Download or read book Sensei Leader Workbook written by Jim Bouchard and published by . This book was released on 2015-03-25 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Workshop manual for THE SENSEI LEADER. For more information visit ThatBlackBeltGuy.com.

Download or read book The Sensei Leader written by Jim Bouchard and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-04-06 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An intimate portrait of the human side of leadership, The Sensei Leader is about discovering the leader in each of us, in all of us--regardless of title, rank or position. The Sensei Leader is based on the author's transformation from loser to leader; from drug abuser and dropout to Black Belt and Sensei. This is not, however, an autobiography. Rather, the author draws on his experiences and his extensive study of philosophy and martial arts to craft a highly personal portrait of an effective leader. The Sensei Leader provides a practical guide to the essential characteristics of the true leader with particular emphasis on Courage, Compassion and Wisdom. The book also highlights 8 Strategies and 5 Tactics every leader can use to be more effective.

Download or read book The Pocket Sensei Volume I Standard Edition written by Hal Macomber and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Lean is all the buzz these days, Lean leadership is wanting. The pervasive focus on Lean tools distracts from from the important work of developing Lean leaders at all levels of organizations. Success with Lean requires change. All organizational change requires leadership. Growing leaders of all types can be a long process. Growing Lean leaders takes a bit more work. While it s easy to declare that an organization is adopting Lean as their operating strategy, in practice, Lean challenges so much about we hold to be true and we credit to our success. Lean leaders must replace their current automatic ways of engaging with people and work while helping others to do the same.

Download or read book The Pocket Sensei written by Hal Macomber and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While Lean is all the buzz these days, Lean leadership is wanting. The pervasive focus on Lean tools distracts from the important work of developing Lean leaders at all levels of organizations. Success with Lean requires change. All organizational change requires leadership.Growing leaders of all types can be a long process. Growing Lean leaders takes a bit more work. While it's easy to declare that an organization is adopting Lean as their operating strategy, in practice, the true practice is to challenge what we hold to be true and the beliefs we credit to our success. Lean leaders must replace their current automatic ways of engaging with people and work while helping others to do the same.The Pocket Sensei is the beginning of your journey.

Download or read book 8 STRATEGIES for ASPIRING LEADERS Workbook written by Jim Bouchard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-05-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Manual for 8 Strategies for Aspiring Leaders Workshop--part of The Sensei Leader Workshop series.

Download or read book Sensei Mentor Teacher Coach written by Kris Wilder and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Finally a book that will actually move the needle in closing the leadership skills gap found in all aspects of our society." – Dan Roberts, CEO and President, Ouellette & Associates Many books weave platitudes, promising the keys to success in leadership, secrets that will transform you into the great leader, the one. The fact of the matter is, however, that true leadership really isn't about you. It's about giving back, offering your best to others so that they can find the best in themselves. The methodologies in this book help you become the leader you were meant to be by bringing your goals and other peoples' needs together to create a powerful, combined vision. Content includes: Seven essentials of leadership Four keys to group unanimity Six ways to instantly improve problem solving Three steps to calibrating your internal compass Fifteen negative attitudes to banish from your brain Five ways to kill fear and move forward Three principles to utilize the genius of foolish ideas Learn how to access the deeper aspects of who you are, your unique qualities, and push them forward in actionable ways. Acquire this vital information and advance your leadership journey today. Kris Wilder is a small business owner, bestselling author, and martial arts instructor who teaches seminars worldwide. Currently a member of The Order of St. Francis, he has previously worked in public affairs and political consulting at the local and national levels. Lawrence Kane is a senior leader at a Fortune® 50 corporation where he is responsible for IT infrastructure strategy, sourcing, and asset management. A bestselling author, he has also worked as a business technology instructor, martial arts teacher, and security supervisor. "Had I had this book when I was starting out I would have been ahead of my peers and much wiser for it." – Kathy Rudy, Partner, Information Services Group "It's about increasing your contribution to, influence on, and satisfaction with reaching any stated objective." – Michael Murphy, Director, Bellevue WA School Board

Download or read book A New Book of 5 Rings written by Jim Bouchard and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-03-14 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 5 essential tactics to make you a more effective leader! Jim Bouchard is one of the world's most engaging thought leaders on the human aspects of leadership. Combining his life as a leader, a philosopher and a martial artist, the author offers a short and simple, yet profound exploration of the most fundamental tactics to help you lead effectively-- In business, in the community--in life. Bouchard is also the author of THE SENSEI LEADER and THINK Like a BLACK BELT.

