Leadership That Matters : The Critical Factors for Making a Difference in People's Lives and Organizations' Success

by SASHKIN, MARSHALLSASHKIN, MOLLY G.

• ISBN13: 9781576751930
• ISBN10: 1576751937
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-02-27
• Publisher: INGRAM

Summary

Leadership That Matters promotes leadership that not only improves productivity and performance but also makes a positive difference in the lives of organization members. "Transformational leadership" is based on three personal characteristics, as well as on the organization's culture. The authors discuss how to develop the required characteristics and construct an appropriate culture to bring about desired changes.

Author Biography

Molly G. Sashkin is president of Ducochon Press, a publishing firm specializing in assessment and training materials for management and organization development.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	x
Introduction	1	(1)
What Is Leadership That Matters?	2	(1)
What Makes This Book Different?	2	(3)
Summary	5	(2)
What Is Leadership?	7	(10)
Personality, Behavior, and Situational Context	11	(1)
Leadership That Matters: A New Synthesis	12	(3)
Summary	15	(2)
What Have We Learned About Leadership?	17	(22)
Leaders and Managers	17	(1)
Leadership Research	18	(13)
A New Leadership Paradigm	31	(6)
Summary	37	(2)
Leadership Skills and Behaviors	39	(12)
Research to Identify Transformational Leadership Behaviors	39	(9)
Leadership Behavior and Performance	48	(1)
Summary	49	(2)
Charisma and Character	51	(14)
Max Weber: Bureaucracy and Charisma	52	(4)
A Modern Approach to Charismatic Leadership	56	(4)
The Development of the Power Need	60	(3)
Summary	63	(2)
Leaders, Followers, and Power	65	(16)
Three Basic Influence Processes	66	(2)
Leaders and Followers: Power Relations	68	(6)
Is Charisma Always Bad?	74	(1)
Can Transformational Leaders Be Charismatic?	75	(3)
Summary	78	(3)
Leaders With the Confidence to Act	81	(10)
What's Luck Got to Do With It?	83	(3)
When Is Taking Risks Risky?	86	(1)
What's Leadership Got to Do With It?	87	(2)
Confident Leaders Build Confidence	89	(1)
Summary	89	(2)
Vision---How Leaders Think	91	(16)
What Is Vision?	92	(1)
Cause and Effect	93	(2)
It's About Time!	95	(4)
Four Steps in the Visioning Process	99	(4)
Leaders and Followers: Cognitive Capability	103	(1)
The ABCs of Transformational Leadership Character	104	(1)
Summary	105	(2)
Leadership in Context	107	(14)
Behavior Is a Function of the Person and . . . What Situation?	108	(1)
The Context: The Nature of the Situation	109	(4)
Four Crucial Organizational Functions	113	(3)
Culture Is the Key	116	(4)
Summary	120	(1)
How Transformational Leaders Construct the Cultural Context	121	(8)
Three Keys to Constructing Culture	121	(5)
Culture: The Context Transformational Leaders Construct	126	(2)
Summary	128	(1)
Six Paradoxes of Leadership: Transforming Followers	129	(16)
The Paradoxes of Transformational Leadership	130	(7)
What About Leaders' Own Transformation?	137	(6)
Summary	143	(2)
How Do We Know Leadership Matters? The Research Evidence	145	(12)
The Leadership Profile	146	(1)
Research and Results	147	(7)
Okay, Okay, So It Works! But How Well Does It Work?	154	(2)
Summary	156	(1)
Issues in Leadership: Implications for Transformational Leaders	157	(16)
Leadership and Gender	158	(4)
Empowering Leadership	162	(3)
Leadership in Turbulent Times	165	(2)
Transformational Leadership and Globalization	167	(4)
Summary	171	(2)
Leadership That Matters: A New Synthesis	173	(14)
Approaches to Transformational Leadership	174	(8)
Common Elements Among Transformational Approaches	182	(1)
Transformational Leadership: A New Synthesis	183	(2)
Conclusion	185	(2)
APPENDIX ONE Bibliography	187	(6)
APPENDIX TWO Development of the Leadership Profile	193	(18)
The Ten TLP Dimensions	194	(3)
TLP Reliability	197	(3)
TLP Validity	200	(8)
Summary	208	(3)
Notes	211	(20)
Index	231	(10)
About the Authors	241