Career and Leadership Strategies
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CRG Weekly eZine
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July 14, 2008
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Greetings!
Learning for the successful person, is a lifelong journey. No book or
conference is an end in itself. They should encourage you to dig deeper
and more often
The five excellent leadership books highlighted in this week's eZine do not necessarily represent popularity
in terms of numbers of books sold. In a few cases they did not get the
recognition they deserved. But all of the titles selected will contain
ideas relevant and compelling to leaders at all levels and contexts.
The authors all addressed the question, "How can I create the
environment and perform in a way that leads to consistently successful
outcomes?"
But more than that, the books listed below deal with the real success of a
leader: the creating of a leadership economy if you will -- a
place where leaders are developed at all levels and in all areas of
life. These books will help you on your journey.
Andy Robinson
Head Coach
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Five Excellent Leadership Books
True North: Discover Your Authentic Leadership by Bill George and Peter Sims (Jossey-Bass, 2007)True North
shows how anyone who follows their internal compass can become an
authentic leader. This leadership tour de force is based on research
and first-person interviews with 125 of today's top leaders-with some
surprising results. True North presents a concrete and
comprehensive program for leadership success and shows how to create
your own Personal Leadership Development Plan centered on five key
areas:
- Knowing your authentic self
- Defining your values and leadership principles
- Understanding your motivations
- Building your support team
- Staying grounded by integrating all aspects of your life
True North offers an opportunity for anyone to transform their leadership path and become the authentic leader they were born to be. Measure of a Leader
by Aubrey C. Daniels and James E. Daniels
(McGraw-Hill, 2007)
This book turns conventional leadership wisdom on its head, showing
how to focus on the behavior of followers to craft a powerful
leadership style.
Structuring their message around the indicators of follower behavior
that predict a leader's influence, Aubrey and James Daniels show
exactly how to impact the growth of a business, its customers, and the
marketplace. Even more important, the authors' system gives managers
the tools to adapt the approach, creating positive behavior that can
improve the performance of their people.
Managers are transformed into
leaders, creating a legacy that perpetually generates greater momentum,
commitment, initiative, and reciprocity throughout an organization.
Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls
by Noel M. Tichy and Warren G. Bennis
(Portfolio Hardcover, 2007)
"With good judgment, little else matters. Without it, nothing else matters."
Whether
we're talking about United States presidents, CEOs, Major League
coaches, or wartime generals, leaders are remembered for their best and
worst judgment calls. In the face of ambiguity, uncertainty, and
conflicting demands, the quality of a leader's judgment determines the
fate of the entire organization. That's why judgment is the essence of
leadership.
Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis have each spent decades studying and
teaching leadership and advising top CEOs such as Jack Welch and Howard
Schultz. Now, in their first collaboration, they offer a powerful
framework for making tough calls when the stakes are high and the right
path is far from obvious. They show how to recognize the critical
moment before a judgment call, when swift and decisive action is
essential, and also how to execute a decision after the call.
No organization can afford to neglect this crucial discipline-and no previous book has ever brought it into such clear focus.
The Leadership Challenge, 4th Edition
by James M. Kouzes, Barry Z. Posner
(Jossey-Bass, 2007)
The Leadership Challenge has become one of the best-selling
leadership books of all time. Now, with the publication of the fourth
edition of their landmark book, Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner celebrate
twenty-five years of leadership excellence.
The Leadership Challenge-the most trusted source on becoming a
better leader-has been thoroughly updated and revised for a new
generation of leaders living and working in a global environment.
Building on the knowledge base of the previous books, the fourth
edition is grounded in research and presents extensive interviews with
a diverse group of leaders at all levels in a wide variety of
organizations from around the world.
The authors emphasize that the
fundamentals of leadership are not a fad. While the context of
leadership has changed dramatically, the content of leadership has
endured the test of time.
HOW: Why How We Do Anything Means Everything - In Business (and in Life)
by Dov L. Seidman
(Wiley, 2007)
It's no longer what you do that sets you apart from others, but how you do what you do. Whats
are commodities, easily duplicated or reverse-engineered. Sustainable
advantage and enduring success-for both companies and the people who
work for them-now lie in the realm of how, the new frontier of conduct. Divided into four comprehensive parts, this insightful guide:
- Exposes the forces and factors that have fundamentally changed the world in which business operates, placing a new focus on the hows with which we conduct ourselves
- Provides frameworks to help you understand these hows and implement them in powerful and productive ways
- Helps you channel your actions and decisions to thrive uniquely within today's new business realities
- Sheds light on the systems of how-the dynamics between
people that shape organizational culture-and introduces a bold new
vision for winning through self-governance
With in-depth insights and practical advice, HOW will help
you bring excellence and significance to your business endeavors-and
your life-and refocus your efforts in powerful new ways. If you want to
stand out, to thrive in our fast changing, hyperconnected, and
hypertransparent world, open this book and discover HOW.
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Quotes to Inspire
"Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up
its empty spaces as the reading of useful and entertaining authors."
~ Joseph Addison ~
"Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the
body."
~ Joseph Addison ~
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