[PDF] Leading For Results eBook

Author : Joan Bragar, EdD
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 34,63 MB
Release : 2013-05
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1475971257

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SECOND EDITION UPDATED 2015 "Joan's very impressive book makes accessible the leadership practices that have a life-changing power that I have experienced in others and myself. They are a gift. I love this book; it makes a valuable contribution." -John Humphrey, Founding Chairman of The Forum Corporation, the global business learning and development firm In the words of participants in Dr. Bragar's leadership programs - "By using the leadership development program, I was able to put my leadership into practice. I learned how to inspire my staff to commit to results." -Dr. Ihsanullah Shahir, General Director of Human Resources, Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan "Joan helps leaders to refine their vision and align others around its implementation. In other words, she helps leaders to help themselves." -G. Sandy Diehl, III, former Senior Vice President, Global Strategy and Development, Otis Elevator Company "I learned to be the change I want to see, and to make a difference. The use of the challenge model was very practical and enabled me and my colleagues to focus and achieve results." -Elizabeth Oywer, Registrar, Nursing Council of Kenya, Executive Representative of the International Council of Nurses, Africa "I credit Joan for making me a better leader." -Jeff Freedman, CEO, Small Army Advertising Agency, Boston, Founder of Be Bold, Be Bald Cancer Treatment Fundraiser

Author : Dennis Sparks
Publisher : Corwin Press
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 24,46 MB
Release : 2006-11-17
Category : Education
ISBN : 1483351807

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Praise for the First Edition: Sparks rejects simplistic solutions to school improvement, and honors the practical knowledge and expertise of educators." —Richard DuFour, Educational Author and Consultant "Dennis Sparks has given us a practical, original, and tough-minded book about what schools need now. An excellent book—but even more, a book to act on." —Mike Schmoker, Consultant and Author "In this inventive ′self-help′′handbook for educators, Dennis Sparks challenges and helps us—not to do something but to be something different." —Roland S. Barth, Author, Lessons Learned Improve teaching and learning in your school by fostering personal and organizational change! Authentic or transformational leadership flows from self-awareness regarding intentions, values, and feelings and its influence is reflected in a leader′s actions. Leading for Results, Second Edition, focuses on the educational leader′s role in actualizing human potential and unleashing individual and organizational energy, while promoting extraordinary performance in "ordinary" people by first changing within oneself. In this updated edition featuring 18 new thought-provoking essays, Dennis Sparks shows how school leaders can promote extraordinary changes, be accountable, and achieve meaningful results for schools, districts, and their personal lives. Using bold theories about education, leadership, teaching, and student learning, you′ll learn how to make change happen, create usable strategies, commit to action, and achieve goals by Examining your assumptions and producing results-oriented thoughts, words, and actions Deepening your understanding of important issues related to the interpersonal challenges of change Engaging in next-action thinking and applying what you′ve learned This powerful resource helps leaders to recognize their capacity for making a tremendous difference in their organizations, ensuring ultimate success!

Author : Joan Bragar
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 40,57 MB
Release : 2015-11-04
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 1491780592

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Joans very impressive book makes accessible the leadership practices that have a life-changing power that I have experienced in others and myself. They are a gift. I love this book; it makes a valuable contribution. John Humphrey, Founding Chairman of The Forum Corporation, the global business learning and development firm In the words of participants in Dr. Bragars leadership programs By using the leadership development program, I was able to put my leadership into practice. I learned how to inspire my staff to commit to results. Dr. Ihsanullah Shahir, General Director of Human Resources, Ministry of Public Health, Afghanistan Joan helps leaders to refine their vision and align others around its implementation. In other words, she helps leaders to help themselves. G. Sandy Diehl, III, former Senior Vice President, Global Strategy and Development, Otis Elevator Company I learned to be the change I want to see, and to make a difference. The use of the challenge model was very practical and enabled me and my colleagues to focus and achieve results. Elizabeth Oywer, Registrar, Nursing Council of Kenya, Executive Representative of the International Council of Nurses, Africa I credit Joan for making me a better leader. Jeff Freedman, CEO, Small Army Advertising Agency, Boston, Founder of Be Bold, Be Bald Cancer Treatment Fundraiser

