Download or read book Serenity for Leaders written by E.D. Johnson and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2011-10-12 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As leaders we have to constantly step up the plate. Seems there are always fires to put out. There is always customer service that could have used more care in packing fragile items so they do not break in transit. A computer installation that isnt completed satisfactorily so it needs redoing all over againwhile losing more person hours in the process. Situations similar to this can keep me running on empty for long hours. Make me lose my cool. Feel bumped out. These are all less than positive situations and vibes that keep a person down. Something happened; however, as I kept thinking about staying focused and productive with team building so team members would enjoy working together. We need to make WORK an appealing lifestyle condition so people like coming to work. It is a known fact that we spend at least one-third of our lives with our co-workers. Therefore, Im motivated to write another book on Serenity. My first book, Serenity: 30 Days to Rebalance Body-Mind-Spirit, inspires readers to meditate for self-enrichment, enjoy quiet time and rediscover their true potential from their inner source of, Serenity. This book, Serenity for Leaders: 30 Days to Honing True Leadership, is aimed at leaders of all stripespastors, military rank, corporate executives, school teachers, nursing staff managers, government agency supervisors, small business ownersanyone looking to develop a strong inner foundation based on serenity, poise and inner peace. Any reader interested in human relationships will find this book helpful for day-to-day living. Learning and mastering leadership skills are not only for appointed leaders. More significantly, leadership skills translate to self-mastery in understanding self and othersand is key to enhancing a quality work-life balance.
Download or read book Defining Moments written by Joseph L. Badaracco Jr. and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2016-08-16 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Business and Personal Values Collide “Defining moments” occur when managers face business decisions that trigger conflicts with their personal values. These moments test a person’s commitment to those values and ultimately shape their character. But these are also the decisions that can make or break a career. Is there a thoughtful, yet pragmatic, way to make the right choice? Bestselling author Joseph Badaracco shows how to approach these dilemmas using three case examples that, when taken together, represent the escalating responsibilities and personal tests managers face as they advance in their careers. The first story presents a young manager whose choice will affect him only as an individual; the second, a department head whose decision will influence his organization; the third, a corporate executive whose actions will have much larger, societal ramifications. To guide the decision-making process, the book draws on the insights of four philosophers—Aristotle, Machiavelli, Nietzsche, and James—who offer distinctly practical, rather than theoretical, advice. Defining Moments is the ultimate manager’s guide for resolving issues of conflicting responsibility in practical ways.
Download or read book The 5 Levels of Leadership written by John C. Maxwell and published by Center Street. This book was released on 2011-10-04 with total page 187 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this helpful book to learn about the leadership tools to fuel success, grow your team, and become the visionary you were meant to be. True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than "the boss" people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspire them. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results and build a team that produces. You need to help people to develop their skills to become leaders in their own right. And if you have the skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle of leadership—where experience will allow you to extend your influence beyond your immediate reach and time for the benefit of others. The 5 Levels of Leadership are: 1. Position—People follow because they have to. 2. Permission—People follow because they want to. 3. Production—People follow because of what you have done for the organization. 4. People Development—People follow because of what you have done for them personally. 5. Pinnacle—People follow because of who you are and what you represent. Through humor, in-depth insight, and examples, internationally recognized leadership expert John C. Maxwell describes each of these stages of leadership. He shows you how to master each level and rise up to the next to become a more influential, respected, and successful leader.
Download or read book The Thank You Room written by Serenity Bohon and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-18 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Serenity Bohon is twenty-nine, married to her childhood sweetheart, and mother to two young sons. After becoming pregnant again, Serenity is diagnosed with a rare, aggressive cancer. Now facing her worst fear, and struggling with what it means to have faith, she gathers around her the people she has loved. "I wanted to look at them, to watch them laugh," she says. "I wanted to thank them for making life great." As Serenity faces her life-threatening disease, and a growing fear about the life inside her, she leans on those she has learned from since childhood. She also finds from her children the will to fight and finds strength from those who faced the disease before her. She soon learns those around her have not come to watch her die but to teach her how to live. The Thank You Room is the story of how they survived together. In this second edition, the original story has been minimally updated for clarity. The prologue and epilogue have been updated to reflect events since the original diagnosis.
