Managerial Leadership

• Proven steps for developing a personalized leadership plan and putting that plan into action
• Methods to foster learning on the way to creating a learning organization
• Ways to identify key competencies for influencing your followers today and in the future
• How popular "360o Feedback" tools can enhance leadership behaviors or be organizationally destructive
• Ten specific suggestions to promote risk-taking and innovation among associates
• Techniques for providing constructive criticism in a clear, no-nonsense fashion
• Practical ways to successfully manage across cultures in a global context
• Insights from influential leadership minds including Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, James Kouzes, Barry Posner, and others

In today's "manage first, ask questions later" corporate culture, the leadership vacuum has reached crisis levels. Those individuals and organizations that understand the values of solid leadership and learn the techniques for cultivating that leadership will have a powerful competitive advantage. In Managerial Leadership, get the tips, tools, and strategies you need to cultivate and implement a strong leadership organization and to develop your own valuable leadership effectiveness.

Contents

Preface
Acknowledgments

Pt. 1 Leading Change as a Manager; Managing Change as a Leader 1

Ch. 1 Looking Out, Before Looking 3
Ch. 2 The Forces of Change 25
Ch. 3 Organizations That Thrive in Chaos 39
Ch. 4 Overcoming Resistance 45
Ch. 5 Being in the Middle 61

Pt. 2 Developing Your Associates and Yourself 77

Ch. 6 Leadership Competencies 79
Ch. 7 Coaching 91
Ch. 8 Teaching 105
Ch. 9 Mentoring 117
Ch. 10 Developing Self and Developing Others 125

Pt. 3 Managerial Leadership in Action 123

Ch. 11 Giving and Receiving Feedback 135
Ch. 12 Managing Up and Across 145
Ch. 13 Managing Across Borders and Cultures 157
Ch. 14 Putting Your Plan into Action 173

App. A: Bibliography and Suggested Readings 187
App. B: Samples of 360[superscript[degree]] Feedback Profiles 189

Index