The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams - Hardcover

Beck, John D. W.; Yeager, Neil M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0471585254 ISBN 13: 9780471585251

Publisher: Wiley, 1994

Synopsis

A hands-on, proven approach to mastering the art and science of leadership. Based on 10 years of development and research with thousands of managers at hundreds of seminars, the authors have devised the L4 System which consists of a highly refined method for working with individuals and groups that promotes teamwork, maximizes potential and totally utilizes resources.

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About the Author

About the authors JOHN D. W. BECK, Ed.D., is one of the founders of the Charter Oak Consulting Group, a firm specializing in strengthening organizational performance by developing effective leaders, building high-performing teams, and aligning organizations in pursuit of a shared vision. He has consulted with many organizations including Aetna Life and Casualty, British Petroleum, Carrier, Coopers & Lybrand, Digital Equipment, Lotus Development Corporation, MCI, Miles Pharmaceuticals, Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, Shawmut National Bank, and The Travelers Insurance Companies. Before founding Charter Oak, Dr. Beck spent ten years at the University of Hartford Business School where he served as Director of the Master of Science in Organizational Behavior, as Chairman of the Management Department, and as Dean of Graduate Studies. NElL M. YEAGER, Ed.D., has fifteen years of professional experience as an organizational development consultant. Formerly based at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst where his Adult Career Transitions Program won a national award for innovation, he is currently a consultant with the Charter Oak Consulting Group. Dr. Yeager specializes in leadership development, managing organizational change, team building, process consultation career management, and mentoring. Recent clients include British Petroleum, Coopers & Lybrand, and McKinsey & Co. He is a former senior faculty member in the Masters in Management Program at Cambridge College where for ten years he taught advanced courses in organizational theory and behavior. He is the author of three successful career and organizational development books, CareerMap, The Career Doctor, and Power Interviews.

From the Back Cover

The Leader's Window "The Leader's Window takes situational leadership to the next level. It has a strong foundation in research, and the examples give rich leadership profiles and provide real depth based on hands-on experience." -Matthew Minahan Manager of Organizational Development World Bank "As a former McKinsey & Company partner, I know that leadership is one of the great black holes of management. What separates The Leader's Window from the pack is its riveting practicality. Here is an approach that will unleash the potential of every individual and team from the boardroom to the plant floor." -Alan Gayer Chief Executive Officer Egleston Children's Hospital "The concepts covered in The Leader's Window have been invaluable in our work with our clients as they move toward mature high-performance teams. This book will help traditional supervisors become more effective coaches and will help in the transition from treating leadership as a position to treating leadership as a function shared by team members." -Jack Orsburn President, Orsburn Team Works "The power of The Leader's Window comes from its combination of analytical framework and practitioner's guide, invaluable to anyone interested in developing high-performance teamwork. We have used it with a broad spectrum of teams and it actually works!" -M. O. Jones Manager, Organizational Development British Petroleum

From the Inside Flap

General William Tecumseh Sherman is reported to have said that he'd always found being a leader easy-the hard part, he said, was getting people to follow. For today's managers this witticism speaks volumes. Amidst the sound and fury of our constantly changing, always uncertain business world, the keys to success are leadership and teamwork. As with great generals, the great managers are those who can instill their staffs with a sense of mission and motivate them to do what it takes to realize their common goal. This very practical guide arms managers with a set of proven tools and techniques for developing and leading highly motivated, highly efficient teams. But it also gives them something much more valuable-"The Leader's Window." Growing out of the authors' experience training thousands of managers through their Charter Oak Consulting Group, The Leader's Window is a revolutionary new paradigm for high-performing leadership. The key to unlocking the formidable power of The Leader's Window is the L4 System, a set of strategies for assessing your own leadership style and developing the skills you need to become a more effective leader. With the help of dozens of real-life case studies and profiles of a number of great political and business leaders, John Beck and Neil Yeager zero-in on the four archetypal leadership styles: director, problem solver, developer, and delegator. They analyze each for its relative merits in various work situations. And most importantly, they show you how to master all four styles and to deploy them according to the changing needs of your team and the individuals in it, as well as the ever-changing demands of the marketplace. "Battle tested" and refined in over ten years of use at a number of top Fortune 500 companies, the leadership strategies and techniques you'll find in this book are certain to help you maximize the full potential of every player on your team. With The Leader's Window in your comer, you'll more than survive the daily business battles ... you'll win the war!

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0471585254
• ISBN 13: 9780471585251
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 242