Developing Your Leadership Skills: From the Changing World To Changing the World - Softcover

Mansfield, Guy

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1492914509 ISBN 13: 9781492914501

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013

Synopsis

"Developing Your Leadership Skills: From the Changing World to Changing the World" offers middle managers key leadership theories distilled into an easy-to-read format—pointing them in the direction of not just managerial success, but also greater achievement as leaders of change in their workplaces. Author Guy Mansfield is an expert in the field of leadership, with experience in a myriad of contexts throughout the world. He knows that just managing isn’t enough—the business world needs leaders who know their people and their situations and have the wherewithal to make considered changes. This book can teach you how to be just such a leader. Beginning with the basics, the author clarifies the differences between managers and leaders, stressing why leaders are so important. He continues walking you through the different areas that affect leadership—you, the leader; your particular organization; and global business as a whole. The book concludes with a post-development section that will help you, once you’ve begun making changes, to manage your energy and stay on track, followed by a full list of suggested reading. If you want to be on the front-end of change, start by reading this book.

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About the Author

Guy Mansfield develops leaders. Focusing on leadership in multicultural environments, he designs varied leadership-development programs to fit different managers and their situations. He currently works in a global energy company to develop international leaders. Guy Mansfield holds an MBA from HEC Paris, and also brings his own experiences in sixty-five countries to bear on his work with business managers. His depth of knowledge on both business and culture provides a step up to successful international leadership and management techniques. Written to teach middle managers how to be leaders of change in their organizations, "Developing Your Leadership Skills: From the Changing World to Changing the World" allows the author to share his leadership expertise with anyone who aspires to be an agent of change in a rapidly changing world.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1492914509
• ISBN 13: 9781492914501
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 178