive attention with a focus upon the individual.

 

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This groundbreaking volume provides the first sweeping view of followers in relation to their leaders, deliberately departing from the leader-centric approach that dominates our thinking about leadership and management. Barbara Kellerman argues that, over time, followers have played increasingly vital roles. For two key reasons, this trend is now accelerating. Followers are becoming more important, and leaders less. Through gripping stories about a range of people and places–from multinational corporations such as Merck, to Nazi Germany, to the American military after 9/11–Kellerman makes key distinctions among five different types of followers: Isolates, Bystanders, Participants, Activists, and Diehards. And she explains how they relate not only to their leaders but also to each other. Thanks to “Followership,” we can finally appreciate the ways in which those with relatively fewer sources of power, authority, and influence are consequential. Moreover, they are getting bolder and more strategic. As Kellerman makes crystal clear, to fixate on leaders at the expense of followers is to do so at our peril. The latter are every bit as important as the former, which makes this book required reading for superiors and subordinates alike.

 

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Why do businesses consistently fail to execute their competitive strategies? Because leaders don’t identify and invest in the full range of projects and programs required to align the organization with its strategy. Moreover, even when strategy makers do break their plans down into doable chunks, they seldom work with project leaders to prioritize strategic investments and assure that needed resources are applied in priority order. And they often neglect to revise the strategic portfolio to fit the demands of a dynamic environment, or to stay connected to strategic projects through completion as new products, services, skills, and capabilities are transferred into operations. In “Executing Your Strategy,” Mark Morgan, Raymond Levitt, and William Malek present six imperatives that enable you to do the right strategic projects–and do those projects right. And it is no accident that the six imperatives combine to create the acronym INVEST: Ideation–Clarify and communicate Purpose, Identity, and Long Range Intention; Nature–Develop alignment between Strategy, Structure, and Culture based on Ideation; Vision–Create clear Goals and Metrics aligned to Strategy and guided by Ideation; Engagement–Do the right projects based on the Strategy through Portfolio management; Synthesis–Do Projects and Programs right, in alignment with Portfolio; Transition–Move the Project and Program outputs into Operations where benefit is realized. Full of intriguing company examples and practical advice, this crucial new resource shows you how to make strategy happen in your organization.

 

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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.

 

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100 Ways to Motivate Others is the culmination of many years of successful
leadership coaching and training by best-selling author Steve Chandler and
attorney Scott Richardson, and the natural follow-up to Steve’s two previous
best-sellers—100 Ways to Motivate Yourself and Reinventing Yourself.
Chandler and Richardson have crafted a vital, user-friendly, inspirational
guide for executives, managers, and professionals… and those aspiring to
reach their level.

100 Ways to Motivate Others draws on the success of live workshops,
seminars, and personal coaching programs on communications and
leadership. These seminars, done for such organizations as Banner Health,
General Dynamics, Scripps Hospital, Wells Fargo Banks, Bristol-Myers
Squibb, and M&I Banks, appeal to managers, teachers, parents, CEOs, and
coaches everywhere.

The first step in motivating others is for you, if you’re the leader wanting the
motivation, to realize that “if there’s a problem, I’m the problem.” Once you
truly get that, then you can use these 100 ways. After you’ve learned to
motivate yourself, Steve and Scott will help you learn:

• How to slow down and enjoy a new level of focus
• Why multitasking is a myth, not a strength, and keeping life simple and
straightforward is the goal
• The power of building on your peoples’ strengths
• How to avoid the damaging inclination to obsess about people’s
weaknesses
• A simple and creative way to hold people accountable
• How to enjoy cultivating the art of supportive confrontation.

This book inspires extremely tough-minded leadership that gives the gift of
clarity and vision to every person following the leader.

100 Ways to Motivate Others rides on the crest of the international success
of Steve Chandler’s 100 Ways to Motivate Yourself. Chandler has written
eight books and has been translated into seven languages, including
best-sellers in China and Japan. He graduated from the University of Arizona
with a degree in Creative Writing and Political Science, and spent four years
in the US Army in Psychological Warfare. He and Scott Richardson live in
Phoenix, Ariz., and provide leadership coaching and training throughout the
world.

Click here to receive a free copy of Steve Chandler’s e-book, POWERFUL GRACEFUL SUCCESS - The Secret Key to Mastering Time, Love, and Money:

 

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Sooner or later, we are all called to lead in some capacity. Leadership skills are vital in corporate settings, small businesses, church or community organizations, and even within the home. Chris Brady and Orrin Woodward have recognized this need and have jointly created an in-depth, step-by-step guide for developing leadership skills.

Utilizing an abundance of historical examples, the authors have developed a unique 5-step plan that charts a course for creating and maintaining strong leadership in any organization. The plan guides the reader through the “Five Levels of Influence”:

• Learning: a leader must be able to learn from anyone
• Performing: perservere through failure to find success
• Leading: extend your ability by expanding your team
• Developing Leaders: learn to trust your people
• Develop Leaders who Develop Leaders: create a legacy

This book is full of prescriptive advice, quotes and anecdotes that illustrate their principles.

 

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Find out why being a positive control freak is a good thing and how to become one!

Along with Donald Trump, Martha Stewart, and Rudy Giuliani, you can use control to your organization’s advantage. You can learn how to be a positive control freak and create outstanding results.

(Of course, YOU don’t need this book, but someone you know sure does…!)

 

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