Leadership: Helping Others to Succeed

Dr. Vicky Gordon and Insight Publishing

ISBN 10: 1600130615 / ISBN 13: 9781600130618

Published by Insight Publishing, 2007

Seller Inventory # 1600130615-VB

Synopsis:

What are you doing to help others on your team be more successful? True leaders lead by helping others to succeed. They coach and inspire others to reach beyond their own limitations. Leaders set the example. What example are you setting for others? Learn how in this dynamic, exciting book that features outstanding speakers, leaders, and authors who explain how they help others and why they think helping others is a critical element to their own growth as leaders. If you want to succeed in leading others, you realize that helping them succeed is the key to your own success. A leader's ability to spark the imagination and passion of others and enable everyone to make a difference in the change effort is even more critical today. Gone are the days when just achieving your individual objectives means success. Few companies do a great job developing people. Coaching and helping others develop requires skill and time. It also requires caring and a commitment to help others stretch to achieve their goals. Learn how the leaders in this book help others to step up to the demands of leading in today's challenging environment. You will miss a great opportunity if you don't use this valuable resource to help you make coaching an developing others one of your leadership strengths.

About the Author: Dr. Vicky Gordon is founder and CEO of The Gordon Group, a Chicago-based leadership and organizational development firm. Dr. Gordon integrates individual, team, and organizational change strategies enabling clients to improve their leadership effectiveness while solving current business problems. Clients include Dell, Sears, CNA Insurance, PepsiCo, and other leading Fortune 500 companies. A popular keynote speaker and author, Dr. Gordon s leadership advice has been featured in The Harvard Management Update, the Chicago Tribune, and on WGN radio. Dr. Gordon has a PhD in Organizational Communication from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MA and BA in Communication Studies from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Prior to launching The Gordon Group in 1985, she was a consultant with Sibson & Company and an assistant professor at Loyola University of Chicago.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Leadership: Helping Others to Succeed
Publisher: Insight Publishing
Publication Date: 2007
Binding: paperback
Condition: As New