The AMA Handbook of Leadership

In a challenging business climate, enterprises look to their leaders. Some situations call for drastic change, while others require the fortitude to stay the course. Who better to help today's leaders than a who's who of the greatest leadership thinkers of our time? The AMA Handbook of Leadership features insights from best-of-the-best thought leaders and executive leadership coaches around the world. Packed with exclusive, never-before-published articles and full case studies, the book covers a wide range of leadership challenges such as sustainability, competitive advantage through leadership, leading across cultures, succession and countless other issues critical to current and future business leaders. Overview: Effective leadership is more crucial than ever before. In fact, the link between effective leadership and corporate health is backed up by hard data, as best-selling author Judith M. Bardwick explains in her contributed article to The AMA Handbook of Leadership. Study after study shows that leadership quality directly impacts employee commitment and employee commitment predicts an organization's financial success. You'll learn about this and other important research, trends, and perspectives in this one-of-a-kind compendium of original writings from some of the leading thinkers and doers in the field. There's not a single "system" for sale here, but a gathering of twenty-three succinct, on-target articles on what it means to be an effective leader today, as well as proven strategies for leading people and organizations to success. Read from: Maya Hu-Chan on the five most important skills required of global leaders navigating a multicultural, ever-changing world. D. Quinn Mills and Luke Novelli Jr. on how to astutely read the three primary executive styles in both Asian and Western context. Marc Effron and Miriam Ort on the trouble with talent management, along with ideas for radically overhauling the TM and HR functions. Joseph Folkman on thirteen ways to show you care about your people distilled from one hundred thousand 360 assessments. Paul Hersey on eight ways to mold Generation Y into high-performing leaders not just a remarkably high-maintenance workforce. Robert H. Rosen on four ways that leaders can use the anxiety caused by change and uncertainty in positive, productive ways. Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams on how a "servant leader" approach can help your organization achieve a sustainable future. Packed with real-life examples, researched-based assessments, and probing analyses, The AMA Handbook of Leadership's brisk, stimulating articles give you a broad perspective on new leadership challenges and strategies including some refreshingly contrarian opinions and observations. Browse the book for a thorough overview or pick the best possible ideas for you and your organization Diversity : the imperative for today's leaders / Frances Hesselbein Leadership and diversity management : unfinished business / R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr 360 for global leaders : coaching through a world lens / Maya Hu-Chan Asian and western executive styles / D. Quinn Mills and Luke Novelli, Jr. Passing the baton : developing your successor / Marshall Goldsmith Developing exceptional leaders : critical success factors / James F. Bolt The leader's role in growing new leaders / Beverly Kaye Talent pool or talent puddle : where's the talent in talent management? / Marc Effron and Miriam Ort The cost of investing in people leadership negatively affects the bottom line : fact or fiction? / Howard J. Morgan and Paula Kruger Leadership's silver bullet : the magic of inspiration / John H. (Jack) Zenger Create awareness, create change / Judith M. Bardwick I really do care! / Joseph Folkman The real legacy of leadership : aligning rhetoric with reality / Albert A. Vicere What do leaders need to know about generation Y in order to lead successfully? / Paul Hersey What is an effective leader? : the leadership code and leadership brand / Norm Smallwood and Dave Ulrich Leading the emotional side of change : the new 21st-century leadership capability / Robert H. Rosen Adjusting the political temperature of your team / Gary Ranker and Colin Gautrey Making successful transitions : the leader's perspective / Patricia Wheeler A question of leadership : what does the organization need me to do? / John Baldoni Situational intelligence / Laurence S. Lyons The arts and leadership / Nancy J. Adler Client leadership : leading in the marketplace / Andrew Sobel Leading for sustainability / Fons Trompenaars and Peter Woolliams. The AMA Handbook of Leadership features insights from best-of-the-best thought leaders and executive leadership coaches on topics from talent development, the arts and leadership, and competitive advantage through leadership, to leading across cultures, sustainability, executive transition, and many more timeless (and timely) issues. Filled with powerful examples and full case studies, the book includes previously unpublished articles from: Frances Hesselbein • R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr. • Dave Ulrich • John (Jack) Zenger • Nancy J. Adler • John Baldoni • Judith M. Bardwick • Marshall Goldsmith • James F. Bolt • Marc Effron • Joe Folkman • Colin Gautrey • Paul Hersey • Maya Hu-Chan • Wendy Johnson • Beverly Kaye • Paula Kruger • Laurence S. Lyons • D. Quinn Mills • Howard Morgan • Luke Novelli, Jr. • Miriam Ort • Gary Ranker • Robert H. Rosen • Norm Smallwood • Andrew Sobel • Fons Trompenaars • Albert A. Vicere • Peter Woolliams • and Patricia Wheeler In a challenging business climate, enterprises look to their leaders. Some situations call for drastic change, while others require the fortitude to stay the course. Who better to help today's business leaders than the greatest leadership thinkers of our time?