Learning To Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader (People Skills for Professionals) - Hardcover

Goldsmith, Joan; Bennis, Warren G.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1857881982 ISBN 13: 9781857881981

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing, 1997

Synopsis

Leading an organization is different from managing it. Managers want to be efficient. Leaders want to be effective. If people want to develop their leadership skills, the first step is learning to lead. Leadership is a function of knowing oneself, having a vision that is well communicated, building trust among colleagues, and taking effective action to realize one's own leadership potential. This new edition uses wisdom from the world's most successful leaders, helpful self-assessments and dozens of one-day skill-building exercises. It aims to help people become more effective managers and leaders. The workbook format includes more than 30 exercises designed for both personal and group use, offering multiple avenues for development one's leadership skills. Major topics include: leadership for a successful future; managers vs leaders; how to develop an organizational vision and communicate it; the ethics of leadership; and how to harness the power you need to achieve your personal leadership goals. Warren Bennis is the author of "Organizing Genius", "On Becoming a Leader" and "Leaders".

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About the Author

Warren Bennis is the author of the bestselling On Becoming a Leader, Leaders, and most recently Organizing Genius (also published by Nicholas Brealey). Bennis is Distinguished Professor of Business Administration and founding chairman of the Leadership Institute at the University of Southern California. Joan Goldsmith is a management consultant and former faculty member at Harvard Graduate School of Education. She has advised and educated managers, educators, and leading corporations internationally.

Review

Doug Willmore, Chief Administrative Officer, Salt Lake County
“Learning to Lead is one of the finest books for leaders that I have ever had the opportunity to read. Grounded in proven theory, yet written in action, Bennis and Goldsmith have given anyone who aspires to lead more powerfully and more effectively, a pathway to follow. The pathway they lay out requires work and thought, yet it also calls for the best that you have to give – and as such, has allowed for new levels of self-expression, authenticity, and effectiveness in my own leadership. Clear and concise, yet not simple, it is a book that I will return to again and again.”

Catherine Houser, Executive Vice President of Human Resources, MTV Networks
“They say leaders are born, but leadership is a skill that's bred. Learning to Lead is full of smart, practical thinking on how to unlock the potential for greatness that lies within all of us.”

Edition details

• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1857881982
• ISBN 13: 9781857881981
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 192