Cultivating Leaders

Author : Raimi-Akinleye Abiodun
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 1524655430
Total Pages : 127 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Leaders from Within written by Raimi-Akinleye Abiodun and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-12-17 with total page 127 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cultivating Leaders from Within describes the power of respect, communication, listening, and feedback and shows how a powerful and meaningful working relationship can help develop an organizations greatest strengths. New knowledge workers are looking for leaders who can communicate with and listen to them, they want to know that they are not just a number but a partner who can be depended on. Building solid relationships can be a lasting determining factor that can propel the organization to the next level of greatness. Leaders must understand the connection between employee behavior and innovation. Innovation needs a performing culture, a culture that encourages employees to start building diverse and inclusive teams. For innovation to work and be meaningful, the leaders must be a coach and a developer. The leader must be a facilitator and a teacher, recognizing that employees are the most valuable resources. Employees must see themselves as part of the team and that their contributions are meaningful and valued by the leaders. This book looks at factors that can be implemented by the organization to help improve participation, engagement, and healing.

Author : Jennifer Garvey Berger
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0804782865
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Changing on the Job written by Jennifer Garvey Berger and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Listen to people in every field and you'll hear a call for more sophisticated leadership—for leaders who can solve more complex problems than the human race has ever faced. But these leaders won't simply come to the fore; we have to develop them, and we must cultivate them as quickly as is humanly possible. Changing on the Job is a means to this end. As opposed to showing readers how to play the role of a leader in a "paint by numbers" fashion, Changing on the Job builds on theories of adult growth and development to help readers become more thoughtful individuals, capable of leading in any scenario. Moving from the theoretical to the practical, and employing real-world examples, author Jennifer Garvey Berger offers a set of building blocks to help cultivate an agile workforce while improving performance. Coaches, HR professionals, thoughtful leaders, and anyone who wants to flourish on the job will find this book a vital resource for developing their own capacities and those of the talent that they support.

Author : Gordon Donaldson
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807775371
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.70/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Leadership in Schools written by Gordon Donaldson and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Jennifer Garvey Berger
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 1503609782
Total Pages : 165 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps written by Jennifer Garvey Berger and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Author and consultant Jennifer Garvey Berger has worked with all types of leaders—from top executives at Google to nonprofit directors who are trying to make a dent in social change. She hears a version of the same plea from every client in nearly every sector around the world: "I know that complexity and uncertainty are testing my instincts, but I don't know which to trust. Is there some way to know what to do when I can't know what's next?" Her newest work is an answer to this plea. Using her background in adult development, complexity theories, and leadership consultancy, Garvey Berger discerns five pernicious and pervasive "mind traps" to frame the book. These are: the desire for simple stories, our sense that we are right, our desire to get along with others in our group, our fixation with control, and our constant quest to protect and defend our egos. In addition to understanding why these natural impulses steer us wrong in a fast-moving world, leaders will get powerful questions and approaches that help them escape these patterns.

Author : Gordon A. Donaldson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How Leaders Learn written by Gordon A. Donaldson and published by . This book was released on 2008-04-12 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How Leaders Learn portrays the developmental experiences of educators seeking to become accomplished leaders in their schools. The author presents a new model of leadership knowledge: the Interpersonal-Cognitive-Intrapersonal (I-C-I) model. Through the stories of teacher leaders and administrators in several leadership development programs, the book depicts the evolution of understanding, skill, and self-confidence. These learners grapple with questions essential to all effective leadership: Does my leadership generate improved learning for the students in my school? What are my greatest assets as a leader? What are my greatest liabilities, and what do I do about them? Can I find a leadership role that is both productive and sustainable for me and for the school I serve? This dynamic professional development tool: Introduces a framework for thinking about how school leaders cultivate and support their own learning. Richly describes in leaders’ own words the deepening of interpersonal, cognitive, and intrapersonal leadership knowledge and action. Describes how to structure the Performance Learning cycle to support leadership that benefits students. Links recent literature and research to support new insights into the role of emotion, self-awareness, and interpersonal skills in leader learning.

Author : Peter J. Dean Ph.D.
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1664130853
Total Pages : 158 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cultivating Leaders written by Peter J. Dean Ph.D. and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2020-10-11 with total page 158 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: PETER J. DEAN, Ph.D. is the head of Leaders By Design, the men’s leadership development and executive coaching division of The Leader’s Edge. With over 40 years of national and international experience, Peter bases his executive coaching and consulting work on current research and best practices in the field of leadership development. Leaders By Design helps executives recognize and understand the intricacies inherent in global leadership and dealing with diverse cultures and sub-cultures. Peter worked in Europe and Asia for 8 years and has lectured, consulted and coached in 14 countries. He is a prolific author whose articles have frequently been published in a variety of news outlets and he has also authored 11 books in his career including: Leadership for Everyone (McGraw-Hill, 2005); and his most recent book, The Bully-Proof Workplace: Essential Strategies, Tips and Scripts for Dealing with the Office Sociopath (McGraw-Hill, 2017), which he co-authored with his partner and spouse Molly Shepard. He was a lecturer in Communication, Ethics and Leadership at The Wharton School and the Fels Center of Government both at The University of Pennsylvania. Peter held the O. Alfred Granum Chair in Management at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania and he has been on the faculty at Fordham University, University of Tennessee, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Iowa. Peter holds his PhD from the University of Iowa and a MS degree from the University of Pennsylvania. In 2018, Peter received an Applied Neuroscience Certificate on the Science of the Art of Coaching endorsed by ION, ICF and the Association for Coaching.

