Colorful Leadership: What to do when Opinions Differ and Objectives Conflict - Softcover

Wille, Steven F.; Nelson, Larry; Kuehn, Bill

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1451559518 ISBN 13: 9781451559514

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2010

Synopsis

When people complain about poor communications the real problem is often lack of agreement. We need a strategy that assumes disagreement. We need to take off our glasses and look through glasses of a different color. Colorful leaders spin the filters to get a clear, rich, natural color image. How others feel, what they think, and where they want to go, matters a great deal. The colorful leadership discipline is to look for the zone of overlap, similar to the way your TV combines red, green and blue lights to make white light and color images. By viewing business and personal needs from thee perspectives you avoid getting stuck with your single point of view. To survive, a business needs people and how people feel is absolutely critical, but it is not the only thing. You also need a quality service or product that can compete in the market. The market is unfeeling. Your product must stand on its own. Quality and good feelings are essential, but not sufficient. To survive long term you must adapt to a changing world. The economy, politics, climate, and a host of unpredictable factors require that you constantly innovate and adapt. Looking from all three perspectives all the time is what the Colorful Leadership Discipline is all about. You will never achieve total agreement on these multiple factors, but where they overlap is the sweet spot were effective leaders focus their attention to maximize their long-term results.

About this title

About the Author:

Steve Wille, author of Colorful Leadership, has over 25 years senior level experience in corporate computer technology management. In the early 21st century he took a 3 year sabbatical to write and teach classes on leadership for project managers at corporations throughout the country . He is a Project Management Professional (PMP). Steve's MBA degree is from Regis University in Denver, and his BSBA degree is from the University of Denver. He is also a wedding photographer and drew on his experience with color digital photography as the model for this colorful book. Steve and his wife, Joanne, live in Centennial Colorado.

About this edition

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2010
• ISBN 10: 1451559518
• ISBN 13: 9781451559514
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 136