Leadership A to Z: A Guide for the Appropriately Ambitious (Jossey Bass Business & Management Series) - Hardcover

O′Toole, James

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787946583 ISBN 13: 9780787946586

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 1999

Synopsis

Pragmatically focused on the actions that one can take, this unique work delivers ninety–one pithy lessons in the fine art of leadership. Author James O′Toole packs thirty years of leadership coaching experience into a one–of–a–kind guide you can reference for expert advice on how to become a superior leader. The one– to two–page sections are alphabetically arranged for easy reference and address such topics as getting started, communication, delegation, trust, and vision. Throughout, O′Toole invests his lessons with examples of great leaders in action to show readers precisely what to do to accomplish the same goals. It′s like having your own personal leadership coach in book form.

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Review:

"In the last quarter of this century, America has produced no more perceptive or broad–gauged student of leadership than James O′Toole. Now he brings all of his scholarly thoughtfulness and practical experience to bear in a masterful book for all of us. It is brilliantly grounded in theory, but stunningly usable. It is, as O′Toole claims, about what leaders actually do."(Tom Peters)

"You don′t have to shout to convince. Jim O′Toole talks softly, yet convincingly, about what leaders do, or can do. The moral and the pragmatic aspects of leadership come together nicely and are served up in small, bite–sized pieces of wise, well–written text."(Sumantra Ghoshal, Robert P. Bauman Professor of Strategic Leadership, London Business School)

"Most of us will be familiar with the successful, less successful, and unsuccessful characters found in this book, but I have never been as thoroughly absorbed by a style of storytelling that brings human behavior so much to life."(David Law–Smith, chairman of the board and CEO, Caltex Corporation)

From the Back Cover:

Pragmatically focused on the actions you can take as opposed to the character you might develop, this unique work delivers ninety–one pithy lessons in the fine art of leadership. Author James O′Toole, a thirty–year veteran of leadership education and coaching, approaches his subject in a light–hearted, wonderfully readable style. But the insights he shares always cut to the quick of effective leadership in a meaningful, memorable way. Alphabetically arranged, each concise section addresses a different topic and can be read over coffee, between meetings, whenever one gets the chance.

About this edition

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0787946583
• ISBN 13: 9780787946586
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 352