Download or read book Leadership for Colonels and Business Managers written by Colonel Alok Asthana and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-04-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can learn to lead as well as to manage. • Would you much rather be loved or respected? • Can you lead and delegate as per the capabilities of the follower? • Do you decide by intuition or by using Game Theory techniques? • Do you know that too much synergy, consensus and motivational gimmicks are harmful? Col Alok Asthana shares observations from a distinguished, 42-year career in military command, teaching, industry and consultancy. How many consultants and authors you know can boast of such wide hands-on experience as well as academic knowledge? Backed by researches in organizational behavior and group dynamics, these ‘How to’, ‘Why’ and ‘Why not’ hacks will change your leadership and management style forever. The book covers essential knowledge and techniques for the one-to-one processes between the leader and the team, the one-to-many processes of the group, organisation development, leader behavior, better thinking & decision making and finally, topics of specific interest to the combat leader. Not bromides and clichés, but specific guidance essential for teams in military and business alike, usually not made available to them. It has a real world touch and demolishes many myths. Each chapter is a stand-alone; complete and useful in itself. Numerous anecdotes, analogies and quotes make the book a racy and lively read. The book is a practitioner’s delight. Grab it and race ahead of the pack. Follow these instructions and the men will literally die for you, even in business organisations.
Download or read book Leadership for Colonels and Business Managers written by Colonel Alok Asthana and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2024-07-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An authoritative guide to help you leaders and managers get the best out of your teams. A well-established practitioner puts across knowledge and techniques critical for middle managers - all in a racy, reader-friendly style. Daily leadership based on organizational behaviour and group dynamics. You can learn to lead as well as to manage. Would you much rather be loved or respected? Can you lead and delegate as per the capabilities of the follower? Do you decide by intuition or by using Game Theory techniques? Do you know that too much synergy, consensus and motivational gimmicks are harmful? Col Alok Asthana shares observations from a distinguished, 42-year career in military command, teaching, industry and consultancy. How many consultants you know can boast of such wide hands-on experience as well as academic knowledge? Backed by researches in organizational behavior and group dynamics, these 'How to', 'Why' and 'Why not' hacks will change your leadership and management style forever. The book covers essential knowledge and techniques for the one-to-one processes between the leader and team, the one-to-many group processes, organization development, leader behaviour, better thinking & decision making and finally, topics of specific interest to the combat leader. Not bromides and clichés, but specific step-by-step guidance that helps teams in military and business alike. The book has a real-world touch and demolishes many myths. Each chapter is a stand-alone; complete and useful by itself. Numerous anecdotes, analogies and quotes make the book racy and lively reading. Grab it and race ahead of the pack. Follow these instructions and the men will literally die for you.
Download or read book How to Become an Influential Leader written by Lt Col Chris T S Mendoza and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2021-09-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lieutenant Colonel Chris T. S. Mendoza, an active-duty Air Force officer, leverages his 17 years of military experience and 8 years' experience in the private sector to put together this narrative. He explains how military leadership can be effectively applied to the corporate arena. Colonel Mendoza has taught leadership at Air University, Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, and created his very own leadership model, which he thoroughly explains in his book. Furthermore, Colonel Mendoza shares his experiences from Afghanistan, specifically when he was involved in outside-the-wire combat missions with the US Army, US Navy, and with the Afghan National Army. From his deployment, he is able to extract some leadership lessons and transcribes them in his book. Lastly, Colonel Mendoza utilizes some of the concepts from his Mechanical Engineering degree and from his MBA to strengthen the theories in his narrative. The desired end state of this book is to inspire the audience in becoming influential leaders, thereby increasing their company's net profits.
Download or read book Leadership Handbook written by United States. Army. Corps of Engineers and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Patton s One Minute Messages written by Charles M. Province and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2009-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of General Patton's "one liners" shows how business managers can succeed by applying the combat tested principles of one of American's greatest military leaders. General Patton was a professional soldier who spent his life inspiring people to accompllish the seemingly impossible. Now business managers can use his secrets to motivate their employees. The author uses brief quotes from the General to explain their inner philosophy and to obtain greater performance and productivity from employees. The book also presents corresponding references to both W. Edwards Deming and Walter A. Shewhart, two of America's experts on the subject of statistical quality control. This is not surprising when it is realized that fundamental principles of both military leadership and business management are universal.
