Leadership Under Pressure (UK Ed): 24 lessons in high performance management (UK PROFESSIONAL BUSINESS Management / Business) - Softcover

Cox, Danny; Hoover, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0077117301 ISBN 13: 9780077117306

Publisher: McGraw Hill / Europe, Middle East & Africa, 2007

Synopsis

TURN EVEN THE MOST STRESSFUL SITUATION INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAMPeople aren't born to be high-performing leaders; instead, they need to learn to develop the time-proven characteristics of great leadership. Leadership Under Pressure shows you how to acquire these characteristics, motivate your people, and achieve remarkable results across your organization-particularly during times of change and stress.This quick-hitting, hands-on rulebook is chock-full of hard-won advice and action steps for keeping your cool under pressure and inspiring incredible performance from your team. You'll see how to:·Start turning problems into opportunities that can enhance your career ·Practice “humanagement”-using the job to develop the person while having fun in the process ·Overcome your team's roadblocks to goal achievement ·Develop an organization with free-flowing, two-way communication, from top-to-bottom ·Know the signs of low morale, take immediate action to counteract the causes, and make strategic plans to keep spirits from falling again ·Encourage inspired thinking by relaxing old rules of conformity and publicly recognizing new ideasLeadership Under Pressure prepares you to meet all leadership challenges, whether anticipated or unexpected.

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Synopsis:

Turn even the most stressful situation into an opportunity to shine for you and your team. People aren't born to be high-performing leaders; instead, they need to learn to develop the time-proven characteristics of great leadership. "Leadership Under Pressure" shows you how to acquire these characteristics, motivate your people, and achieve remarkable results across your organization-particularly during times of change and stress. This quick-hitting, hands-on rulebook is chock-full of hard-won advice and action steps for keeping your cool under pressure and inspiring incredible performance from your team.You'll see how to: start turning problems into opportunities that can enhance your career; practice "humanagement" - using the job to develop the person while having fun in the process; overcome your team's roadblocks to goal achievement; develop an organization with free-flowing, two-way communication, from top-to-bottom; know the signs of low morale, take immediate action to counteract the causes, and make strategic plans to keep spirits from falling again; and, encourage inspired thinking by relaxing old rules of conformity and publicly recognizing new ideas.

"Leadership Under Pressure" prepares you to meet all leadership challenges, whether anticipated or unexpected.

From the Back Cover:

TURN EVEN THE MOST STRESSFUL SITUATION INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO
SHINE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM Effective leaders are at their best when
pressure is the highest. Leadership Under Pressure provides you with
hands-on techniques for infusing your company with results-driven
leadership at every level, especially during times of mergers, layoffs, and
other organizational turmoil. This hands-on notebook shows you how to
inspire employees-and motivate them to breakthrough performance-with
guidelines on how to: Move beyond your limitations o Develop
characteristics of great leaders o Cultivate characteristics of an
effective organization o Build a high-performance team o Find the right
manager o Set goals o Encourage creativity o Lead through change Start
transforming costly and counterproductive negative energies into positive
influences with Leadership Under Pressure-and unleash a sense of purpose
throughout your organization!

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw Hill / Europe, Middle East & Africa
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 0077117301
• ISBN 13: 9780077117306
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 128