The Language of Leadership - Hardcover

Soder, Roger

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0787943606 ISBN 13: 9780787943608

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2001

Synopsis

"When we all think we understand leadership, Soder, with quotations from the ages, shows us new, fascinating, and immensely important elements. A stimulating adventure."--Fisher Howe, author, The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning and Welcome to the Board

With The Language of Leadership you'll explore the powerful role that language plays in helping leaders, no matter what their field, support their position and create a climate of credibility and legitimacy.

Written for leaders in the education, business, and nonprofit sectors, The Language of Leadership offers you the information and practical guidance you need to understand the crucial impact of words on the ability to lead, heal, motivate, and chart a path to the future.

About this title

From the Publisher

"[T]his book is not an angel food cake recipe for effective leadership. Business executives should expect no lists of things to do in order to keep clients from leaving by the back door while they are ushering new ones through the front. School principals will look in vain for five easy steps to good relationships with parents. Yet, this is an eminently practical book, a handbook for survival as well as excellence in leadership and sleeping with a clear conscience." — From the Foreword by John I. Goodlad

"When we all think we understand leadership, Soder, with quotations from the ages, shows us new, fascinating, and immensely important elements. A stimulating adventure." — Fisher Howe, author, The Board Member's Guide to Strategic Planning and Welcome to the Board

From the Inside Flap

We are living in an era when more and more misleading advertising and shameless political campaigns are accepted as the norm. In such a deceptive environment how can an ethical leader advocate for a cause without inviting doubt, resistance, or even indifference among those they intend to persuade?

The Language of Leadership explores the powerful role that language plays in helping leaders, no matter what their field, support their position and create a climate of credibility and legitimacy. In this persuasive and compelling book, Roger Soder draws from a wealth of historical and literary sources and uses illustrative examples from contemporary leadership practices. The Language of Leadership examines the art of developing principled and persuasive arguments and devotes particular attention to the process of gathering evidence on which to support an argument. Throughout the book, Soder advances practical ideas for cultivating public trust, openness and inquiry, and stresses the vital need for modeling democratic values in speech and conduct. Most importantly, the book addresses the myriad moral and political dilemmas that leaders face and shows how to use language and other principled tactics for coping with dissension and conflict when crises erupt.
Written for leaders in the education, business, and nonprofit sectors, The Language of Leadership offers the information and practical guidance needed to understand the crucial impact of words on the ability to lead, heal, motivate, and chart a path to the future.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2001
• ISBN 10: 0787943606
• ISBN 13: 9780787943608
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176