Download or read book The Common Thread written by Colonel Jim M. Donihee and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2021-07-22 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Common Thread will guide both young entrepreneurs and seasoned CEOs to new heights of achievement and excellence in life and business. Through personal anecdotes, examples, and powerful observations drawn from a life of Leadership from across very senior roles in the military, private and not-for-profit sectors, Colonel Donihee clearly shows you that the common thread to excellence, regardless of the nature of your ventures-is people. He aptly shares his experience through his stories, diagrams, lists, templates, and summaries, which make this book an indispensable tool for assessing one’s own leadership abilities and taking action to grow personally and professionally. An in-depth and inspiring guide to better yourself and the teams that you lead.
Download or read book Be Know Do written by U.S. Army and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2010-03-09 with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The United States Army is one of the most complex, best run organizations in the world, and central to the Army's success are strong leadership and exceptional leadership development. Army leaders must be able to act decisively and effectively in challenging situations. But the Army, despite its organizational structure, does not train leaders in a hierarchical manner. Dispersed leadership is the key to the success of the Army leadership model. Now, for the first time, you can have access to the Army's successful leadership philosophy and the principles that are outlined in Be Know Do the official Army Leadership Manual. Be Know Do makes this critical information available to civilian leaders in all sectors--business, government, and nonprofit--and gives them the guidelines they need to create an organization where leadership thrives.
Download or read book Leading from the Front written by S. P. Wahi and published by Sterling Publications. This book was released on 2008-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a treatise on management by a world-renowned technocrat, a legend with over 58 years of hands-on-experience, within the country and abroad, in a variety of industrial manufacturing units, both in the public and private sectors, Army (corps of EME), management and technical institutes and professional associations. It is an invaluable guide which covers topics such as leadership development, long--term vision for growth of business, impact of morale and motivation of employees on enterprise performance, oil security and management of the oil sector for energy security and the impact of emotional intelligence of a leader and his knowledge of human psychology. It also gives insights into the use of the training and experience of service officers, for assisting the corporate world with distinction, as and when an opportunity arises. "Leading from the Front" is a priceless possession for policy-makers, politicians, bureaucrats, promoters, entrepreneurs, teachers and students of management, professional managers, historians, media professionals and officers of the armed forces. A definite ace up your sleeve to motivate yourself and those whom you manage.
Download or read book Lorenz on Leadership written by Stephen R Lorenzt and published by Military Bookshop. This book was released on 2012-10-01 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Leader Business written by Thomas Henry Magness, IV. and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every year, ineffective leadership costs American companies hundreds of millions of dollars in lost revenue, missed opportunities, preventable waste, and poor personnel decisions. How's your leadership? Are you getting the results you need? If not, maybe it's time for some basic training in leadership fundamentals. Drawing on over 25 years of military service, Tom Magness offers lessons learned in one of the world's foremost leadership laboratories: the U.S. Army. From the unforgiving environment of the National Training Center to Ranger training in the Florida swamps to the life-and-death stakes of combat operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, Leader Business examines how executives can use military leadership principles to achieve success in any organization. Leader Business takes the same proven four-step framework the Army uses to develop its leaders and applies it to the business world. You'll learn how to: * Plan an ambitious vision and get employee buy-in. * Prepare your team for "battle" by empowering them to take ACTION. * Execute winning strategies and adapt to changing conditions. * Learn the right lessons from every situation. These are the same battle-tested leadership practices used by the military leaders who earn high marks from the nation they serve. That's the power of Leader Business.
