The Leadership Manual: your complete practical guide to effective leadership - Softcover

Owen, Hilarie; Hodgson, Vicky; Gazzard, Nigel

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0273675516 ISBN 13: 9780273675518

Publisher: Pearson Business, 2004

Synopsis

Everybody wants quick, practical information that will aid them to become successful in whatever they do. Learning quick management tools is easy but leadership is more of a challenge as it’s as much about who you are than a set of skills. As much about how you do it as what you do. The Leadership Manual is the first practical reference guide for busy professionals, managers and entrepreneurs that addresses both sides of the leadership challenge – your authentic self and your skills.

The authors have surveyed a large number (500) of leaders in a mix of organisations to identify the key challenges, problems and issues that individuals say they face – this manual addresses those questions.

The Leadership Manual provides fast, practical information, suggestions, ideas and steps to encourage the reader to use their full leadership potential in every situation they face at work.

About this title

About the Author

Hilarie Owen is a successful author, international conference speaker and founder and Chief Executive of the Institute of Leadership. Hilarie is the successful author of three leadership books including Creating Top Flight Teams based on two years research with the RAF Red Arrows. Previously she enjoyed a successful corporate and consultancy career throughout Europe, the US and the Middle East.

Vicky Hodsgon is a Director of the Institute of Leadership. She has worked extensively in primary education where her experience included establishing environments enabling responsibility to be taken and leadership to be developed.  At masters levels she has researched emotional intelligence and collaborative learning. Since joining the Institute she has worked linking EI to leadership.

 Nigel Gazzard is a Director of the Institute of Leadership Learning and Practice. Awards from the Institute of Directors and South West Excellence have recognized his leadership skills. Nigel also has a diversity of experience working with Universities in Eastern Europe, and as a visiting university lecturer in the UK. He has a fascination for leadership, research, development, and practice and holds a Master of Arts in Leadership Studies.

 

From the Back Cover

“The Leadership Manual is full of great advice. It teaches that you must take responsibility for making a difference in the world and have the vision and the passion to inspire and motivate others. The book is a journey – it is dynamic and enabling.”

Sheila Richards, General Manager, Nuffield Hospitals

 

“The authors have a deep understanding of leadership. They show us how to make the personal journey towards becoming powerful, authentic leaders. This practical and timely book will help thousands to achieve their leadership potential.”

Brain Patterson, Chairman, Irish Financial Services Regulatory Authority; Chairman, Irish Times

 

“A comprehensive and practical guide which avoids the twin dangers of being either too simplistic or too theoretical.”

Tracy T Manning PhD, Senior Scholar, Academy of Leadership, University of Maryland

 

As every manager knows, leadership isn’t always easy. In many ways it’s much easier to manage than to lead: management is largely about tasks and procedures, but leadership is as much about who you are and how you express that, as it is about what you do. That’s probably why so much is written about the theory of leadership, and so little about how you actually do it.

 

The Leadership Manual is the first practical reference guide for busy people that addresses finding your authentic leadership style and how you express this at work. It is for anyone wanting to develop their own leadership potential, including professionals, managers and entrepreneurs. It provides fast, practical information with suggestions, ideas and steps to encourage you to use your leadership ability in every situation you face.

 

The Leadership Manual deals with the real issues faced by the majority of people at work today. It is based on a survey of 500 real managers, to find out what kept them awake at night, and what they struggled with during the day. The book is designed to help you through the daily challenges you face and encourage you to take the journey from manager to leader. It will help you understand others and enable you to develop their leadership potential too.

 

Good leadership well practised is powerful beyond belief and can elicit results from people that straight management never can. It’s a very worthwhile journey, for you and your career.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Business
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0273675516
• ISBN 13: 9780273675518
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 384