Download or read book Six Paths to Leadership written by Mark A. Clark and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-15 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paths that leaders walk significantly influence their success, offering differential opportunities and challenges. While conventional wisdom suggests that leadership styles and approaches may be equally effective across all situations, more recent research demonstrates the importance of employing strategies more specifically aligned with the context. This book offers critical insights and strategies, currently missing from the repertoire of leaders and their supporters, for managing across six distinct paths into leadership positions: promoted, hired, elected, appointed, founded, and family legacy. It illustrates lessons drawn from within and across paths, presented through themes, quotes, and stories drawn from interviews with over 60 successful leaders (executives, politicians, entrepreneurs, and more). While it is evident that these paths differ, those who study, hire, mentor, and coach leaders rarely consider the distinctions, nor suggest what may be learned across the paths. The emerging leaders, HR professionals, researchers, and coaches among the book’s readers will learn not only from those who have walked one particular path, but also from the experiences of those trekking in other directions. Most leaders will cross from one path to another over the course of their career. Some executives interviewed for the book worked their way up the ladder in one company, only to be recruited to fill a C-suite position in another company. Others were appointed to high-level government positions after stints as elected officials. The authors identify major distinctions when moving across the six paths. By reading this book, leaders and those who support them will develop greater self-awareness about each path so they can better leverage and manage their new challenges and opportunities from the first day in their new leadership position.
Download or read book Paths to Power written by Anthony J. Mayo and published by Harvard Business Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces changes in the demographic composition of American business leadership. Through statistical analysis of their large leadership database and biographical sketches of individuals who rose to the top of corporate America, this book reveals mechanisms of advancement. It is intended for scholars, practitioners, and journals.
Download or read book Paths to Leadership in the Senior Living Industry written by Matthew Lifschultz and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book assembles many of the great leaders of the senior living and care industry to discuss their paths to and views on leadership. Each chapter provides readers with ideas, information, and inspiration on how to achieve leadership in this dynamic, mission-focused industry. It includes various strategies for success, such as promoting meaning and purpose in corporate culture, making decisions in the absence of perfect information, managing your personal assets of relationships and reputation, and finding competitive advantages through technology, training, and team-building. These leaders also share their experiences responding to COVID-19 and discuss how the pandemic may change the future of leadership in the industry. Whether your path starts in gerontology, nursing, social work, design, real estate, finance, law, operations, or technology, and whether one pursues work in the private, nonprofit, or government sectors, this volume provides a valuable resource for all aspiring and developing leaders in the senior living industry.
Download or read book Leadership Development written by Manuel London and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-09-01 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership Development explores how leaders gain and use self-knowledge for continuous improvement and career development and describes how leaders help themselves and the people with whom they work, understand themselves, and become more self-determined, continuous learners, and make the most of resources, such as feedback and coaching. This book explains why leaders need support for self-insight and professional growth in today's business environment. It explores dimensions of effective leadership in light of business, technological, and economic trends. Focusing on the importance of leaders developing accurate self-understanding, the book defines self-insight, outlines the meaning of internal strength and resilience for self-regulation, and considers how leaders attain a meaningful and realistic sense of self-identity. This volume illustrates ways organizations support these psychological processes. Leadership development is viewed as a comprehensive, continuous process that includes evaluating organizational needs and individual competencies, setting goals for career development and performance improvement, offering needed training and growth experiences, providing feedback, and tracking change in behavior and performance over time. It describes how leaders react to feedback and how 360-degree feedback survey methods and executive coaching help leaders attain and apply self-insight to enhance their performance. In addition, this book considers challenges and opportunities for leadership development, including how leaders overcome career barriers and become continuous learners.