Download or read book WAR ROOM to BOARDROOM written by Patrick O'Farrell and published by Fulton Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2020-12-07 with total page 163 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: War room to Board room is a well-organized collection containing over 50 leadership techniques used by West Pointers who developed their leadership skills as top officers in the military and now apply these same techniques in business. Now as Chairman’s and CEOs, Medical Executive Doctors, Business Executives, Inventors and Founders of Companies built on Innovation, Combat Aviators, and current senior public executives offer their leadership lessons that helped them along the way. Each lesson told as a story when they learned it, then captured again at the end of the chapter with all lessons summarized at the end of the book for easy reference. A useful leader handbook to keep nearby on every business leader’s desk. “Very useful for leaders in any environment: business, military, church group efforts, sports, volunteer projects... Any place there is a group to be led, universal lessons that apply from war room to boardroom.” (Alex Gorsky, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Johnson & Johnson, West Point–Warrior Class) “Several war room to boardroom leadership examples included—a great read.” (Mike Durant, President and Founder, Pinnacle Solutions Inc., Author of In the Company of Heroes, Combat Aviator—Black Hawk Down) “Excellent Leadership Lessons inside. War Room to Boardroom gets my vote!” (Delvin Sullivan, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist, Author, of The Wealthy Child, Iraqi Freedom Veteran [2X]) “O’Farrell and Hegarty offer many hands-on tips to use when leading organizations to victory. Well done!” (Nick Logan, Founder and Chairman of Cornerstone Payment Systems, Author and Screenwriter, Owner, College Hula Bowl)
Download or read book Small Unit Leadership written by Dandridge M. Malone and published by Presidio Press. This book was released on 2009-05-27 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it take to get the job done? How do you get the men in your unit to do what you say? To follow you into battle and shoot to kill? How you build the confidence that spurs men on to do their job, to stand by their leader and each other? Praise for Small Unit Leadership “Identifies in very specific terms what company grade officers and non-commissioned officers (NCOs) must do to ensure winning in land battle.”—Marine Corps Gazette “Colonel Malone tackles the elusive topic of leadership with a real-world, pragmatic approach. This is not a book of intellectual theorization, but of specific techniques for leading soldiers on and off the battlefield.”—U.S.N.I. Proceedings “The author condenses volumes of psychological studies into a readable and exciting book on practical military leadership.”—ARMOR “Colonel Malone not only provides handy guides on what should be done and how it should be done . . . he also aids the reader in how to know that desired results are being achieved.”—Leatherneck
Download or read book Navigating Leadership Principles of General Management written by Dr. Anjali Dixit and published by SGSH publication. This book was released on 2024-07-03 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Navigating Leadership: Principles of General Management”underscores the roles and responsibilities of the General Manager in a sensible way, providing insight into what constitutes and distinguishes leadership and management. This authoritative guide delves into the wide range of skills, tools, and conceptual understanding that a successful general manager must acquire. Drawing on decades of combined experience, the authors explore both quantitative and qualitative aspects of the job, emphasizing how skilled managers move organizations from abstract goals to definitive action.
Download or read book My Life in Leadership written by Frances Hesselbein and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-01-06 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a clear and compelling voice, Frances Hesselbein delivers key leadership lessons. Tracing her own development as a leader, she narrates the critical moments that shaped her personally and professionally: from her childhood in Pennsylvania, to moving up from Girl Scout troop leader to Girl Scout CEO, to founding and leading the Leader to Leader Institute, to her friendships and experiences with some of the greatest leaders and thinkers of our time. Each chapter includes an inspirational story, a key lesson and how to apply it to daily life.
Download or read book Just Ask Leadership Why Great Managers Always Ask the Right Questions written by Gary B. Cohen and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: John T. Chain, Jr., rose from a second lieutenantto four-star general and led ournational missile defense program. Mike Harper led ConAgra Foods from$636 million to $20 billion in 20 years andincreased its stocks value 150 times over. Ask Gary Cohen what these remarkable leadershave in common and his answer will bestraightforward: They use questions to generatefresh ideas, inspire committed action, andbuild an army of forward-thinking leaders. In Just Ask Leadership, Cohen steers you awayfrom the all-too-common idea that if youdon’t assert yourself with strong statements,you will not be respected. On the contrary,statistics prove that 95 percent of employeesprefer to be asked questions rather than betold what to do. Involving employees andcolleagues in decision making processesbuilds an environment rich with energy, excitement,and innovative problem solving. Just Ask Leadership outlines not only specificquestions to ask in certain contexts, but alsohow to implement question-based leadershipas a whole. Learn how to Spend more time onlong-term goals—and lesson short-term crises Build a culture of accountability Create unity and trust throughoutyour workforce Steer decision making to the mostappropriate parties Develop rapport while instillingrespect When you ask questions, you show respect—and you are respected in turn. It is thatsimple. A combination of Cohen’s proven expertiseand interviews with nearly 100 highly effectiveleaders, Just Ask Leadership explains howto harness the power of questions to makeyour organization more competitive, moreprofitable, and a better place to work.
Download or read book Leadership written by Arthur Harrison Miller and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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