The Leaders Checklist

Author : Michael Useem
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1613631170
Total Pages : 129 pages
Book Rating : 4.71/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition written by Michael Useem and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Envision this scenario: An industrial manufacturer is breaking itself in three, and its board chair asks you, the chief financial officer, to step up to the helm of one of the spin-offs. You will take charge of everything, from plant operations and product marketing to human resources and governance practices. Are you ready to lead? In The Leader's Checklist, 10th Anniversary Edition: 16 Mission-Critical Principles, world-renowned leadership expert and Wharton professor Michael Useem shows you how to lead through any challenge—and shares how ITT's Denise Ramos did just that when she encountered this situation. In this illuminating guide, Useem offers a Leader's Checklist that will help you develop your ability to make good and timely decisions in unpredictable and stressful environments—for those moments when leadership really matters. To illustrate the principles, Useem examines where leaders go right—and wrong. He looks at:How Ramos, the former CEO of ITT, turned around the once-struggling enterprise; How AIG's tone-deaf response to the tumultuous events of the global financial crisis left the company vulnerable to one of the greatest corporate collapses in business history; andHow Virginia Rometty, the former executive chair of IBM, acquired and integrated a cloud-computing company to help turn around IBM's fortunes. Based on Useem's own research experience and an array of leadership investigators, thinkers, and practitioners, The Leader's Checklist offers actionable insights you can put into practice as a leader today.

Author : Michael Useem
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 1400047005
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leading Up written by Michael Useem and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2003-03-25 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today’s best leaders know how to lead up, a necessary strategy when a supervisor is micromanaging rather than macrothinking, when a division president offers clear directives but can’t see the future, or when investors demand instant gain but need long-term growth. Through vivid, compelling stories, Michael Useem reveals how upward leadership can transform incipient disaster into hard-won triumph. For example, U.S. Marine Corps General Peter Pace reconciled the conflicting priorities of six bosses by keeping them well informed and challenging their instructions when necessary. Useem also explores what happens when those who should step forward fail to do so—Mount Everest mountaineers might have saved themselves from disaster during a fateful ascent if only they had questioned their guides’ flawed decisions. Leading Up is a call to action. It asks us to get results by helping our superiors lead and by building on the best in everybody’s nature, and it offers a pragmatic blueprint for doing so.

Author : Michael Useem
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0812990587
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.84/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leadership Moment written by Michael Useem and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 1999-06-01 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Are you ready for the leadership moment? “Gripping adventure and actionable advice.”—Fast Company Merck’s Roy Vagelos commits millions of dollars to develop a drug needed only by people who can’t afford it • Eugene Kranz struggles to bring the Apollo 13 astronauts home after an explosion rips through their spacecraft • Arlene Blum organizes the first women's ascent of one of the world's most dangerous mountains • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain leads his tattered troops into a pivotal Civil War battle at Little Round Top • John Gutfreund loses Salomon Brothers when his inattention to a trading scandal almost topples the Wall Street giant • Clifton Wharton restructures a $50 billion pension system direly out of touch with its customers • Alfredo Cristiani transforms El Salvador’s decade-long civil war into a negotiated settlement • Nancy Barry leads Women's World Banking in the fight against Third World poverty • Wagner Dodge faces the decision of a lifetime as a fast-moving forest fire overtakes his firefighting crew.

Author : Michael Useem
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 1613630069
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leader's Checklist, Expanded Edition written by Michael Useem and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-09-20 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of The Leadership Moment comes a definitive checklist to help today's leaders act decisively when it counts the most. In this fast-reading and illuminating book, world-renowned leadership expert Michael Useem provides 15 guiding principles that form the core of the Leader's Checklist. He helps you to personalize your checklist to the unique needs and demands of your organization. To demonstrate the power of the Leader's Checklist, Useem examines accounts of extraordinary leadership, including the triumphant rescue of 33 miners in Chile. Based on solid research and.

