Leader to Leader (LTL), Volume 78 , Fall 2015

by Hesselbein, Frances; Rosenstein, Bruce

• ISBN13: 9781119181743
• ISBN10: 1119181747
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2015-10-05
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Get insightful articles on leadership, management, and strategy written by today's leaders with this award-winning journal. Brought to you by the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, Leader to Leader brings together a peerless selection of world-class executives, best-selling management authors, top consultants, and respected social thinkers. Leader to Leader poses provocative questions that challenge your leadership assumptions and provides compelling evidence powerful enough to change your leadership thinking while offering thoughtful analysis of complex leadership issues.

Author Biography

Frances Hesselbein is the President and CEO of the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute and its Founding President. Prior to founding the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, Hesselbein served as the CEO for the Girl Scouts of the USA. She is an expert in the field of leadership development and has been awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom. An award-winning journal of the Frances Hesselbein Leadership Institute, Leader to Leader, brings together a peerless selection of world-class executives, best-selling management authors, top consultants, and respected social thinkers. Leader to Leader poses provocative questions that challenge leadership assumptions and provides compelling evidence powerful enough to change leadership thinking.

Bruce Rosenstein is the author of Leader to Leader (LTL), Volume 78 , Fall 2015, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

HESSELBEIN & COMPANY

FRANCES HESSELBEIN 4

25 Years . . . We Are Grateful

Asking questions and challenging the status quo
ADRIAN WILSON & BELINDA PINCKNEY 7

Pathways to Support Career- and College-Ready Students: Bridging the Great Mismatch in the American Labor Market Today

Leveraging information in the students’ natural support community
MO YEE LAM 14

Win Your Own Race

Learn to enjoy a little more adrenaline
BERNHARD SCHROEDER 19

Leaders: Build Customer Truth into Your Company DNA

Think relentless, which means “unending”
JENNIFER GARVEY BERGER & KEITH JOHNSTON 25

Simple Habits for Complex Times

Leaders have to change what they’re doing, and fast

EXECUTIVE FORUM
MARSHALL GOLDSMITH 31

A Simple Question That Makes a Big Difference

Make peace with what we are not going to change
HERMINIA IBARRA 37

The Outsight Principal: Becoming a Better Leader from the Outside In

Positive illusions persist despite negative feedback
DAVID MARQUET 43

Quit the Masquerade and Have Meetings That Matter

Too stressed out to feel safe
PAUL G. STOLTZ 49

Leadership GRIT™: What New Research Reveals

Take on goals that elevate you and those around you

AMANDA SETILI 56

Does Your Leadership Style Destroy Agility . . . or Supercharge it?

Committed to the path, fully alert, and ready to navigate the unexpected

FROM THE FRONT LINES

The Importance of Changes at Corporate Headquarters 62

Carrying a symbolic meaning

Innovation Portfolio Management Now and in the Future 63

A key determinant of firms’ survival and performance