Smarter, Faster, Better : Strategies for Effective, Enduring, and Fulfilled Leadership

by Sloan, Karlin; Pollak, Lindsey

• ISBN13: 9780787982683
• ISBN10: 0787982687
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2006-06-23
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

In this groundbreaking book, acclaimed executive coach Karlin Sloan offers leaders a variety of self-assessments, habits, strategies, and sustainable practices that they can use to become what today's marketplace demands; smarter, faster, and better. Karlin Sloan shows what it takes to make the move to the next level to become a leader who both grows the bottom line and contributes to stakeholders and the world in a positive way. Based on research, study, and the author's extensive experience as a coach to leaders of top organizations, this book shows how to become smarter, faster, and better by examining these questions: What are your key strengths and what do you need to develop or leverage? What are you focused on now and what do you need to accomplish to really get ahead? Are your values in line with your work? What is the end you are trying to achieve?

Author Biography

Karlin Sloan is founder and CEO of Karlin Sloan & Company, which provides leadership development consulting and executive coaching to clients in the United States, Europe, South America, and Asia.

Lindsey Pollak is a prolific writer and editor with a range of experience in books and magazines.

Table of Contents

Introduction

PART ONE: SMARTER

1. It's You, Not Them

2. Are You Asking the Right Questions?

3. Surrounded by Smarts

PART TWO: FASTER

4. Festina Lente

5. Do You Wear the Watch or Does the Watch Wear You?

6. Faster Together: Energizing Your Team

PART THREE: BETTER

7. What Is Better?

8. Getting Better All the Time

9. Better Leaders Make a Better World

Notes

Resources

Acknowledgments

The Author

Index