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Achieve Leadership Geniusby Susan Fowler, Drea Zigarmi, Richard I. Lyles (Pearson P T R, 336 Pages) LEADERSHIP IS NOT A "ONE SIZE FITS ALL" PURSUIT... DIFFERENT SCENARIOS REQUIRE DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES...
What does it really take to become a great leader? Commitment, hard work...and a framework for leading that gives you clarity when there's chaos all around you. That framework exists. It's called Contextual Leadership. This book will help you master it, and put it to work. You'll discover high-level and "micro"-level techniques you need to achieve breakthrough effectiveness. You'll practice them, internalize them, make them yours. This book draws on more than forty years of research, and the extraordinary personal experience of three renowned leadership consultants. Its techniques are tested. Proven. They're not a quick fix. But, as thousands of leaders can tell you, they work. Hundreds and hundreds of leadership books have been published over the years. Almost all of them treat leadership as if "one size fits all": as if leadership skills were "one trick pony" skills that can be applied across any circumstance. Nothing could be further from the truth. Leadership genius depends on your ability to recognize the setting you are leading in. Are you leading a team? Leading one person? Leading yourself? Leading an entire organization? Leading an alliance? Who, what, when, and where you lead determines how you should lead. This book presents a detailed, practical, and skill-based framework any leader can use to become dramatically more effective. Another aspect of leadership genius is realizing that within each setting, or context, a leader must also be able to adapt to a wide variety of scenarios. The authors show you how to bring your best to bear in any circumstance, and in every facet of the leadership process: envisioning, initiation, and implementation. From start to finish, this book addresses both the high level and 'micro' skills that define leadership genius—guiding readers systematically through assessing their current behaviors and moving toward excellence.
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