Remarkable Leadership is a practical handbook written for anyone who wants to hone the skills they need to become an outstanding leader. In this groundbreaking book, Kevin Eikenberry outlines a framework and a mechanism for both learning new things and applying current knowledge in a thoughtful and practical way. Eikenberry provides a guide through the most important leadership competencies, offers a proven method for learning leadership skills, and shows approaches for applying these skills in today s multitasking and overloaded world of work. The book explores real-world concerns such as focus, limited time, incremental improvement, and how we learn.
Autorentext
Kevin Eikenberry is the chief potential officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that provides a wide range of services including organizational consulting, training delivery and design, speaking, facilitation, and performance coaching services.
Klappentext
We are all given a unique set of talents when we are born and it is our job to tap into our personal skills and abilities to maximize our potential throughout our lives. Some of our natural talents help us on our journey to become a leader, but other skills need to be nurtured and developed.
Remarkable Leadership is a practical handbook written for anyone who wants to hone the skills they need to become an outstanding leader. In this groundbreaking book, Kevin Eikenberry outlines a framework and a mechanism for both learning new things and applying current knowledge in a thoughtful and practical way. Eikenberry provides a guide through the most important leadership competencies, offers a proven method for learning leadership skills, and shows approaches for applying these skills in today's multitasking and overloaded world of work. The book explores real-world concerns such as focus, limited time, incremental improvement, and how we learn.
Remarkable Leadership outlines an effective plan for focusing on one of twelve competencies at a time. The core competencies define the remarkable leader as someone who champions change, communicates powerfully, develops others, builds relationships, focuses on customers, influences with impact, thinks innovatively, values collaboration and teamwork, solves problems and makes decisions, takes responsibility and accountability, manages projects and processes successfully, and sets goals and supports goal-setting. An overarching, thirteenth competencythe Remarkable Leader Learns Continuouslyis incorporated throughout the book.
Remarkable Leadership is an original book that is based on a proven process designed to help people become more proficient in their role as a leader.
Zusammenfassung
Remarkable Leadership is a practical handbook written for anyone who wants to hone the skills they need to become an outstanding leader. In this groundbreaking book, Kevin Eikenberry outlines a framework and a mechanism for both learning new things and applying current knowledge in a thoughtful and practical way. Eikenberry provides a guide through the most important leadership competencies, offers a proven method for learning leadership skills, and shows approaches for applying these skills in today's multitasking and overloaded world of work. The book explores real-world concerns such as focus, limited time, incremental improvement, and how we learn.
Inhalt
Foreword xi
Jack Canfield
1. The Leader in You 1
2. Leadership Development in the Real World 8
3. How to Get the Most Out of This Book 17
4. Remarkable Leaders Learn Continually 21
5. Remarkable Leaders Champion Change 42
6. Remarkable Leaders Communicate Powerfully 63
7. Remarkable Leaders Build Relationships 80
8. Remarkable Leaders Develop Others 101
9. Remarkable Leaders Focus on Customers 125
10. Remarkable Leaders Influence with Impact 142
11. Remarkable Leaders Think and Act Innovatively 160
12. Remarkable Leaders Value Collaboration and Teamwork 179
13. Remarkable Leaders Solve Problems and Make Decisions 198
14. Remarkable Leaders Take Responsibility and Are Accountable 213
15. Remarkable Leaders Manage Projects and Processes Successfully 228
16. Remarkable Leaders Set Goals and Support Goal Achievement 242
Epilogue 261
References 263
Acknowledgments 267
The Author 269
About the Kevin Eikenberry Group 271