The Leader's Tool Kit : Hundreds of Tips and Techniques for Developing the Skills You Need

Here's a book for leaders and aspiring leaders who must develop many skills but don't have much reading time to find the particular help they need. The Leader's Tool Kit gives them hundreds of proven techniques presented in bite-sized chunks and arranged in an easy-to-digest format. Readers will find handy checklists and practical advice on topics such as:\* Strategic Leadership (including alliances, change, influencing the future, governance, and sustainability)\* Leading Your People (including coaching, training, mentoring, and retention)\* Performance Leadership (including accountability, innovation, and measurement)\* Life and Career Management (including career development, learning, and values)\* Leadership Fundamentals (including authenticity, decision making, ethics, and problem solving)Read cover-to-cover or used as a quick reference, The Leader's Tool Kit contains much needed guidance on mastering the skills critical to leadership success. Contents......Page 8 Preface......Page 12 Acknowledgments......Page 14 PART 1 Leadership Fundamentals......Page 18 1 Adversity: Coping with Tough Times......Page 20 2 Authenticity......Page 23 3 Change......Page 26 4 Collaboration and Teamwork......Page 29 5 Communicating for Clarity and Commitment......Page 33 6 Communicating One-on-One......Page 37 7 Communicating with Groups......Page 41 8 Decision Making......Page 45 9 Democratizing the Workplace......Page 47 10 Ethics......Page 49 11 Meetings......Page 52 12 Mistakes: Turning Adversity into Opportunity......Page 54 13 Mistakes: When Others Fail......Page 56 14 Planning......Page 58 15 Problem Solving......Page 63 16 Professionalism......Page 65 17 Teamwork......Page 67 18 Technology......Page 70 19 Ten Traits of Great Leaders......Page 73 PART 2 Life and Career Management......Page 76 20 Balancing Your Life......Page 78 21 Career Development......Page 84 22 Learning and Self-Development......Page 88 23 Learning: Strategies for Senior Executives......Page 90 24 Life: Living Each Moment to the Fullest......Page 94 25 Replacing Yourself......Page 96 26 Setbacks: Overcoming Adversity in Your Career......Page 98 27 Values: A Personal Approach......Page 101 PART 3 Strategic Leadership......Page 104 28 Alliances......Page 106 29 Benchmarking......Page 109 30 Change: Influencing the Future......Page 113 31 Communicating with the Board and Other Executives......Page 117 32 Consultants: Getting Your Money’s Worth......Page 121 33 Consultants: Maximizing Value for Your Organization......Page 123 34 Governance: More Than Staying Out of Jail......Page 127 35 Governance: Structuring the Board of Directors......Page 134 36 Government: Managing Relationships......Page 138 37 Integration: Creating a United Organization......Page 141 38 International Operations......Page 143 39 Partnerships......Page 148 40 Partnerships: Going International......Page 152 41 Partnerships: Managing the Process......Page 155 42 Reengineering and Downsizing......Page 157 43 Stakeholders......Page 159 44 Strategic Planning......Page 163 45 Strategic Planning: SWOT Analysis......Page 171 46 Sustainability......Page 174 47 Sustainability: Evaluating Your Organization......Page 177 48 Unions......Page 181 49 Visioning......Page 185 PART 4 Leading Your People......Page 188 50 Abusive Behavior......Page 190 51 Coaching......Page 193 52 Compensation and Benefits......Page 195 53 Inspiring Others......Page 200 54 Knowledge Management: Managing Intellectual Capital......Page 203 55 Leadership Development: Creating New Leaders......Page 209 56 Leadership Development: Developing Learning Plans......Page 211 57 Leadership Development: Training......Page 214 58 Mentoring......Page 217 59 Motivating Others......Page 222 60 Rewards and Recognition......Page 225 61 Retaining High Performers......Page 227 PART 5 Performance Leadership......Page 230 62 Accountability and Responsibility: Getting the Monkey off Your Back......Page 232 63 Accountability: Measuring Outcomes......Page 234 64 Creativity, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement......Page 236 65 High-Performance Leadership......Page 239 66 High-Performance Organizations......Page 241 67 Layoffs......Page 243 68 Learning Organizations......Page 246 69 Measurement: The Balanced Scorecard......Page 249 C......Page 252 E......Page 253 K......Page 254 O......Page 255 S......Page 256 Z......Page 257 Here's a book for leaders and aspiring leaders who must develop many skills but don't have much reading time to find the particular help they need. The Leader's Tool Kit gives them hundreds of proven techniques presented in bite-sized chunks and arranged in an easy-to-digest format. Readers will find handy checklists and practical advice on topics such * Strategic Leadership (including alliances, change, influencing the future, governance, and sustainability) * Leading Your People (including coaching, training, mentoring, and retention) * Performance Leadership (including accountability, innovation, and measurement) * Life and Career Management (including career development, learning, and values) * Leadership Fundamentals (including authenticity, decision making, ethics, and problem solving) Read cover-to-cover or used as a quick reference, The Leader's Tool Kit contains much needed guidance on mastering the skills critical to leadership success. Leaders and aspiring leaders need to constantly work on perfecting the skills they need to excel at their jobs - often in the midst of very busy schedules. The "Leader's Tool Kit" provides the perfect answer, giving leaders hundreds of proven techniques presented in a way that allows them to quickly and easily absorb sophisticated information on a wealth of leadership topics. It is an indispensable guidebook for anyone seeking to master the skills critical to leadership success and features practical advice on topics such as: strategic leadership (alliances, change, influencing the future and sustainability); leading your people (coaching, training, mentoring and retention); performance leadership (accountability, innovation and measurement); life and career management (career development, learning and values); and, leadership fundamentals (decision making, ethics and problem solving)