Becoming an Effective Leader

Today, leaders are expected to be both reias uring and uthoritative, emotionally open and tough, empoweringand powerful. Success depends on understanding how great leaders face these conflicting demands: what roles they play, how they operate, how they enhance their abil- ities, and how they achieve the best results for their com-
panies. Becoming an Effective Leader offers practical uidelines for mastering this challenging role. Learn to: ~ Take charge swiftly in a new role。

Book Description

This work presents timesaving guides to sharpen your skills, improve on the job and gain a competitive advantage. "The Results-Driven Manager Series" offers concise and action-oriented books that bring together the best and most current business thinking, advice, and practices that managers can put to use today to increase their impact on their organization's success and advance their own careers. The series brings together timely articles from "HBSP" newsletters to help senior to middle managers sharpen their skills, increase their effectiveness, and gain a competitive edge. Presented in a highly accessible format to save managers valuable time, these books offer authoritative insights and techniques for improving job performance and achieving immediate results. Managers are under increasing pressure to deliver better results faster than the competition. But meeting today's tough challenges requires complete mastery of a full array of management skills, from communicating and coaching to public speaking and managing people. "The Results-Driven Manager" series is designed to help time-pressed managers hone and polish the skills they need most. These timely guides will help managers improve their job performance today and give them the edge they need to become the leaders of tomorrow. "Becoming an Effective Leader" suggests that leadership is a balancing act. It requires communicating a compelling vision, convincing others to buy into that vision, and marshaling resources and talent to make it happen. This guide will help new and seasoned leaders master the complex art of the leadership role. It helps you improve decision making and communication. It helps to earn trust and build momentum. It also helps to inspire and enable others to excel.

About the Author

The Results-Driven Manager Series brings together timely articles from HBSP newsletters to help senior to middle managers sharpen their skills, increase their effectiveness and gain a competitive edge.

Book Dimension
Height (mm) 213 　　　　　　　　　　Width (mm) 132

What you can learn from Jack Welch by Walter Kiechel
21
The work of a modern leader : an interview with Ron Heifetz
33
Why authority still matters by Loren Gary
45
Lead and manage your organization with the balanced scorecard by Robert S. Kaplan 51
No time for happy talk by Walter Kiechel
67
Power : how its meaning in corporate life is changing by Loren Gary
73
What should a leader be? by John Hintze
84
The call for authentic leadership with Bill George
95
In praise of pragmatic leadership by Loren Gary
99
10 myths about post-heroic leadership - and why they're wrong by David Stauffer 108
Debriefing Linda A. Hill : accelerating the new manager's start by Lauren Keller Johnson
123
Pulling yourself up through the ranks by Loren Gary
131
Taking charge fast by Eric McNulty
139
Succeeding Ms. (Mr.) Wonderful by Jennifer McFarland
147
Three skills for today's leaders
157
What leaders allow themselves to know by Paul Michelman
164
The perils of being the best and the brightest by Robert B. Cialdini
174
Language : Churchill's key to leadership by Nick Wreden
185
Three keys to leadership communication today by Janice Obuchowski
195