The Effective Leader (Creating Success) (Creating Success series, 100) - Softcover

Eales-White, Rupert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749439130 ISBN 13: 9780749439132

Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd, 2003

Synopsis

effective leadership is the key to a manager's job, requiring such skills as motivating and developing staff, team building and change management. this practical guide should enable anyone to develop and improve those skills in order to enhance their management potential.;offering easy-to-follow guidance on all aspects of leadership, it comes complete with checklists and case studies. key subjects, such as managing change, coaching and creative thinking, are dealt with in the author's approachable style. managers should also get a view how effective the people they lead think they are, through the use of questionnaires. the book aims to enable anyone who has the potential to become a good leader: someone who is not defined as "a boss", but as a creator of growth and learning in themselves and the people they lead.

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About the Author

Rupert Eales-White runs two consultancies, both of which are concerned with training and development. An experienced practitioner and writer, he is an expert on leadership, team building, change management and interpersonal skills.

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<p>introduction<br><br> 1. putting your leadership role in context<br><br> how we instinctively define leadership; our work roles<br><br> 2. defining effective leadership<br><br> followers' view of effective leadership; followers' view of ineffective leadership; leaders' view of effective leadership<br><br> 3. creating growth for yourself<br><br> building self-confidence; developing awareness; overcoming limiting beliefs; structure your thinking; improving your performance<br><br> 4. understanding your leadership orientation and style<br><br> perception gaps; how the gap between intention and behavioural manifestation arises; how to close the gap; how the gap between manifestation and impact arises; the cumulator; discover your leadership orientation; discover your leadership style<br><br> 5. developing core leadership skills<br><br> listening; questioning<br><br> 6. improving staff performance<br><br> develop clarity of role; setting standards and performance measures; giving praise; giving constructive criticism; coaching and mentoring; using appraisals to create learning and growth; motivating staff<br><br> 7. building a high-performance team<br><br> why build a team; the right range; what an effective team looks like; how teams develop; how to build an effective team<br><br> 8. leading change<br><br> how we react to change; gaining maximum benefit from change; your preference when managing change<br><br> references and further reading</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd
• Publication date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0749439130
• ISBN 13: 9780749439132
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164