Author : Scott Jeffrey Miller
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 41,34 MB
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1982112077

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***A WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER*** From the organizational experts at FranklinCovey, an essential guide to becoming the great manager every team deserves. A practical must-read, FranklinCovey’s Everyone Deserves a Great Manager is the essential guide for the millions of people all over the world making the challenging and rewarding leap to manager. Based on nearly a decade of research on what makes managers successful—and includes new ways of thinking, tips and techniques—this volume has been field-tested with hundreds of thousands of managers all over the world. Organized under four main roles every manager is expected to fill, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager focuses on how to lead yourself, people, teams, and change. Readers can start anywhere and go everywhere with this guide—depending on their current problem or time constraint. They can pick up a helpful tip in ten minutes or glean an entire skillset with deeper reading. The goal is for the busy manager to know what to do and how to do it without interrupting their regular workflow. Each role highlights the current, authentic problems managers face and briefly explores the limiting mindsets or common mistakes that led to those problems. With skill-based chapters that cover managerial skills like one-on-ones, giving feedback, delegating, hiring, building team culture, and leading remote teams, the book also includes more than thirty unique tools, such as a prep worksheets and a list of behavioral questions for your next interview. An approachable, engaging style using real-world stories, Everyone Deserves a Great Manager provides the blueprint for becoming the great manager every team deserves.

Author : Jon R. Katzenbach
Publisher : Jossey-Bass
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 28,32 MB
Release : 2010-03-18
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0470621044

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An all-new approach to understanding the (in)formal connections of an organization From the bestselling coauthor of the business classic The Wisdom of Teams comes an all-new exploration of the modern workplace, and how leaders and managers must embrace it for success. Katzenbach and Khan examine how two distinct factions together form the bigger picture for how organizations actually work: the more defined "formal" organization of a company-the management structure, performance metrics, and processes-and the "informal"-the culture, social networks, and ad hoc communities that spring up naturally and can accelerate or hinder how the organization works. With dynamic examples from enterprises around the world, this book takes a timeless organizational approach and creates a powerful paradigm-shifting tool set for applying it. Includes self-assessment guidelines for senior leaders, front-line managers, and individual contributors Features organizations in business, government, the nonprofit sector, and academia-including the New York City schools system, Aetna, the Marines, United Nations, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Home Depot, Bell Canada, and the Houston Police Department Leading Outside the Lines illustrates how leaders can make the two distinct factions work together to get the best of both.

Author : Mary Poppendieck
Publisher : Pearson Education
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 40,3 MB
Release : 2009-10-21
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0321699653

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Building on their breakthrough bestsellers Lean Software Development and Implementing Lean Software Development, Mary and Tom Poppendieck’s latest book shows software leaders and team members exactly how to drive high-value change throughout a software organization—and make it stick. They go far beyond generic implementation guidelines, demonstrating exactly how to make lean work in real projects, environments, and companies. The Poppendiecks organize this book around the crucial concept of frames, the unspoken mental constructs that shape our perspectives and control our behavior in ways we rarely notice. For software leaders and team members, some frames lead to long-term failure, while others offer a strong foundation for success. Drawing on decades of experience, the authors present twenty-four frames that offer a coherent, complete framework for leading lean software development. You’ll discover powerful new ways to act as competency leader, product champion, improvement mentor, front-line leader, and even visionary. Systems thinking: focusing on customers, bringing predictability to demand, and revamping policies that cause inefficiency Technical excellence: implementing low-dependency architectures, TDD, and evolutionary development processes, and promoting deeper developer expertise Reliable delivery: managing your biggest risks more effectively, and optimizing both workflow and schedules Relentless improvement: seeing problems, solving problems, sharing the knowledge Great people: finding and growing professionals with purpose, passion, persistence, and pride Aligned leaders: getting your entire leadership team on the same page From the world’s number one experts in Lean software development, Leading Lean Software Development will be indispensable to everyone who wants to transform the promise of lean into reality—in enterprise IT and software companies alike.

