Learning Leadership (eBook)

The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader

James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner (Autoren)

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2016
John Wiley & Sons (Verlag)
978-1-119-14429-8 (ISBN)

Infos

Uncover the extraordinary leader in you with straightforward exercises and advice from two of the world s foremost leadership experts From the bestselling authors of The Leadership Challenge and over a dozen award-winning leadership books comes a new book that examines a question of fundamental importance: How do people learn to become leaders? Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader is a comprehensive guide to unleashing the inner leader in us all and to building a solid foundation for a lifetime of leadership growth and mastery. The book offers a concrete framework to help individuals of all levels, functions, and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can be. Arguing that all individuals are born with the capacity to lead, bestselling authors Kouzes and Posner provide readers with a practical series of actions and specific coaching tips for harnessing that capacity and creating a context in which they can excel. Supported by over 30 years of research, from over seventy countries, and with examples from real-world leaders, Learning Leadership is a clarion call to unleash the leadership potential that is already present in society today. Learning Leadership provides readers with evidence-based strategies to ignite the habit of continuous improvement and the mindset of becoming the best leaders they can be. Emerging leaders, as well as leadership developers, internal and external coaches and trainers, and other human resource professionals will learn from first-hand stories and practical examples so that they can deeply understand and apply the fundamentals for becoming the best leaders they can be. Learning Leadership: The Five Fundamentals of Becoming an Exemplary Leader is divided into digestible bite-sized chapters that encourage daily actions to becoming a better leader. Key takeaways from the book include: Believe in Yourself. Believing in oneself is the essential first step in developing leadership competencies. The best leaders are learners, and they can t achieve mastery until and unless they truly decide that inside them there is a person who can make and difference and learn to be a better leader than they are right now. Aspire to Excel. To become an exemplary leader, people must determine what they care most about and why they want to lead. Leaders with values-based motivations are the most likely to excel. They also must have a clear image of the kind of leader they want to be in the future and the legacy they want to leave for others. Challenge Yourself. Challenging oneself is critical to learning leadership. Leaders must seek new experiences and test themselves. There will be inevitable setbacks and failures along the way that require curiosity, grit, courage, and resilience to persist in learning and becoming the best. Engage Support. One can t lead alone, and one can t learn alone. It is essential to get support and coaching on the path to achieving excellence. Whether it s family, managers at work, or professional coaches, leaders need the advice, feedback, care, and support of others. Practice Deliberately. No one gets better at anything without continuous practice. Exemplary leaders spend more time practicing than ordinary leaders. Simply being in the role of a leader is insufficient. To achieve mastery, leaders must set improvement goals, participate in designed learning experiences, ask for feedback, and get coaching. They also put in the time every day and make learning leadership a daily habit. Kouzes and Posner offer unrivaled insights into what it means to become an exemplary leader in today s world with their original research and over 30 years of experience studying the practices of extraordinary leadership. They show that anyone can become a better leader if they believe in themselves, aspire to excel, challenge themselves to grow, engage the support of others, and practice deliberately. Learning Leadership challenges readers to do the meaningful and disciplined work necessary to becoming the best they can, using a new mindset and toolkit that can make extraordinary things happen. It s not the once-in-a-while transformational acts that demonstrate leadership. It s the little things that one does day in and day out that pave the path to greatness.

Autor

JAMES M. KOUZES is the Dean's Executive Fellow of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University, and lectures on leadership around the world to corporations, governments, and nonprofits. BARRY Z. POSNER is the Accolti Endowed Professor of Leadership at the Leavey School of Business. An accomplished scholar, he also provides leadership workshops and seminars around the world.

Inhalt

Introduction The World Needs Exemplary Leaders xv

Part I Learning Leadership Fundamentals 1

Chapter 1 Leaders are Born and So Are You 3

Chapter 2 Leadership Makes a Difference 13

Chapter 3 You Are Already Leading--Just Not Frequently Enough 23

Part II Fundamental One: Believe You Can 33

Chapter 4 You Have to Believe in Yourself 35

Chapter 5 Learning Is the Master Skill 45

Chapter 6 Leadership Emerges from Within 55

Part III Fundamental Two: Aspire to Excel 65

Chapter 7 You Have to Know What's Important to You 67

Chapter 8 Who You Are Isn't Who You Will Be 77

Chapter 9 It's Not Just About You 87

Part IV Fundamental Three: Challenge Yourself 97

Chapter 10 Challenge Is Your Leadership Training Ground 99

Chapter 11 Get Curious and Go Kick the Ball Around 109

Chapter 12 Get Gritty and Stay Hardy 119

Chapter 13 Courage Gives You the Strength to Grow 129

Part V Fundamental Four: Engage Support 139

Chapter 14 I Couldn't Have Done It without You 141

Chapter 15 Get Connected 151

Chapter 16 Without Feedback You Cannot Grow 159

Part VI Fundamental Five: Practice Deliberately 169

Chapter 17 Leadership Takes Practice, and Practice Takes Time 171

Chapter 18 Context Matters 181

Chapter 19 Learning Leadership Must Be a Daily Habit 191

Part VII Commit to Becoming the Best 201

Chapter 20 It's Not How You Start; It's How You Finish 203

Notes 213

Acknowledgments 236

About the Authors 239

Index 244

Rezensionen

"Well-written and thoughtful, this book should prove useful to coaches looking to develop potential within their organisations and their client companies." (The Irish Times, May 2016)

"This book contains a wealth of useful and unarguable insights about the nature of leadership" (Financial Times, June 2016)

"This book offers a framework to help individuals of all levels, functions and backgrounds take charge of their own leadership development and become the best leaders they can" (HR Magazine, June 2016)

"A comprehensive guide to taking charge. Based on more than three decades of research, this pep talk shows how anyone can become a better leader through practical tips." (Cara Magazine, August 2016)

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.4.2016
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Unternehmensführung / Management
• Schlagworte: Business & Management • business leadership books • Führung • Führung • leadership books • leadership development activities • leadership development books • leadership development exercises</p> • leadership development program • <p>Leadership coaching • Management • Management f. Führungskräfte • Management f. Führungskräfte • Management / Leadership • management leadership books • Wirtschaft u. Management
• ISBN-10: 1-119-14429-9 / 1119144299
• ISBN-13: 978-1-119-14429-8 / 9781119144298