Download or read book The Leadership Dojo written by Richard Strozzi-Heckler and published by Blue Snake Books. This book was released on 2011-03-22 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pioneering book on a new kind of leadership—one that draws on body awareness, ancient wisdom, and real-life corporate examples to empower the modern leader to “do well and do good at the same time" (James N. Baron, Yale School of Management). History is filled with accounts of great leaders, but how did they become so? Written for emergent leaders in any endeavor, this new work from renowned consultant Richard Strozzi-Heckler offers a new approach to leadership. The first book of its kind to base business and management strength on integral body awareness, the book presents key principles such as shugyo, or self-cultivation, as crucial in developing the individual responsibility, social commitment, and moral and spiritual vision required to lead with authority and efficacy. The Leadership Dojo is based on three questions: What does a leader do? What are the character values most essential to exemplary leadership? How do you teach these values? Drawing on the wisdom of ages from Plato to the Bhagavad-Gita, from Thucydides to the Abidharma, the book asserts that understanding and answering these questions holds the key to superior leadership skills. Strozzi-Heckler teaches with real-world examples based on his wide experience training decision-makers at companies like AT&T and Microsoft. The book’s multifaceted approach helps readers establish a powerful Leadership Presence, a platform from which they can take ethical action with compassion and pragmatic wisdom. “I would not dream of leading a team without relying on the teachings of Richard Strozzi-Heckler. It would be like skiing without the snow.” —Nancy J. Hutson, Senior Vice President, Pfizer Research & Development

Download or read book Inspire Empower Guide written by Jim Bouchard and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2023-12-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today's most effective leaders don't motivate--they Inspire. They know that people perform at their best when--and only when--they know their leaders care, their work has meaning, and they know they have a real opportunity to learn, grow and develop. To bring out the best in others you've got to reach their hearts--not just their heads. You need to... Inspire, Empower, and Guide. This short book holds the key. Jim Bouchard is an internationally recognized speaker and one of today's leading proponents of "human-centric" leadership. For more than 10 years he's been helping leaders around the world connect more deeply with the people they serve to bring out the best in themselves and others. In "IEG," Bouchard inspires, empowers, and guides you to fully embrace, implement, and practice these essential disciplines which are too often ignored or undervalued in today's techno-centric environment. "The only true measure of your success as a leader is the success of your people. You succeed when--and only when--they succeed." That's the heart of my mission. Developing leaders who care--who put people first. Leaders willing to inspire, empower, and guide others to their very best. These aren't soft skills. They're HARD ASSETS. Jim Bouchard Jim Bouchard is an international speaker and author. His other books include "Think Like a Black Belt," and "The Sensei Leader."

Download or read book The Sensei Way at Work written by Dan Prock and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2021-10-12 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sensei Way at Work follows in the wake of dozens of successful business books on the Toyota production system, lean enterprise, and the Toyota Way, yet it is unique. It identifies the five keys that sustain successful lean production in Western enterprises—a challenge that has stymied business leaders, managers, and lean coaches for decades. The first reason for our frequent inability to sustain the initial gains of lean startups is a misunderstanding of the Japanese term "kaizen mind." Many mistranslate it as a "hunger" for business efficiency and cost reduction. In fact, kaizen mind is a psychology of "mindfulness" joined with "creativity." And once evoked by a sensei, it can be applied (without training) when a leader mandates that employees and managers solve quality problems and redesign the work together. The second reason is our need to develop new change leaders who know "the way." A sensei immerses prospects in a series of challenges until they learn to do the work of change with the mind of a leader, that is, from the states of presence, flow, and compassion. Lasting organizational transformation becomes possible, even inevitable, when its leaders learn the five keys and realize "one big thing" in the Sensei Way.