Download or read book The Wise Leader written by Paul D. Houston and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2013-11-05 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Core values and principles can sustain and inspire you during challenging times, and the more you practice and embody them, the more likely you are to become a wiser leader. Paul D. Houston, executive director emeritus of the American Association of School Administrators, and Stephen L. Sokolow, a founding partner and executive director of the Center for Empowered Leadership, offer eighteen core leadership values and principles to help you do the right things, in the right way, at the right time, and for the right reasons. The core values youll learn include how to focus on the positive; empower and uplift others; operate from a base of compassion; and recognize the seeds of wisdom. Wise leaders view all people as having natural gifts, and its important to help them grow. Whats more, supporting and valuing people encourages them to do more for you and for the organization. Enhance organizational productivity, creativity, and capacity by learning and applying eighteen core values of The Wise Leader. Never will you find such a constellation of distilled wisdom on leadership for all circumstances. Michael Fullan, professor emeritus, OISE/University of Toronto
Download or read book The H E A R T of Leadership written by Dr. Carla D. Brown and published by WestBow Press. This book was released on 2020-11-11 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The H.E.A.R.T. of Leadership: Understanding Key Characteristics Which Strengthen Organizational Capacity examines characteristics of leadership that helps to motivate employees’ efforts toward organizational goals. It further highlights the impact that Humility, Empathy, Agility, Responsibility, and Transparency (H.E.A.R.T.) has on the leader-follower relationship, affecting organizational productivity. While successful leaders are capable of motivating others toward common goals, extraordinary leaders can create social order, change organizational culture, and complete the mission of an organization. For this to occur, leaders must consider the organization’s most viable resources; its workers. Additionally, leaders should ensure that workers share the same espoused values as the leaders. This book explicates the critical nature of leadership characteristics on the overall effectiveness of organizations led by those with the H.E.A.R.T. to lead. “I particularly appreciated Carla’s insights in two areas; the sociological perspective and the leadership calling. A key thought from the Sociological perspective is ‘From a sociological perspective, leaders are viewed by what they represent. As Carla addresses leadership calling, she notes ‘Those who are called into leadership are given capabilities that must be sustained to fulfill their God-given purpose’ and ‘While many challenges exist for leaders when considering whether to make organizational changes, today’s Christian leaders can transform their organizations when using Scripture as a guide.’ This was insightful throughout. Congratulations Dr. Brown!” Dr. Diane Wiater, Regent University
Download or read book Leadership Results written by Sebastian Salicru and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-08-14 with total page 393 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A model for developing the leaders and delivering the leadership results the world needs Leadership Results explores the fall of traditional leadership thinking and the struggling multibillion dollar leadership development industry that is failing to deliver results, and explains the mindset, skills, ways of being and methods that will get results in the new context and evolving paradigm. The Leadership Results model is practical and predictive, providing a way forward for companies seeking to build sustainable leadership capacity, develop individual leaders, boost employee engagement and deliver breakthrough results through shared and collective leadership. Actionable steps guide you through the process of evolving leadership culture to see increased productivity, growth opportunities and ensured profitability borne on a culture of trust, collaboration, fairness and a commitment to innovation and real prosperity. Expert analysis debunks pervasive myths and assumptions surrounding leadership, employee engagement, and talent development, while demystifying the role technology plays in innovation and progress. Leaders, coaches, trainers, OD practitioners, change agents, and students will find insightful guidance, thought-provoking discussion and illustrative case studies that will help them: Rethink leadership to make a stronger impact Take bold action to change the status quo Marry strategic and innovation leadership into a force for real change Stop making the same mistakes and start forging a new path forward From the heads of state on down, all levels of leadership are experiencing a rapid loss of trust and confidence — and the glaring absence of results that follows. Unethical business practices are costing more than five per cent of the global GDP every year; citizens around the world have lost faith in the public and private sectors; only 13% of employees are engaged at work — clearly, there is a severe lack of effective leadership. Leadership Results provides a practical way forward through this global quagmire, with a clear, actionable model for leadership that works.
Download or read book Leadership written by Johnny R. Purvis and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Modern Leadership Development and Excellence written by DR.S.K.Babooa and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2013-05-23 with total page 135 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Congratulations on your decision to have a copy of this book in your life, Modern leadership development and excellence. Hundreds of thousands of people have seen their lives transformed positively by applying the golden petals of gems contained in this book. This is a book of your destiny. This masterpiece opens the gateway to success in your life. It awakens your zeal to cast off the veil that hides your authentic leadership. Your real nature emerges from the manifestation of the gems presented in this book. This is a worlds leading book written by the author, Dr.S.K. Babooa in our modern times. He is renounced for his leadership training courses, seminars, conferences and speeches In this book, Dr Babooa presents his own discovery on leadership development, which he has unraveled by working with people in different walks of life, for the last seventeen years. Dr Babooa says we quote `Dwell fully in the present moment by opening a new chapter of this book in your life. Dr Babooa gives numerous advices on leadership and provides the answers to lifes questions on leadership. Today, the world needs you as a model of excellence. This book is a source of inspiration, light and food for your mind. Therefore, enlighten your pathway towards leadership excellence and glisten like a star on this planet earth!
Download or read book Empower the Leader in You written by Joan F. Marques and published by Joan Marques. This book was released on 2004-12 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Joan Marques has personified making a difference and establishing change throughout her personal and professional life. After a successful media career in South America, she reinvented herself by moving to California, and embarking on a journey of education enhancement and knowledge sharing. Dr. Marques facilitates various university courses in Business, Leadership, and Management, and writes for audiences around the globe. Empower the Leader in You! is a compilation of 37 articles that are focused on enhancing the reader's awareness in the skills necessary to achieve excellence in leadership, whether it pertains to self-leadership or guidance of others. The book is conveniently divided in 4 sections: Leadership as a Phenomenon, Working on Your Inner Qualities, Polishing Your Leadership Mirror, and Involving Your Environment. As this book focuses mainly on improving one's individual leadership skills, the emphasis is mainly placed on the second and third section. Realizing the fast pace in which most people have to go through life, and the little time they have for reading, all articles are independent from each other, while at the same time: short and sweet, so that one can read this book in intervals without losing track of its essence.
