The Handbook for Leaders: 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leaders - Brossura

Zenger, John H.; Folkman, Joseph

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ISBN 10: 0071435328 ISBN 13: 9780071435321

Casa editrice: McGraw Hill, 2004

Riassunto

<p>These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book's main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers.</p><p>A workplace-tested prescription for encouraging the behaviors and key drivers of effective leadership, from one of today's top training teams.</p>

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John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams.

Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.

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<p><b>The Handbook for Leaders</b></p><p><b>24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership</b></p><p>"What makes a great leader?"</p><p>Thousands of workers in both North America and Europe were asked that one simple question. Their top responses are compiled in <i>The Handbook for Leaders</i>. This precise, no-nonsense rulebook lists the 24 competencies and guidelines identified time and again as essential for becoming an effective and extraordinary leader, including:</p><ul><li>Focus on results </li><li>Cultivate interpersonal skills </li><li>Lead organizational change </li><li>Learn from mistakes </li><li>Develop your people </li><li>Be open to new ideas </li><li>Take initiative </li><li>Build strengths </li><li>Fix fatal flaws </li><li>Take a non-linear approach </li><li>Be accountable </li></ul><p>The ability to lead is far more than just a natural gift. Study after study shows that leadership is a concrete and learnable skill, one that can be acquired and honed by studying and applying specific proficiencies, attitudes, and habits. Let <i>The Handbook for Leaders </i>introduce you to the requirements for effective leadership, then provide you with a systematic program for attaining, developing, and implementing those skills.</p><p><b>John H. (Jack) Zenger, D.B.A.</b>,<b> </b>is executive vice president and a director of Provant, Inc., and the author or coauthor of a number of books on the drivers and principles of leadership, including <i>The Extraordinary Leader </i>and <i>Results-Based Leadership</i>.</p><p><b>Joe Folkman, Ph.D.</b>, is managing director of Novations Group, Inc., and the author of <i>Turning Feedback Into Change</i>, <i>Making Feedback Work</i>, and <i>Employee Surveys That Make a Difference</i>.</p>

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: McGraw Hill
• Data di pubblicazione: 2004
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0071435328
• ISBN 13: 9780071435321
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 64
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
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