Download or read book Eight Paths to Leadership written by Belva C. Collins and published by Paul H Brookes Publishing. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Because of their expertise in working with children with disabilities, special education teachers are often propelled into leadership roles in their schools, districts, and communities. Leadership in Special Education will provide special educators with the rationale for embracing a leadership role in their profession along with the guidelines and skill set needed to achieve this goal. Through this book, special education teachers will learn how to conduct classroom research, mentor and provide consultation and professional development to other educators, work effectively with families, advocate for special education issues locally and at the state and national levels, actively participate in disability-related organizations, and more. Each chapter of the book includes interviews with real special education leaders who offer strategies and advice. Other features include reflection questions prompting teachers to reflect on their leadership potential and a list of further resources"--
Download or read book Synchronicity written by Joseph Jaworski and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2011-05-30 with total page 467 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Using his own story, the international bestselling author shows readers how 3 changes in mindset can help them shape their future. Synchronicity is an inspirational guide to developing the most essential leadership capacity for our time: how we can collectively shape our future. Through the telling of his life story, Jaworski posits that a real leader sets the stage on which “predictable miracles,” seemingly synchronistic in nature, can—and do—occur. He shows that this capacity has more to do with our being—our total orientation of character and consciousness—than with what we do. Leadership, he explains, is about creating—day by day—a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and are able to participate in shaping the future. He describes three basic shifts of mind required if we are to create and discover an unfolding future—shifts in how we see the world, how we understand relationships, and how we make commitments—and offers a new definition of leadership that applies to all types of leaders. “A deeply personal and moving narrative that opens up new vistas on compassion, commitment, and connectedness—and hence on leadership.” —James MacGregor Burns, Pulitzer Prize–winning presidential biographer and Woodrow Wilson Professor of Government, Emeritus, Williams College “An insightful, profound, and readable contribution to understanding the personal side of leadership.” —Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Ernest L. Arbuckle Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School, and author of SuperCorp “An unusually thoughtful exploration of the “inner” aspects of leadership, particularly in the business arena.... Eschewing easy answers and ten-point plans to success, presenting the insights he has garnered from forward-looking thinkers including David Bohm and Rupert Sheldrake, Jaworski offers a searching and wise brief that deserves to be read in boardrooms everywhere.” —Publishers Weekly
Download or read book Reframing the Path to School Leadership written by Lee G. Bolman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2002-03-12 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book uses a series of dialogues between a novice and a master teacher, and between a new and seasoned principal to view common challenges and to solve their most difficult problems. The authors demonstrate how framing, and then reframing challenges brings clarity, helps to anticipate problems, and leads to more comprehensive and powerful leadership strategies.
Download or read book Women s Leadership Development written by Gelaye Debebe and published by Routledge Studies in Leadership Research. This book was released on 2019 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Readers come to the topic of leadership development with multiple interests¿intellectual, professional, and personal¿and with curiosity about how to apply concepts and tools to themselves and to support others. Women¿s Leadership Development: Caring Environments and Paths to Transformation addresses these concerns. The book offers an interdisciplinary framework of leadership effectiveness and brings this framework to life with detailed and illuminating descriptions of four leadership transformations facilitated by care-practices used in a specific leader development program. The book will be of interest to academics who teach leadership or conduct leadership research, HR professionals who are seeking fresh ideas for how to maximize the impact of leadership training for women, and anyone with a passion for personal growth and development.
Download or read book Reframing the Path to School Leadership written by Lee G. Bolman and published by Corwin Press. This book was released on 2018-09-14 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The indispensable leadership companion—updated and more relevant than ever! Part leadership manual, part short novel, this unique best-seller uses dialogues between a novice and a master teacher and between a new and a seasoned principal to illuminate how the simple act of viewing a problem through different lenses—political, human resources, structural, or symbolic—can reveal better options and solutions. Featuring reflective questions and solid strategies for meeting real-life challenges, the third edition also includes New views on building morale in challenging times A revamped discussion of mandates, standards, and rubrics A celebration of educators as skilled professionals Expanded conversations about hope, faith, and parental involvement Sometimes all it takes to solve a problem is to reframe it by listening to wise advice from a trusted mentor.
