Christopher I. Maxwell Ph. D.

Lead Like a Guide (eBook, PDF)

How World-Class Mountain Guides Inspire Us to Be Better Leaders

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Discover the leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides and see how developing and applying these principles can help you reach for the highest summits in work-and in life. This intriguing approach to business and personal success introduces six leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides: demonstrating social intelligence; adopting a flexible leadership style; empowering others; facilitating the development of trust; managing risk in an environment of uncertainty; and seeing the big picture. The premise is that these same strengths provide a valuable model in the workplace and other networks, whether one is already in a leadership position or aspiring to get there. The result of more than a decade of research combined with the author's personal experience, the book explains how mountain guides coach people to reach for their highest goals in the most challenging environments, often enabling them to far exceed what they imagined possible. The same principles can be applied in business and elsewhere. To set readers on the right path, the author explains six strengths of guides, incorporating interviews and quotes from guides and expedition participants to illustrate leadership lessons and show how they can be successfully used off the slopes. The book also provides a checklist of action steps readers can follow to foster skill development.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing Inc
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Altersempfehlung: ab 7 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. September 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781440844171
• Artikelnr.: 68217611

Autorenporträt

Christopher Maxwell, PhD, is Senior Fellow, Center for Leadership and Change Management, The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Rodrigo Jordan, PhD Preface Acknowledgments ONE: Boots on the
Ground Developing leaders through challenging expeditions TWO: Vertical
Leveraging social skills and uncertainty THREE: Exum Mountain Guides
Leadership and excellence in the home of American mountaineering FOUR: The
Making of a Guide Leadership lessons from Patagonia and the Grand Teton
FIVE: Guides Are Socially Intelligent The importance of building and
maintaining positive relationships SIX: Guides Are Adaptable Using the
right leadership style at the right time SEVEN: Guides Empower Others to
Reach Their Own Summits Providing the space for growth and development
EIGHT: Guides Facilitate the Development of Trust Reliability in the face
of contingent outcomes NINE: Guides Manage Risk in an Environment of
Uncertainty Finding the balance between risk and safety TEN: Guides See the
Big Picture The meaning of the journey ELEVEN: Leading Like a Guide One
expedition participant's experience in the workplace Notes Index About the
Guides