Unbalanced Influence: Recognizing and Resolving the Impact of Myth and Paradox in Executive Performance - Hardcover

Hammett, Pete

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891062181 ISBN 13: 9780891062189

Publisher: UNKNO, 2007

Synopsis

Drawing on both the science and practice of executive leadership, Unbalanced Influence pulls together sound empirical data that includes assessment and survey results from such pioneering tools as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R), the FIRO-B(R), CCL's Executive Dimensions, and both the Campbell Leadership Index and Organizational Survey. Rich insights from the real-life experiences of CCL executive participants offer valuable life lessons for senior and mid-level executives as they journey to define what is, and what is not, effective executive leadership.

About this title

About the Author

Pete Hammett, PhD, is director of the Client Services Group at the Center for Creative Leadership. He has written and trained in a number of executive development areas including talent management, succession planning, creativity and innovation, and strategic planning. Hammett has more than twenty years' experience in operations, technology, client relationship management, and business process reengineering. He previously held senior executive positions at American Express, where he oversaw the introduction of the company's entry into the co-branding and affinity marketplace. His distinguished career also has included work in the aerospace and defense industry, where his system designs have contributed to the space shuttle program.

From the Back Cover

Explore the space between power and influence--what it means to be an effective executive leader.

This insightful book brings together the science and the practice of leadership to examine how today's C-level executives are wrestling with what effective executive leadership is and how it affects organizational success. UNBALANCED INFLUENCE explores how the personality preferences, interpersonal interactions, individual characteristics, and leadership competencies of executive leaders shape the way they view creativity and innovation, decision making, power and influence, values and ethics, and work-life balance. And dozens of examples--including the "failure of initiative" that characterized the leadership response to Hurricane Katrina--illustrate what it takes to harness the creative and innovative energies needed to bring the paradoxes of effective leadership back into balance.

"Consistent, impactful leadership is a struggle. By dissecting this challenge, Hammett shows the way and calls us to our very best, ethical leadership." --Paul J. Bonitatibus, senior executive vice president, Capital One, N.A.

From the Inside Flap

With nearly unprecedented access to ten years of research results and knowledge from the Leadership at the Peak program of the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL), Pete Hammett explores in depth the basic principles--including the myths and paradoxes--of effective executive leadership: what its influencers are and how these interact, how it can best be evaluated, and how it affects organizational success.

* Is an effective executive's decision making based on values or only on results?

* Can an effective leader be simultaneously grounded in day-to-day business objectives and focused on future opportunities?

* Can effective leadership be measured solely by performance metrics? Or does performance need to encompass a "greater good"?

* What influence does an executive really exert in the effectiveness of the organization's endeavors?

UNBALANCED INFLUENCE pulls together sound empirical data, including results from such pioneering tools as the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and FIRO-B instruments, CCL's Executive Dimentions assessment, and both the Campbell Leadership Index and Campbell Organizational Survey assessments. Rich insights from the real-life experiences of CCL participants offer valuable life lessons for C-level executives as they strive to define what is--and is not--effective executive leadership.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891062181
• ISBN 13: 9780891062189
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 288