Becoming an effective leader.

Material type: TextTextPublication details: Boston, Mass. : Harvard Business School Press, 2005Description: vii, 201 pagesISBN: 9781591397809; 1591397804 Subject(s): LeadershipDDC classification: 658.4092
Contents:
What you can learn from Jack Welch / Walter Kiechel -- The work of a modern leader : an interview with Ron Heifetz -- Why authority still matters / Loren Gary -- Lead and manage your organization with the balanced scorecard / Robert S. Kaplan -- No time for happy talk / Walter Kiechel -- Power : how its meaning in corporate life is changing / Loren Gary -- What should a leader be? / John Hintze -- The call for authentic leadership with Bill George -- In praise of pragmatic leadership / Loren Gary -- 10 myths about post-heroic leadership-- and why they're wrong / David Stauffer -- Debriefing Linda A. Hill : accelerating the new manager's start / Lauren Keller Johnson -- Pulling yourself up through the ranks / Loren Gary -- Taking charge fast / Eric McNulty -- Succeeding Ms. (Mr.) Wonderful / Jennifer McFarland -- Three skills for today's leaders -- What leaders allow themselves to know / Paul Michelman -- The perils of being the best and the brightest / Robert B. Cialdini -- Language : Churchill's key to leadership / Nick Wreden -- Three keys to leadership communication today / Janice Obuchowski.
Summary: Today, leaders are expected to be both reassuring and authoritative, emotionally one and tough, empowering and powerful. Success depends on understanding how great leaders face these conflicting demands: what roles they play, how they operate, how they enhance their abilities, and how they achieve the best results for their companies.
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What you can learn from Jack Welch / Walter Kiechel --
The work of a modern leader : an interview with Ron Heifetz --
Why authority still matters / Loren Gary --
Lead and manage your organization with the balanced scorecard / Robert S. Kaplan --
No time for happy talk / Walter Kiechel --
Power : how its meaning in corporate life is changing / Loren Gary --
What should a leader be? / John Hintze --
The call for authentic leadership with Bill George --
In praise of pragmatic leadership / Loren Gary --
10 myths about post-heroic leadership--
and why they're wrong / David Stauffer --
Debriefing Linda A. Hill : accelerating the new manager's start / Lauren Keller Johnson --
Pulling yourself up through the ranks / Loren Gary --
Taking charge fast / Eric McNulty --
Succeeding Ms. (Mr.) Wonderful / Jennifer McFarland --
Three skills for today's leaders --
What leaders allow themselves to know / Paul Michelman --
The perils of being the best and the brightest / Robert B. Cialdini --
Language : Churchill's key to leadership / Nick Wreden --
Three keys to leadership communication today / Janice Obuchowski.

Today, leaders are expected to be both reassuring and authoritative, emotionally one and tough, empowering and powerful. Success depends on understanding how great leaders face these conflicting demands: what roles they play, how they operate, how they enhance their abilities, and how they achieve the best results for their companies.

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