Speak the Truth and Point to Hope: The Leader's Journey to Maturity Review
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Sunday, May 29, 2011
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Accelerating Your Development as a Leader: A Guide for Leaders and their Managers
Accelerating Your Development as a Leader: A Guide for Leaders and their Managers Review
Accelerating Your Development as a Leader: A Guide for Leaders and their Managers Feature
"In this book, Dr. Barner has successfully addressed a growing talent management issue, namely the need for preparing today's leaders to move faster through the leadership pipeline. This book will prove invaluable to any organization that is trying to encourage self-directed development, while enlisting the support of managers as coaching advisors. Easy to follow, with detailed suggestions, this is a must read for leaders, managers, and HR professionals who are striving to rapidly grow their leadership talent base. Strongly recommended!"
—Samir Gupte, vice president, Enterprise Function Human Resources, Darden
"Effective leadership continues to be the most critical component to business success while remaining one of the most elusive concepts to understand. Dr. Barner has taken this complex subject and made it meaningful to leaders while providing helpful insights for practitioners. Through simple and practical techniques, this book provides a roadmap for accelerating leadership development and building a personal brand for success. Whether you're a business leader or an Executive Coach, this book will serve as a catalyst to improving your own effectiveness and that of those you touch."
—Kirk Thor, Ph.D., vice president, Talent Management, JC Penney
"Another homerun by Bob Barner! Leaders don't become leaders by accident nor do they move to the next level by accident. You've got to have a plan, and I know of no better guidance in developing one than Accelerating Your Development as a Leader. It is comprehensive, removes the guesswork, and will surely increase your momentum."
—Cass Wheeler, strategic consultant, coach, speaker and former CEO of The American Heart Association; and author, You've Got to Have Heart
"Bob Barner's experience as a coach, corporate leader, and academician shines in Accelerating Your Development as a Leader. He outlines a practical approach to jump-starting career development work built on a foundation of sound research and trusted application."
—Michael Fischer, vice-president, organization development and talent management, Energy Future Holdings
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Saturday, November 6, 2010
The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate
The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate Review
The Inspiring Leader: Unlocking the Secrets of How Extraordinary Leaders Motivate Feature
In their bestselling work The Extraordinary Leader, performance thought leaders John Zenger and Joseph Folkman revealed the 16 key competencies that separate the top 10 percent of leaders from the rest. Since that book’s publication, they and coauthor Scott Edinger discovered, through an extensive study conducted over four years, that leaders who possessed the ability to inspire and motivate outperformed all others.
The authors found that the impact of inspiring and motivating others is consistent across different kinds of organizations and within different cultures. The Inspiring Leader reveals the authors’ newest proprietary research on how top leaders inspire teams to greatness. It discusses the behaviors exhibited by the most successful leaders and includes advice on how to implement them. Drawing from statistically significant data and objective empirical evidence, the book shows how to:
- Establish a clear vision and direction
- Use the power of emotions
- Create stretch goals for your team
- Foster innovation and risk taking
- Encourage teamwork and collaboration
- Champion change, and much more
Zenger, Folkman, and Edinger lay out the strategies and concepts used by the world’s greatest leaders to motivate their teams. With The Inspiring Leader as your guide, you will learn how to put those strategies to work in your own business.
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