Author : Douglas B. Reeves
Publisher : ASCD
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 11,60 MB
Release : 2009
Category : Education
ISBN : 1416608923

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Guide for becoming a leader in making changes in the educational field.

Author : David Ulrich
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 22,16 MB
Release : 1999-04-06
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1422160858

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A landmark book, Results-Based Leadership challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding leadership. Authors Ulrich, Zenger, and Smallwood--world-renowned experts in human resources and training--argue that it is not enough to gauge leaders by personal traits such as character, style, and values. Rather, effective leaders know how to connect these leadership attributes with results. Results-Based Leadership shows executives how to deliver results in four specific areas: results for employees, for the organization, for its customers, and for its investors. The authors provide action-oriented guidelines that readers can follow to develop and hone their own results-based leadership skills. By shifting our focus to the connection between the attributes and the results of leadership, this perceptive new guide fundamentally improves our understanding of effective leadership. Results-Based Leadership brings a refreshing clarity and directness to the leadership discussion, providing a hands-on program to help executives succeed with their leadership challenges.

Author : Dave Ulrich
Publisher : Harvard Business Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 39,34 MB
Release : 2009-01-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 142214030X

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What makes a great leader? It's a question that has been tackled by thousands. In fact, there are literally tens of thousands of leadership studies, theories, frameworks, models, and recommended best practices. But where are the clear, simple answers we need for our daily work lives? Are there any? Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, and Kate Sweetman set out to answer these questions—to crack the code of leadership. Drawing on decades of research experience, the authors conducted extensive interviews with a variety of respected CEOs, academics, experienced executives, and seasoned consultants—and heard the same five essentials repeated again and again. These five rules became The Leadership Code. In The Leadership Code, the authors break down great leadership into day-to-day actions, so that you know what to do Monday morning. Crack the leadership code—and take your leadership to the next level.

Author : Adrian Gostick
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 50,70 MB
Release : 2020-03-03
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 006296576X

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The influential New York Times bestselling authors—the “apostles of appreciation” Chester Elton and Adrian Gostick—provide managers and executives with easy ways to add more gratitude to the everyday work environment to help bolster moral, efficiency, and profitability. Workers want and need to know their work is appreciated. Showing gratitude to employees is the easiest, fastest, most inexpensive way to boost performance. New research shows that gratitude boosts employee engagement, reduces turnover, and leads team members to express more gratitude to one another—strengthening team bonds. Studies have also shown that gratitude is beneficial for those expressing it and is one of the most powerful variables in predicting a person’s overall well-being—above money, health, and optimism. The WD-40 Company knows this firsthand. When the leadership gave thousands of managers training in expressing gratitude to their employees, the company saw record increases in revenue. Despite these benefits, few executives effectively utilize this simple tool. In fact, new research reveals “people are less likely to express gratitude at work than anyplace else.” What accounts for the staggering chasm between awareness of gratitude’s benefits and the failure of so many leaders to do it—or do it well? Adrian Gostick and Chester Elton call this the gratitude gap. In this invaluable guide, they identify the widespread and pernicious myths about managing others that cause leaders to withhold thanks. Gostick and Elton also introduce eight simple ways managers can show employees they are valued. They supplement their insights and advice with stories of how many of today’s most successful leaders—such as Alan Mulally of Ford and Hubert Joly of Best Buy—successfully incorporated gratitude into their leadership styles. Showing gratitude isn’t just about being nice, it’s about being smart—really smart—and it’s a skill that everyone can easily learn.