The Prepared Mind of a Leader

Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems

Bill Welter, Jean Egmon

296 pages, parution le 01/12/2005

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Résumé

Thinking to stay ahead of change

In a complex business climate, people need to make informed decisions and learn how to think flexibly. A leader's most important asset is the ability to sense changes in the environment and adapt to them quickly. The Prepared Mind of a Leader presents an original and effective way to think more flexibly about innovation, strategy, change, and problem solving. It helps leaders anticipate challenges and prepare for both the intended and unintended consequences of change by laying out a program for developing, maintaining, and mobilizing eight key skills: Observing, Challenging, Reflecting, Reasoning, Imagining, Deciding, Learning, and Teaching. These skills provide a framework that the thoughtful leader or manager can use to approach issues of strategy, innovation, and more. Chapters feature interactive tools that will help readers develop each of the key skills.

L'auteur - Bill Welter

Bill Welter is the managing director of Adaptive Strategies (MindPrep.com), a firm specializing in business education and consulting. He has more than thirty-five years of varied military, engineering, consulting, and teaching experience.

L'auteur - Jean Egmon

Jean Egmon is a faculty member in managerial economics and decision sciences at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University and director of the Complexity in Action Network at Northwestern. She is also the president of Third Angle, Inc. (Third-Angle.com)

Sommaire

Introduction: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind
Our Foundation and Frameworks
The Skills of Prepared Mind Leadership
Notes
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Jossey-Bass
Auteur(s)	Bill Welter, Jean Egmon
Parution	01/12/2005
Nb. de pages	296
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	485g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780787976804
ISBN13	978-0-7879-7680-4