100 Great Leadership Ideas: From Successful Leaders and Managers Around the World

by Gifford, Jonathan

• ISBN13: 9789814276900
• ISBN10: 9814276901
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-04-01
• Publisher: Marshall Cavendish Corp

Summary

Ideas to inspire anyone to become an effective leader and manager in business today. bull; bull;The best leadership ideas, from the best companies and managers, in one book. bull;Designed to be a stimulating and fast read for anyone looking for inspiration and new ideas. bull;Part of a series ('100 Great Ideas') of mass business books published by Marshall Cavendish, designed to appeal to a very broad audience. If you are a manager in today's business environment, demonstrating that you have leadership skills is essential to success. But what does it take to become an effective and influential business manager and leader? There are no sure-fire ways, but you can take inspiration and advice from various leaders who have been successful already. This book contains 100 great leaderships ideas, researched from companies and organisations around the world. Each idea is described in some detail. You are then shown how to apply that idea in your own company or work situation. A simple formula which could potentially lead to rich rewards.

Author Biography

Jonathan Gifford is a businessman, historian and author, whose writing focuses particularly on the human aspects of leadership and management. He is the author of History Lessons: What business and management can learn from the great leaders of history.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
The Ideas
Vision, Mission, Values, Change
Have a vision	p. 8
Establish your mission	p. 10
Establish your values	p. 12
Make it happen	p. 14
Seek out change	p. 16
You and the Top Team
Build the perfect top team	p. 19
Challenge the management structure	p. 21
Collaborate	p. 24
Delegate	p. 26
Devolve decision making	p. 28
Leader-managers	p. 30
Make the budget work	p. 32
Plan for your succession	p. 34
You And the Whole Team
Allow choice to drive decisions	p. 37
Be clear	p. 39
Be demanding	p. 41
Be fair	p. 43
Communicate all of the time	p. 45
Communicate in crisis	p. 48
Communicate simply	p. 50
Communicate the vision	p. 52
Create action groups	p. 54
Create followers	p. 56
Distance and closeness	p. 58
Don't get complacent	p. 60
Encourage candor	p. 62
Encourage real debate	p. 64
Engage people's emotions	p. 66
Get feedback	p. 68
Get people's aligned	p. 70
Give people autonomy	p. 72
Give the team the tools to do the job	p. 74
Involve the team	p. 76
Make it fun	p. 78
Options and consensus	p. 80
Transform the team	p. 83
Trust your employees	p. 85
Walk around	p. 87
Work with the team you have	p. 89
You And the Organization
Be diplomatic	p. 92
Be meritocratic	p. 95
Create an entrepreneurial culture	p. 97
Cut down on meetings	p. 99
Drive the culture right through the organization	p. 101
Encourage diversity	p. 103
Encourage innovation	p. 105
Get the culture right	p. 108
Harness the intelligence of the organization	p. 110
Herding cats	p. 113
Implementation	p. 115
Make small improvements	p. 117
March towards the sound of the guns	p. 119
Mix things up	p. 121
Not everything is measurable	p. 123
Plan for every contingency	p. 125
Practice democracy	p. 127
Respect the culture you inherit	p. 129
Servant leadership	p. 131
Set reasonable goals	p. 133
Zero tolerance and the staff kitchen	p. 135
Personal Qualities
Be authentic	p. 138
Be decisive	p. 140
Be firm	p. 142
Be honest	p. 144
Be human	p. 146
Be passionate	p. 148
Confidence and humility	p. 150
Stay alert	p. 152
Personal Behavior
Follow your instincts	p. 155
Listen, learn and act	p. 157
Say sorry sometimes	p. 159
Set a good example	p. 161
Stick to the strategy	p. 163
Stick to the values	p. 165
Stick to the vision	p. 167
Stop being judgemental	p. 169
Use symbols	p. 171
Personal Development
Focus on the wildly important	p. 174
Get a good PA	p. 176
Get a life	p. 178
Get out of the limelight	p. 180
Good enough	p. 182
Keep a sense of burning urgency	p. 184
Keep fit	p. 186
Know the detail	p. 188
Learn from failure	p. 190
Manage your time	p. 192
Quick wins	p. 194
Recognize people	p. 196
Reinvent yourself	p. 198
Say no to distractions	p. 200
Think laterally	p. 202
You and the Outside World
Assume the worst	p. 205
Attract and encourage talent	p. 207
Be accountable	p. 209
Do the right thing	p. 211
Lead for your industry	p. 213
Look for partnerships	p. 215
Make a contribution	p. 218
See the bigger picture	p. 221
Sources	p. 223
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