Leading Small Business: Business Growth Through Leadership Development - Rilegato

Barnes, Stewart; Kempster, Steve; Smith, Sue

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ISBN 10: 1783475498 ISBN 13: 9781783475490

Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 2015

Riassunto

This is one of the first books to fully value and realise the connection between leadership and learning in SMEs. It provides a real-life narrative, encapsulating the development of business people on a leadership programme for SME managers, whilst explaining the key theories, models and techniques that underpin the leadership methods and approaches deployed at each stage of the delegate’s journey. The book follows three owner/managers over a ten-month period. Each chapter splits into two – an aesthetic narrative on the learning journey and a ‘theory sandwich’, which draws the reader’s attention to the theories, models and debates underpinning the learning at each stage of the delegate’s journey. Academics as well as students will benefit from the research-based examination of leadership learning in the SME context, as it will allow them to stand in the shoes of owners or managers. Policy makers and practitioners will also find the narrative both revealing and informative.

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Recensione

The top 50 US corporations lose $50 billion a year through failed strategy implementation, i.e. poor leadership. Without effective leadership, even the most outstanding growth strategies will fail. But whilst no one has succeeded in defining precisely what leadership is, there are nonetheless common elements that this book has brilliantly identified in the context of SMEs. The two ingredients of profitable growth are: a robust, customer-centred strategy and inspirational leadership. They go hand in hand. They are inseparable. I will recommend this excellent book to all my SME clients. --Malcolm McDonald, Cranfield University School of Management, UK

'This book is a winner. LEADing Small Business is a must read for leaders, leadership scholars, and leadership development practitioners. The book bridges the gaps between these groups to introduce an exciting new model for how they can learn both from and with each other to develop effective leadership in SMEs. Blending practitioners narratives, detailed accounts of their development process, and a healthy platter of theory sandwiches, the book brings academic theory alive for practitioners and highlights the theoretical significance of small business leadership experience.' - - --Eric Guthey, The Copenhagen Business School, Denmark

'This could be the most important leadership book you have ever purchased. Underpinned by Steve Kempster s research and operationalised so well by Stewart Barnes and Sue Smith, the LEAD Programme is the shining light of British Leadership Development. Having participated in the research, and joined in the teaching, and having been a recipient of the programme, I can vouch for it LEAD works. But here s the thing ... it is not just for SMEs.' - - --Ken Parry, Deakin University, Australia

L'autore

Stewart Barnes, Founder and Managing Director, QuoLux Ltd, Steve Kempster, Professor of Leadership Learning and Development, Lancaster University Management School and Sue Smith, Director, Centre for SME Development, University of Central Lancashire, UK

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• Editore: Edward Elgar Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1783475498
• ISBN 13: 9781783475490
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 252