Download or read book Leaders Who Last written by Margaret J. Marcuson and published by Church Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2009-03-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An introduction and guide to “sustainable ministry,” which empowers pastors and church leaders to focus on their inner resources for proactive leadership. Church leadership does not have to be a recipe for burnout. There is an easier way, one that is doable, effective, and sustainable. It is counterintuitive, so help is needed to get it right. In this book, Margaret Marcuson shares her experiences and guides church leaders to a more sustainable leadership. In this book, learn how you can: Be more of a leader and less of a controller. Adopt a new system of seeing yourself and those you lead. Focus on yourself and the resources you bring rather than trying to help, fix, or change others. Respond to others with clarity, calm, and creativity. Remain more thoughtful during challenge and crisis. Increase your influence without increasing your workload. Reduce your overall stress about issues of congregational life.
Download or read book Leadership Studies written by Ronald E. Riggio and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This unique, cross-disciplinary volume encourages a new synthesis in the vibrant field of leadership studies. Comprising reflective conversations among scholars from different disciplines, the contributors explore common ground for new research and ideas. Beginning with chapters by noted experts in fields such as psychology, education and philosophy, the contributors present the key contributions from their disciplines. A final section provides an integration of the different disciplinary approaches. Through sustained critical interrogation and discussion, the goal is to discover to what extent ïleadership studiesÍ exists, or can exist, as a meaningful discipline. Taken as a whole, the book presents a vigorous and timely picture of the diversity of contemporary leadership studies. A must-read for serious scholars and students of leadership, this accessible and insightful book will be an exemplary foundational text for understanding the breadth and reach of interdisciplinary leadership studies.
Download or read book Advances in Intelligent Networking and Collaborative Systems written by Leonard Barolli and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-08-28 with total page 554 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the fast development of the Internet, we are experiencing a shift from the traditional sharing of information and applications as the main purpose of the Web to an emergent paradigm, which locates people at the very center of networks and exploits the value of people's connections, relations, and collaboration. Social networks are also playing a major role in the dynamics and structure of intelligent Web-based networking and collaborative systems. Virtual campuses, virtual communities, and organizations strongly leverage intelligent networking and collaborative systems by a great variety of formal and informal electronic relations, such as business-to-business, peer-to-peer, and many types of online collaborative learning interactions, including the emerging e-learning systems. This has resulted in entangled systems that need to be managed efficiently and in an autonomous way. In addition, latest and powerful technologies based on grid and wireless infrastructure as well as cloud computing are currently enhancing collaborative and networking applications a great deal but also facing new issues and challenges. The principal purpose of the research and development community is to stimulate research that will lead to the creation of responsive environments for networking and, at longer term, the development of adaptive, secure, mobile, and intuitive intelligent systems for collaborative work and learning. The aim of the book is to provide latest research findings, innovative research results, methods and development techniques from both theoretical and practical perspectives related to intelligent social networks and collaborative systems, intelligent networking systems, mobile collaborative systems, secure intelligent cloud systems, etc., as well as to reveal synergies among various paradigms in such a multi-disciplinary field intelligent collaborative systems.
Download or read book Servant Leadership written by Robert K. Greenleaf and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly influential book is filled with prophetic essays on what Greenleaf coined "autocratic leadership" with a holistic approach.
Download or read book Achieve Leadership Genius written by Drea Zigarmi and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06 with total page 379 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does it really take to become a great leader? Commitment, hard work...and a framework for leading that gives you clarity when chaos is all around you. That framework exists. It's called leadership in context. This book will help you master it, and put it to work. You'll discover high-level and micro-level techniques you need to achieve breakthrough effectiveness. You'll practice them, internalize them, make them yours. This book draws on more than forty years of research and the extraordinary personal experience of three renowned leadership consultants. Its techniques are tested. Proven. They're not a quick fix. But, as thousands of leaders can tell you, they work --Back cover.
Download or read book Journey from Head to Heart written by Nancy Oelklaus and published by Loving Healing Press. This book was released on 2008-01-01 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A toolkit for those who are exhausted from solving never-ending problems and working harder and harder and not arriving at their destination, this resource discusses how to live and work from the power of the human spirit.
Download or read book A Measure of Serenity written by Bryan Prosek and published by CamCat Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A million thoughts, but only one right thing to do. Eighteen-year-old Serenity Ashdown has a brilliant mind: she counts, calculates, and analyzes everything, all the time. Awkward. When her father suddenly disappears, Serenity follows his trail to a parallel dimension. The feds on the other side claim to want to help her go home, if she helps them reconstruct the right codes for the portal between worlds. But it’s soon clear they want something more: a gateway for invasion, because this version of Earth is dying. When Serenity learns that her alter-ego was killed in battle, she assumes “the other Serenity’s” identity and uses her unique abilities to lead the resistance in a mortal fight against the tyrannical super-government that is poised to invade her universe. Serenity has no idea how to be someone she’s not, but she has to try—or she may not have a home to return to.
