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9780787903053

Finding Your Voice Learning to Lead . . . Anywhere You Want to Make a Difference

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    9780787903053

  • ISBN10:

    0787903051

  • Edition: 1st
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 1996-10-29
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass
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A remarkable book, the only one I know that focuses on how 'ordinary citizens' can learn to lead. Well-written and down-to-earth, more importantly, it is powerful testimony to the possibilities within all of us. --Warren Bennis, university professor and Distinguished Professor of Business Administration, School of Business Administration, University of Southern California Offers a practical set of tools to provide the knowledge and skills necessary for effective leadership, and shows how individuals without a title or position of power can pursue their passion and fit leadership opportunities to their specific talents.

Author Biography

LARRAINE R. MATUSAK is leadership scholar and program officer at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, where she designed and directed the Kellogg National Fellowship Program. She also led in the creation of the leadership grantmaking area at the Foundation. She has served in a wide variety of leadership roles, including president of Thomas A. Edison State College in New Jersey and dean and founder of the College of Alternative Programs at the University of Evansville, Indiana. Matusak is a consultatnt to numerous organizations, communities, academic institutions, and foundations.

Table of Contents

Foreword xi(2)
Andrew J. Young
Preface xiii(4)
Acknowledgments xvii(4)
The Author xxi
Part One: Why Not You? 1(46)
1 No Previous Experience Required
3(10)
2 Finding Your Voice
13(11)
3 The Two Sides of Leadership
24(9)
4 Use Your Internal Compass
33(14)
Part Two: Pathways to Effective Leadership 47(114)
5 Weaving a Shared Vision
49(15)
6 Appreciating a Kaleidoscope of Views
64(14)
7 Practicing Effective Communication
78(15)
8 Deciding How to Decide
93(13)
9 He Who Hesitates Is Lost!
106(12)
10 Understanding Power and Love
118(13)
11 Creating the Future
131(14)
12 Humor Works
145(8)
13 Summoning the Courage to Act
153(8)
Resources 161(18)
A Leadership Development Programs 163(4)
B Recommended Books on Leadership 167(8)
C Audio and Video Programs 175(4)
Notes 179(6)
Index 185

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