The leadership lexicon : a handbook of leadership competencies with skills and development actions

This handbook is perfect for busy leaders with little time on the job to devote to improving their effectiveness. It’s packed with concrete behaviors for becoming the type of leader others follow—more than 500 skills and 1,500 actionable suggestions that can be put to use immediately. The authors provide a new model of leadership based on five essentials that compel people to follow. To be effective, leaders must be able to: • identify opportunities and threats • build the programs and teams required to meet those challenges • drive for results These three competencies must be grounded by two remaining essentials of leadership: • Character • Commitment Chapter one focuses on how to analyze conditions and possibilities, establish the right mind-set, develop the plan and priorities, and make hard decisions. Chapter two addresses the challenge of building individual, team, organizational, and customer competencies. Chapter three examines how to apply skills, manage for results, and achieve profitability. The book contains page after page of tips and strategies: • over 100 competencies required for extraordinary leadership—from strategic thinking and resource planning to business writing, involving employees and beyond • 5–10 skills required for proficiency in each competency • 3–5 development suggestions for each skill that will improve the ability to lead What is leadership? Simply stated, leadership is the art of getting others to want to do what you believe needs to be done. Leaders gain the confidence of others through their insights, their interpersonal influence, and their competence. Leadership is not about having the power and influence to command those who are subordinate to you. Leadership is a choice any person can make in the moment. What do leaders rely on? Effective leaders need input, processing, and feedback. They need to listen to others: their employees, their peers, their customers, their critics, their shareholders. Leaders need to be open to information of all types: positive, negative, and neutral. Leaders need processing capabilities to discriminate good from bad ideas. They need to generate new responses to changing conditions, and to create new environments for change. This book provides a solid construct for processing information (identify, build, and drive) and a wealth of ideas for generating new responses (107 competencies). This Handbook Is Perfect For Busy Leaders With Little Time On The Job To Devote To Improving Their Effectiveness. It Is Packed With Concrete Behaviors For Becoming The Type Of Leader Others Follow And Includes More Than 500 Skills And 1,500 Actionable Suggestions That Can Be Put To Use Immediately. Effective leaders are able to identify the right strategy, structure, people, processes, technology, and cultural requirements for meeting marketplace and customer requirements.