Author : Brené Brown
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0399592520
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dare to Lead written by Brené Brown and published by Random House. This book was released on 2018-10-09 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.

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Author : Jim Sullivan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780971584914
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Multi-Unit Leadership written by Jim Sullivan and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-23 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Multi-Unit Leadership is the best-selling book used in over 170,000 businesses worldwide. Managing multiple units requires significantly different skills than managing just one. This book details those skills in seven distinct stages and shares the best practices from successful multiunit leaders worldwide. Perfect for regional managers and franchisees who need to know the difference between hands-on management and indirect influence. Written in a detailed and fun format perfect for today's Digital Age leaders, Multiunit Leadership examines the unique role and requirements of managers who are responsible for two to forty units. Our research with over 500 successful Multi-Unit Leaders (MULs) reveals the best practices and unique expertise that differentiates high-performing mulitunit leaders from average ones. Chockablock-full of specific examples, expert opinion and case-study scenarios, the seven leadership stages outlined in the book include: Brand Ambassador, Servant Leadership, Marketing Guru, Head Coach, Talent Scout, Synergist and Goal-Getter. You'll learn how to better manage time and projects, how to develop stronger teams, how to get maximum impact from your store visits, and how to consistently build sales by working smarter, not harder. Readers can assess their own strengths and challenges compared to the industry's best MULs at the end of each chapter and compile their own best practices relative to people, performance, and productivity. Companies using the book include McDonald's, American Express, Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Target, Jiffy Lube, Supercuts, Applebee's, and Sam's Club.

Author : Simon Sinek
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1591848016
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Leaders Eat Last written by Simon Sinek and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally in paperback: the New York Times bestseller by the acclaimed, bestselling author of Start With Why and Together is Better. Now with an expanded chapter and appendix on leading millennials, based on Simon Sinek's viral video "Millenials in the workplace" (150+ million views). Imagine a world where almost everyone wakes up inspired to go to work, feels trusted and valued during the day, then returns home feeling fulfilled. This is not a crazy, idealized notion. Today, in many successful organizations, great leaders create environments in which people naturally work together to do remarkable things. In his work with organizations around the world, Simon Sinek noticed that some teams trust each other so deeply that they would literally put their lives on the line for each other. Other teams, no matter what incentives are offered, are doomed to infighting, fragmentation and failure. Why? The answer became clear during a conversation with a Marine Corps general. "Officers eat last," he said. Sinek watched as the most junior Marines ate first while the most senior Marines took their place at the back of the line. What's symbolic in the chow hall is deadly serious on the battlefield: Great leaders sacrifice their own comfort--even their own survival--for the good of those in their care. Too many workplaces are driven by cynicism, paranoia, and self-interest. But the best ones foster trust and cooperation because their leaders build what Sinek calls a "Circle of Safety" that separates the security inside the team from the challenges outside. Sinek illustrates his ideas with fascinating true stories that range from the military to big business, from government to investment banking.

Author : Charlene Li
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0470636696
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Open Leadership written by Charlene Li and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential guide for leaders who want to use social media to be "open" while maintaining control "Be Open, Be Transparent, Be Authentic" are the current leadership mantras-but companies often push back. Business is premised on the concept of control and yet the new world order demands openness-leaders do not know how to be open and be in control. This must-have resource will help the modern leader understand how to lead in the new open world-where blogging, twittering, facebooking, and digging are becoming the norm. the author lays out the steps that leaders must take to transform their organizations and themselves into being "open" -and exactly what that will mean. Shows how to use social media to become an open organization Offers basic advice for leaders who are adapting to the new era of openness in the marketplace The author Charlene Li is one of the foremost experts on social media and technologies In easy-to-understand language, this book will help leaders orient themselves to social networking and other technological advances.

Author : Michael Unseem
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781610000000
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Leader's Checklist: 15 Mission-critical Principles written by Michael Unseem and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: