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On
Becoming a Leader
Author: Warren Bennis
In On Becoming a Leader, management expert Warren Bennis shows how
individuals develop leadership traits and how organizations encourage or stifle
potential leaders. Bennis profiles dynamic figures from diverse business arenas
-- Fortune 500 companies, the entertainment industry and political and
nonprofit groups -- to demonstrate how all leaders share distinctive
characteristics. This provocative examination will encourage all aspiring
leaders to take risks, embrace change and transform their visions into
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The
Empowered Manager: Positive Political Skills at Work
Author:
Peter Block
Block introduces the path to empowerment and
shows managers the inherent pressures that discourage initiative, dull
creativity, and dissuade risk taking. Readers learn how to create a strong
vision of the future--one that encourages the best in themselves and in those
around them. |
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The
Leadership Challenge : How to Keep Getting Extraordinary Things Done in
Organizations
Authors: James M. Kouzes, Barry Z.
Posner
Emphasizing the critical role of leadership in
human organizations, a leadership handbook offers guidelines for business,
government, education, and community sectors that take into account the
ever-changing needs of modern-day life. |
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Take
Time for Your Life : A Personal Coach's Seven-Step Program for Creating the
Life You Want
Author: Cheryl Richardson
Personal coach Cheryl Richardson helps people create the lives they
want. In Take Time for Your Life, she shows you how to switch from being
stressed, unfulfilled, and overworked, to "living a life you love" by using a
seven-step process. |
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How to
Make Meetings Work
Author: Michael Doyle, David
Straus
Tested on more than 10,000 participants, the
Interaction Method of conducting meetings is proven to increase productivity by
up to 15 percent. Demonstrating how time and people can be better used in
meetings, this thorough manual is indispensable for any organization--from
large corporations to the PTA. |
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Dealing With People You Can't Stand
Author: Dr. Rick Brinkman,
Dr. Rick Kirschner
Do you know people who try to
intimidate you? Or who waffle about decisions? Do you ever get tired of
hearing, "That won't work," or "It's not my fault"? Now devotees of Brinkman
and Kirschner's seminars and tapes can enjoy their insights in book form, while
new fans discover the duo's tested techniques for bringing out the best in
people at their worst. With wit and wisdom, the authors identify the 10 types
of difficult people on the job-including tanks, snipers, grenades,
know-it-alls, and think-they-know-it-alls. Step by step, they show exactly how
to get results with each. |
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Obsessions
of an Extraordinary Executive : The Four Disciplines at the Heart of Making Any
Organization World Class
Author: Patrick M.
Lencioni
Allegories and parables have long been
effective ways to impart serious bits of knowledge and wisdom without getting
too pedantic, and business readers seem increasingly receptive to sensible
management theory that employs this lively age-old literary technique.
Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, a "leadership fable" by Patrick
Lencioni, continues the trend with a solid prescription for organizational
health--aiming for less politics, lower turnover, more productivity, and higher
morale. Presented as a fictional tale of two technical consultants and their
competing companies, the story is structured in a fashion that recalls his
previous book (The Five Temptations of a CEO, whose main character and firm are
even slipped into this narrative). Lencioni uses this hypothetical setting to
show how his concepts might look and work in the real world. |
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Leading
High Impact Teams: The Coach Approach to Peak Performance
Author: Cynder Niemela, Rachael Lewis
This is
fantastic reading with invaluable insight for executive managers committed to
generating results on their teams. This should be required reading for team
members and executives leading teams. Top 10 High Impact Team Practices, team
phase development and weathering storms are among the most practical "how to"
examples in the book. There are sectors of information---"distinctions" and
"inquiries" that are perfect to use in team meetings as catalysts for problem
solving/solution creation. Brilliantly done, wonderfully concise and easily
implementable. |
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Side
by Side Leadership : Achieving Outstanding Results Together
Author: Dennis A. Romig
Dennis Romig's consulting
experience gives real and personal flavor to this research-based guide for
leaders. His examples are interesting and the book is especially readable
because he keeps his references to research findings brief and compelling. I
was especially interested in his references to Bowen's work on patterns to be
watched for in teams and organizations. Romig has written a great "how to" text
of best practices. |
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Managing
Transitions : Making the Most of Change
Author: William
Bridges
Business consultant William Bridges attacks an
area of managing change that many not only avoid, but also do not even
recognize--the human side of change. Directed at managers and employees in
today's corporations, where change is necessary to revitalize and improve
corporate performance, this book addresses the fact that it is people who have
to carry out the change. |
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