Download or read book Discipled Leader written by Preston Poore and published by Kregel Publications. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A must-read for every leader." —Dan T. Cathy, Chairman and CEO at Chick-fil-A, Inc. Preston Poore has spent decades in corporate America. Despite all the excellent advice he was given for growing in leadership, there was something missing: a way to bring his Christian beliefs to bear in his professional life, not just his personal life. So Preston sought his own answer to how his faith could impact his management of hundreds of employees. What he discovered was this: the first step wasn't adjusting his leadership style. Instead, he needed to let God change him before he could effect real change in his workplace. And in order to model discipleship to his team, he needed to first be discipled by the Spirit. Here, in the day-to-day practice of being a disciple of Jesus Christ, Poore found where his faith and exceptional leadership intersect. Through personal stories, biblical principles, and hands-on workplace guidance, Poore offers readers a unique look at this seldom-discussed connection. He challenges struggling leaders to engage in the hard work of daily discipleship. And he charges experienced leaders to return to the fundamentals of their faith, encouraging them to disciple other Christians with leadership potential. For anyone wrestling with how to bring faith to the workplace, whether it be a cubicle or a boardroom, Discipled Leader reveals that leadership doesn't begin behind the desk--it begins in the soul.

Download or read book Learning to Lead Leading to Learn written by Katie Anderson and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY PRICING: Enjoy first-week pricing of $18.95 on paperback books! Regular retail pricing of $23.95 becomes effective on July 22nd. It all began with the initial chance meeting of this book's author, Katie Anderson, and the book's subject, Isao Yoshino. She was an American leadership coach and consultant in her mid-career, with a newfound love of Japanese culture. He was an accomplished Japanese people-centered leader at the end of his corporate career, with a lifelong love for American culture and 40 years of inside experience with the Toyota Way. During the next five years, Anderson and Yoshino spent countless hours learning from each other, reflecting on the past, and envisioning the future. The resulting book - written by Anderson and focused on the profound lessons offered by her mentor Yoshino -- is a beautiful, one-of-a-kind tapestry. Much like the weaving of fabric -- where the beginning work is but a glimpse of the final pattern -- this book was created from many layers of intertwined conversations and reflections. If you've ever been mentored -- in business or in life -- by someone whose words, experiences, and perspectives changed you for the better, you know that an entire book of such selfless generosity and deep wisdom could change the world. For today's business professionals -- dedicated to continuous learning and people-centered leadership -- this is that book. Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn is a leadership book that defies generational or cultural divides, offering a refreshing, proven perspective for all those who dare to lead. The Best Leaders Never Lose the Humility for Learning Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn is much more than a collection of Isao Yoshino's personal stories and insights. It's a memorable, entertaining, and poignant way to highlight important leadership lessons, to record pivotal moments in Toyota's history, and to create something to help veteran and aspiring leaders reflect and learn about themselves. Yoshino's experiences help us understand how Toyota intentionally developed the culture of excellence for which it is renowned today, and how one person "learned to lead" so that he could lead with an intention to learn ... every day and in every way. "The only secret to Toyota is its attitude toward learning." -- Isao Yoshino Let the Past Inform the Future: The Role of Reflection in Leadership By looking back at the past, we can learn and therefore shape our future. Through each story in this unique and inspiring book, Anderson shares Yoshino's experiences with leadership and learning, and his efforts at self-improvement while empowering others. Through those stories, you'll hear his reflections on what he learned then ... and what he is re-learning now with a different perspective as he looks back at the totality of his career. A must-read for those who: -- Want to become more people-centered leaders -- Currently practice lean or continuous improvement methods -- Serve in leadership, coaching, or operational management roles -- Want to learn more about Toyota's history and culture -- Are inspired by heartwarming stories of personal discovery and leadership With a foreword by John Shook, Chairman of the Lean Global Network.

