Unusually Excellent The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership

by Hamm, John

• ISBN13: 9780470928431
• ISBN10: 0470928433
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2011-02-22
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

Master the fundamentals of leadership-at every stage in your careerOften, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship. But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. Unusually Excellent is an essential resource for leaders that brings these fundamentals together in a new and comprehensive way. This book will help leaders at any level keep their focus on the bedrock principles that will make them extraordinary.. Thoroughly practical, day-to-day primer for achieving and maintaining their highest level of leadership, for today and for a lifetime The author's Harvard Business Review articles are among the most highly read in the magazine's history Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skillsUsing a sports analogy, the author breaks the work of leaders into three parts: pregame: a matter of character; game day: a matter of competence; and postgame: a matter of consequence.

Author Biography

John Hamm is one of the top leadership experts in Silicon Valley. He was named one of the country's top 100 venture capitalists in 2009 by AlwaysON and has led investments in many successful high-growth companies as a partner at several Bay Area VC firms. Hamm has also been a CEO, a board member at over thirty companies, and a CEO advisor and executive coach to senior leaders at companies such as Documentum, Cisco, Hewlett-Packard, TaylorMade-adidas Golf and McAfee. John teaches leadership at the Leavy School of Business at Santa Clara University.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Credibility: Earning the Right to Lead Through Character	p. 1
Being Authentic: The Courage to Be Yourself	p. 3
Being Trustworthy: The Consistency of Integrity	p. 31
Being Compelling: The Commitment to Winning	p. 59
Competence: Leading on the Field with Skill	p. 79
Leading People: Talent to Teams	p. 81
Leading Strategy: Ideas to Plans	p. 103
Leading Execution: Action to Results	p. 123
Consequence: Creating a Culture, Leaving a Legacy of Values	p. 151
A Leader's Communication: Open, Honest Dialogue	p. 155
A Leader's Decision Making: Values-Based Choices	p. 173
A Leader's Impact: The Transfer of Influence from Leader to Follower	p. 191
Afterword	p. 217
Acknowledgments	p. 221
About the Author	p. 223
Index	p. 225
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