Flexible Leadership

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If you are a manager or a training and development professional,you need concrete suggestions for guiding your organization throughrapidly changing conditions and difficult challenges. FlexibleLeadership offers a comprehensive theory that integratesfindings from different disciplines and more than a half century ofresearch and explains how leaders can effectively enhance thebottom-line performance of their organizations. The authors provideillustrative examples of effective and ineffective leadership,including some from their own consulting experiences over the past30 years in private and public sector organizations. The bookincludes information about * Leadership and management behaviors that can be used toenhance organizational performance. * Improvement programs, management systems, and structural formsthat can be used to enhance organizational performance. * Integrating direct and indirect forms of leadership. * Balancing tradeoffs and competing demands related toperformance. * Adapting leadership to changing situations. * Integrating leadership processes at different levels of anorganization. * Competencies relevant for effective leadership.

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Gary Yukl

Themen in »Flexible Leadership«

Business & Management Management / Leadership Management f. Führungskräfte Training & Human Resource Development / Coaching & Mentoring Training & Human Resource Development / Organization Development Training u. Personalentwicklung / Coaching, Mentoring Training u. Personalentwicklung / Organisationsentwicklung Wirtschaft u. Management

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"Flexible Leadership 'connects the dots' betweenLeadership and Management and provides the insight to appreciateboth. With practical examples, applications and behavioral tools,this is a road map for emerging and experienced leadersalike." --Mary Eckenrod, vice president, World Wide Talent Management,Cisco Systems, Inc. "Yukl and Lepsinger present the full range of direct andindirect behaviors required to be an effective leader in apractical manner that is easy to understand and apply." --Vijay Govindarajan, Earl C. Daum 1924 Professor ofInternational Business and Founding Director, William F. AchtmeyerCenter for Global Leadership, Tuck School of Business, DartmouthCollege "One of the most sophisticated examinations of leadership todate. Moving beyond the all too prevalent simple recipes,Flexible Leadership paints a rich picture of the realitiesof leading. A wonderful resource for those who wish to becomemasterful leaders." --Jay A. Conger, professor, London Business School "If you want to learn what leadership is really all about,this is the book for you. It is about three core leadership tasksthat can be learned by ordinary managers and integrated inaccordance with the nature of your business and situation. Thisbook provides a new and very useful framework for understandingwhat leaders must do to create sustainable performance." --Michael Beer, professor emeritus, Harvard Business School,and chairman, Center for Organizational Fitness "A leadership book that captures the complexity of aleader's role while providing specific guidelines and toolsthat help you realize that being an effective leader is not out ofyour reach." --Peter Voss, president and CEO,CDC IXIS Asset ManagementNorth America, L.P. "I have always believed that a significant part of my jobas a senior executive was to help develop effective leaders at alllevels of my organization. Flexible Leadership provides anindispensable guide that will help leaders respond effectively tothe challenges and choices they face on the job." --Bill Sheldon, president and CEO, Eisai, Inc.
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