Author : John. Adair
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780749448394
Total Pages : 196 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book How to Grow Leaders written by John. Adair and published by Kogan Page Publishers. This book was released on 2006-10 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning with an exploration of leadership and moving on to his seven steps to growing leaders, Adair provides unique insight into the heart of leadership, helping readers discover skills in themselves and in those around them.

Author : Jeff McManus
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1683503325
Total Pages : 167 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Growing Weeders Into Leaders written by Jeff McManus and published by Morgan James Publishing. This book was released on 2017-03-07 with total page 167 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of America’s most accomplished landscaping professionals reveals his methods for cultivating greatness. Nowadays, greatness tends to be measured by shortest or longest times, highest heights, medals won, honors given. But as Aristotle taught us, greatness is what we can do every day, without recognition or reward, for the satisfaction that comes from meeting the challenge, creating a team, and overcoming the odds. Under Jeff McManus’s leadership as Director of Landscape Services, the Ole Miss campus has won professional awards—and been cited by Newsweek and Princeton Review as America’s “most beautiful campus.” In Growing Weeders into Leaders, he relates the principles behind his team’s success. It is an entertaining and thoughtful look into the hearts and the workday lives of ordinary people who tapped into their inner greatness in pursuit of a vision. Creating one of America’s most beautiful college campuses at the University of Mississippi did not happen overnight and, inside these pages, McManus describes the joys, the defeats, the brilliant problem-solving and the best laid plans that are proven worthless . . . until the bigger picture appears. This is the bigger picture as viewed from the ground level—taking you through the practical applications of empowering people to experience not only what it means to grow outstanding landscapes, but also to grow greatness in themselves and encourage it in others. “A straightforward approach to problem-solving and methods to grow individuals into a team.” —Susanne Woodell, CGM Historic Gardens Manager, Biltmore

Author : Anne L. Douglass
Publisher : Teachers College Press
ISBN 13 : 0807758353
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.59/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leading for Change in Early Care and Education written by Anne L. Douglass and published by Teachers College Press. This book was released on 2017-09-08 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Featuring both research findings and practical recommendations, this book presents an innovative framework for nurturing leadership in the care and education of young children. Douglass calls for a paradigm shift in thinking that challenges many long-held stereotypes about the early care and education workforce's capacity to lead change.

Author : Steven Snyder
Publisher : Berrett-Koehler Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1609946464
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leadership and the Art of Struggle written by Steven Snyder and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2013-02-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: All Leaders Face Adversity. Exceptional Leaders Thrive in It. Leadership is often a struggle, and yet strong taboos keep us from talking openly and honestly about our difficulties for fear of looking weak and seeming to lack confidence. But Steven Snyder shows that this discussion is vital—adversity is precisely what unlocks our greatest potential. Using real-life stories drawn from his extensive research studying 151 diverse episodes of leadership struggle—as well as from his experiences working with Bill Gates in the early years of Microsoft and as a CEO and executive coach—Snyder shows how to navigate intense challenges to achieve personal growth and organizational success. He details strategies for embracing struggle and offers a host of unique tools and hands-on practices to help you implement them. By mastering the art of struggle, you’ll be better equipped to meet life’s challenges and focus on what matters most. “Leadership and the Art of Struggle provides you with the opportunity to learn from Snyder’s remarkable wisdom. It is a living guide that you can return to time and time again as new situations arise.” —From the foreword by Bill George, former CEO, Medtronic; Professor of Management Practice, Harvard Business School; and author of the bestselling True North “The leadership book of the year...one of the most intelligent, revealing, and practical books on the subject I have ever read. It confronts a vital truth: that challenge is the crucible for greatness and that these adversities introduce us to ourselves.” —Jim Kouzes, coauthor of the bestselling The Leadership Challenge “Steven Snyder covers all the bases from channeling your energy to managing conflict, including a great segment about overcoming your leadership blind spots...This encouraging book is a must-read!” —Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager and Great Leaders Grow “Leadership and the Art of the Struggle gives you clear and compelling advice on transforming pitfalls into possibilities.” —Jodee Kozlak, Executive Vice President, Human Resources, Target