Download or read book INSPIRED written by Marty Cagan and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-11-17 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How do today’s most successful tech companies—Amazon, Google, Facebook, Netflix, Tesla—design, develop, and deploy the products that have earned the love of literally billions of people around the world? Perhaps surprisingly, they do it very differently than the vast majority of tech companies. In INSPIRED, technology product management thought leader Marty Cagan provides readers with a master class in how to structure and staff a vibrant and successful product organization, and how to discover and deliver technology products that your customers will love—and that will work for your business. With sections on assembling the right people and skillsets, discovering the right product, embracing an effective yet lightweight process, and creating a strong product culture, readers can take the information they learn and immediately leverage it within their own organizations—dramatically improving their own product efforts. Whether you’re an early stage startup working to get to product/market fit, or a growth-stage company working to scale your product organization, or a large, long-established company trying to regain your ability to consistently deliver new value for your customers, INSPIRED will take you and your product organization to a new level of customer engagement, consistent innovation, and business success. Filled with the author’s own personal stories—and profiles of some of today’s most-successful product managers and technology-powered product companies, including Adobe, Apple, BBC, Google, Microsoft, and Netflix—INSPIRED will show you how to turn up the dial of your own product efforts, creating technology products your customers love. The first edition of INSPIRED, published ten years ago, established itself as the primary reference for technology product managers, and can be found on the shelves of nearly every successful technology product company worldwide. This thoroughly updated second edition shares the same objective of being the most valuable resource for technology product managers, yet it is completely new—sharing the latest practices and techniques of today’s most-successful tech product companies, and the men and women behind every great product.

Download or read book Southern Sensei written by Mark Preston and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-13 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The combination of southern hospitality and a structured recipe for lean operational success has led me to a passion for continuous improvement. I owe this passion and thinking to many mentors or sensei over the years. From the front porch to the board room, these lessons have translated into something a little bit simple but also a little bit unique. There are four key pillars in which this book has been created. Lessons: translating southern flair into improvement Questions: the best teachers ask the best questions Applications: effective lessons must be practiced to be effective Fun: passion translates to loving what you are doing for the right reasons The key lessons in lean include understanding the language of lean that anyone can understand, learning critical thinking elements that all leaders should know in order to successfully lead people and manage processes, creating system thinking and understanding, and learning tools that you can immediately implement at your company to engage your workforce and instantly uncover waste. This book has been designed to take your team on a structured and sustainable journey of improvement, not only as a team. It will also challenge your personal spirit of leadership. By applying these lessons in a fun way, it will inspire the entire team to take your company to a level of excellence

Download or read book Sensei Secrets written by Steven R. Leuschel and published by Align Kaizen. This book was released on 2020-12-26 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sensei Secrets features a study that performs qualitative interviews to identifies characteristics of the transition from the initiation to cultivation phases of mentor relationships at Toyota Georgetown from 1986 to 1992. This research illustrates how leaders experienced transformation within mentor relationships to achieve a mindset of self learning. Leuschel's findings may prove adaptable and beneficial for other leaders and executives adapting the Toyota Production System.As a bonus, In the Afterword, former Vice President, Russ Scaffede, describes how he created the first TPS House in the United States for conversations with then President Fujio Cho.

Download or read book Continuous Discovery Habits written by Teresa Torres and published by Product Talk LLC. This book was released on 2021-05-19 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "If you haven't had the good fortune to be coached by a strong leader or product coach, this book can help fill that gap and set you on the path to success." - Marty Cagan How do you know that you are making a product or service that your customers want? How do you ensure that you are improving it over time? How do you guarantee that your team is creating value for your customers in a way that creates value for your business? In this book, you'll learn a structured and sustainable approach to continuous discovery that will help you answer each of these questions, giving you the confidence to act while also preparing you to be wrong. You'll learn to balance action with doubt so that you can get started without being blindsided by what you don't get right. If you want to discover products that customers love-that also deliver business results-this book is for you.

Download or read book Matayoshi Kobudo written by Kimo Wall and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: