The Extraordinary Leader: Turning Good Managers into Great Leaders
McGraw-Hill Professional (Verlag)
978-0-07-162808-2 (ISBN)
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People can learn how to lead. This was the position John H. Zenger and Joseph R.Folkman took when they wrote their now-classicleadership book The Extraordinary Leader—and it’sa fact they reinforce in this new, completely updatededition of their bestseller.
When it was first published, The ExtraordinaryLeader immediately attracted a wide audience ofaspiring leaders drawn to its unique feature: theextensive use of scientific studies and hard data,which served to demystify the concept of leadershipand get readers thinking about the subject ina pragmatic way.
Now, Zenger and Folkman revisit the subject to addressleaders’ most pressing concerns today. Theresult is an up-to-date, essential leadership guidefor the twenty-first century that includes:
Late-breaking research on the psychologyof leadershipNew information on leading in a globalenvironmentA breakthrough case study on measuringimproved leadership behaviorStudies revealing the importance offollow-through
The Extraordinary Leader is a remarkable combinationof expert insight and extensive research.The authors analyzed more than 200,000 assessmentsdescribing 20,000 managers—by far themost expansive research ever conducted for a leadershipbook.
Zenger and Folkman have created the leadershipbook of the ages. The Extraordinary Leader explainshow to build leadership skills that will take you andyour organization to unimagined success.
John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO of Zenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizations and individuals improve leadership effectiveness that, in turn, drives business results. These results include increasing employee engagement, retention, productivity, and bottom-line profitability. He is a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authored or coauthored eight books and 50 articles on leadership, productivity, and teams. Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is president of Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritative voice on the subject of creating and using employee surveys to create organizational change and 360- degree feedback assessment for individual development. Folkman is the author of three books: Turning Feedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, and Employee Surveys That Make a Difference.
1.Demystifying Leadership
2.Great Leaders Make a Great Difference
3.Simplifying Leadership
4.The Competency Quest
5.Leaders Must Fit Their Organization
6.Great Leaders Possess Multiple Strengths
7.Fatal Flaws Must Be Fixed
8.New Insights into Leadership Development
9.A Case Study in Leadership Development—The U.S. Marine Corps
10. What Individuals Do to Become Great Leaders
11. The Organization’s Role in Developing Leaders
Appendix: Research Methodology
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 16.7.2009 |
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| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 160 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 767 g |
| Themenwelt | Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management |
| ISBN-10 | 0-07-162808-8 / 0071628088 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-07-162808-2 / 9780071628082 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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