Download or read book The Manager s Path written by Camille Fournier and published by "O'Reilly Media, Inc.". This book was released on 2017-03-13 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Managing people is difficult wherever you work. But in the tech industry, where management is also a technical discipline, the learning curve can be brutal—especially when there are few tools, texts, and frameworks to help you. In this practical guide, author Camille Fournier (tech lead turned CTO) takes you through each stage in the journey from engineer to technical manager. From mentoring interns to working with senior staff, you’ll get actionable advice for approaching various obstacles in your path. This book is ideal whether you’re a new manager, a mentor, or a more experienced leader looking for fresh advice. Pick up this book and learn how to become a better manager and leader in your organization. Begin by exploring what you expect from a manager Understand what it takes to be a good mentor, and a good tech lead Learn how to manage individual members while remaining focused on the entire team Understand how to manage yourself and avoid common pitfalls that challenge many leaders Manage multiple teams and learn how to manage managers Learn how to build and bootstrap a unifying culture in teams
Download or read book Leadership Under Construction written by H. Darrell Young and published by R&L Education. This book was released on 2004 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership Under Construction is sure to become a self-development tool that supports students and teachers in building a conceptual foundation for leadership. The book is intended to be a teacher facilitation workbook where ownership is transferred from author to teacher and from teacher to student. The material is a catalyst of thought, knowledge, and understanding where teachers assist students in applying the principles and concepts of leadership and bring continuous attention to how they are connected.
Download or read book The Path To True Leadership written by Charles L Gill and published by . This book was released on 2021-04-23 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We must be intentional with our lives and decide to grow continually to become an inspirational individual with the right attitude who strives to achieve spiritual, personal, and professional growth, then move to the next stage, LEADERSHIP!
Download or read book A Warrior s Path written by Robert a Trivino and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-28 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is my personal journey through one of the greatest warrior and leadership cultures of today, which ultimately provided me with defining leadership characteristics and the skills of a serious warrior. Nobody is born a great leader, they are made through hard work and determination. My first Indian name given to me by the medicine man when I was a child was Bobcat. As I grew and became a young man, I returned home from my first combat experience and was given my warrior's name, Evergreen Mountain. I am an American, first and foremost, but I am also a Pueblo and Yaqui Indian. I am a former member of the US Army's 18th Airborne Corps, 75th Ranger Regiment, and spent most of my career as an operational member of a Special Missions Unit under the United States Army Special Operations Command. These are some of my most important leadership lessons learned from the battlefield of the war on terror. It is my sincere hope that this book serves as a resource and a compass, providing direction and guidance for individuals seeking or in a leadership position.
Download or read book Building Leaders written by Charles R. Stoner and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is written for emerging leaders. It is designed to help these leaders bridge the gap from stepping into a position of leadership and emerging as a confident and respected difference-maker. Within this text, award-winning scholar and leader-coach Charles Stoner meets emerging leaders where they are and focus on the issues that are most problematic for them. From the development of leadership skills to the practice and application of successful strategies, Stoner offers tools, ideas, and evidence-based advice to these up-and-coming leaders in an indispensable text that is direct, pragmatic, and action-oriented. Major topics include: Recognition, development, and practice of organizational leadership skills. Enhancing interpersonal dynamics and relationships. Organizational politics and interpersonal influence, creativity and innovation, negotiation and conflict resolution. Handling problem situations; effectively utilizing diverse talents and personalities. Introduction to major leadership and interpersonal development techniques. Case studies.
Download or read book Diversity on the Executive Path written by Diane Dixon and published by ACHE Management. This book was released on 2019-08-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book is about the lived experiences on the executive path of 12 racially and ethnically diverse hospital and health system CEOs. It is based on interviews. It seeks to learn from the collective wisdom of all the executives to provide a unique glimpse, from their perspectives, into what it takes to navigate the challenges and opportunities of the executive path to the C-suite"--
Download or read book Inspired Leadership written by Chris Fuller and published by Rightpath Resources. This book was released on 2020-06-23 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Leadership is an adventure to be enjoyed not an ordeal to survive. If you're like a lot of leaders, you want to do well, but you've never been fully prepared to lead well. The endless frustrations from the fire-drill-chaos culture can leave you feeling like a workplace zombie. But it doesn't have to be that way. Chris Fuller leverages compelling, real-life tales of adventure to guide you through the InSPIRED Leadership Pathway, a proven process for your team or organization to achieve remarkable results with fully engaged team members. Discover practical insights with roll-up-your-sleeves-and-get-busy steps you can take today to embrace your own leadership adventure!
Download or read book Strengths Based Leadership written by Gallup and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two leadership consultants identify three keys to being a more effective leader: knowing your strengths and investing in others' strengths, getting people with the right strengths on your team, and understanding and meeting the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership.
