The Handbook for Leaders: 24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leaders - Softcover

Zenger, John; Folkman, Joseph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0071435328 ISBN 13: 9780071435321

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2004

Synopsis

These quick reads, based on McGraw-Hill bestsellers, are designed to meet the needs of busy people. Titles in the series focus on each book's main themes and action ideas, reduced to a manageable page count for on-the-go readers.

A workplace-tested prescription for encouraging the behaviors and key drivers of effective leadership, from one of today's top training teams.

About this title

About the Authors

John H. Zenger, D.B.A., is CEO ofZenger Folkman, a firm that helps organizationsand individuals improve leadership effectivenessthat, in turn, drives business results. These resultsinclude increasing employee engagement, retention,productivity, and bottom-line profitability. Heis a member of the HRD Hall of Fame and has authoredor coauthored eight books and 50 articles onleadership, productivity, and teams.

Joseph R. Folkman, Ph.D., is presidentof Zenger Folkman. He is an authoritativevoice on the subject of creating and using employeesurveys to create organizational change and 360-degree feedback assessment for individual development.Folkman is the author of three books: TurningFeedback into Change, Making Feedback Work, andEmployee Surveys That Make a Difference.

From the Back Cover

<p><b>The Handbook for Leaders</b></p><p><b>24 Lessons for Extraordinary Leadership</b></p><p>"What makes a great leader?"</p><p>Thousands of workers in both North America and Europe were asked that one simple question. Their top responses are compiled in <i>The Handbook for Leaders</i>. This precise, no-nonsense rulebook lists the 24 competencies and guidelines identified time and again as essential for becoming an effective and extraordinary leader, including:</p><ul><li>Focus on results </li><li>Cultivate interpersonal skills </li><li>Lead organizational change </li><li>Learn from mistakes </li><li>Develop your people </li><li>Be open to new ideas </li><li>Take initiative </li><li>Build strengths </li><li>Fix fatal flaws </li><li>Take a non-linear approach </li><li>Be accountable </li></ul><p>The ability to lead is far more than just a natural gift. Study after study shows that leadership is a concrete and learnable skill, one that can be acquired and honed by studying and applying specific proficiencies, attitudes, and habits. Let <i>The Handbook for Leaders </i>introduce you to the requirements for effective leadership, then provide you with a systematic program for attaining, developing, and implementing those skills.</p><p><b>John H. (Jack) Zenger, D.B.A.</b>,<b> </b>is executive vice president and a director of Provant, Inc., and the author or coauthor of a number of books on the drivers and principles of leadership, including <i>The Extraordinary Leader </i>and <i>Results-Based Leadership</i>.</p><p><b>Joe Folkman, Ph.D.</b>, is managing director of Novations Group, Inc., and the author of <i>Turning Feedback Into Change</i>, <i>Making Feedback Work</i>, and <i>Employee Surveys That Make a Difference</i>.</p>

Edition details

• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0071435328
• ISBN 13: 9780071435321
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 64