Achieve Leadership Genius : How You Lead Depends on Who, What, Where, and When You Lead

by Zigarmi, Drea; Fowler, Susan; Lyles, Dick

• ISBN13: 9780132353762
• ISBN10: 0132353768
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2007-01-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL SCHOOL GROUP

Summary

What does 40 years of research tell us about leadership? How can we use that knowledge to become truly inspirational leaders? In Achieve Leadership Genius, three renowned leadership consultants offer definitive answers to these questions, presenting a detailed framework any manager can use to become dramatically more effective - and any organization can use to nurture tomorrow's leaders. Drawing on the world's most significant studies of leadership and organizational behaviour, the authors illuminate leadership in all five of its contexts: leading oneself, leading individuals one-on-one, leading teams, leading organizations, and leading alliances. But great leadership is situational as well as contextual: it must be flexible enough to handle a wide variety of environments, events, and scenarios.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. xiii
About the Authors	p. xv
Acknowledgments	p. xviii
Introduction	p. 1
The Five Contexts	p. 9
The Self Context: Your Role In Creating Meaningful Work	p. 14
The One-To-One Context: Your Role In Developing Individual Excellence	p. 22
The Team Context: Your Role In Facilitating High-Impact Teams	p. 31
The Organizational Context: Your Role In Generating The Organization's Vitality	p. 42
The Alliance Context: Your Role In Fostering Strategic Relationships	p. 51
The Five Practices Of Contextual Leadership	p. 58
Prepare: The First Leadership Practice	p. 63
Prepare: What's Driving Your Leadership Behavior?	p. 69
Prepare: Leading With Developed Values	p. 81
Prepare: Investigating Your Persona	p. 97
Prepare: The Challenge Of Change	p. 107
Envision: The Second Leadership Practice	p. 115
Envision In The Self Context	p. 120
Envision In The One-To-One Context	p. 135
Envision In The Team Context	p. 142
Envision In The Organizational Context	p. 150
Envision In The Alliance Context	p. 157
Initiate: The Third Leadership Practice	p. 162
Initiate In The Self Context	p. 165
Initiate In The One-To-One Context	p. 174
Initiate In The Team Context	p. 187
Initiate In The Organizational Context	p. 201
Initiate In The Alliance Context	p. 207
Assess: The Fourth Leadership Practice	p. 211
Assess In The Self Context	p. 217
Assess In The One-To-One Context	p. 225
Assess In The Team Context	p. 233
Assess In The Organizational Context	p. 240
Assess In The Alliance Context	p. 244
Respond: The Fifth Leadership Practice	p. 248
The Promise And Challenge Of Contextual Leadership	p. 258
A New View Of Leadership	p. 260
Leadership Imperatives	p. 268
Bibliography	p. 275
Index	p. 305
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