William B. Joiner, Stephen A. Josephs

Leadership Agility (eBook, PDF)

Five Levels of Mastery for Anticipating and Initiating Change

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Leadership Agility is the master competency needed for sustained success in today's complex, fast-paced business environment. Richly illustrated with stories based on original research and decades of work with clients, this groundbreaking book identifies five levels that leaders move through in developing their agility. Significantly, only 10% have mastered the level of agility needed for consistent effectiveness in our turbulent era of global competition. Written in an engaging, down-to-earth style, this book not only provides a map that guides readers in identifying their current level of agility. It also provides practical advice and concrete examples that show managers and leadership development professionals how they can bring greater agility to the initiatives they take every day.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Oktober 2006
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780787987466
• Artikelnr.: 37340352

Autorenporträt

The Authors Bill Joiner & Stephen Josephs are world-renowned consultants and executive coaches whose clients include Aetna, Corning, Dell, EMC, IBM, Hewlett-Packard, MIT, Sun Microsystems, Sunoco, and Travelers. They are partners in ChangeWise, a leadership and organization development firm with offices in Boston and San Francisco. Bill Joiner is an adjunct faculty member at the Winston Center for Leadership and Ethics at Boston College, and received his doctorate from Harvard University. Stephen Josephs is a master coach with degrees from the University of Massachusetts, Harvard University, Antioch College, and Clark University.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: the Master Competency v
Part One: What Is Leadership Agility?
1 Agility in a World of Change and Complexity 3
2 The Five Eds 13
3 Four Competencies for Agile Leadership 31
Part Two: Five Levels of Leadership Agility
4 Expert Level: Solve Key Problems 43
5 Achiever Level: Accomplish Desired Outcomes 64
6 Catalyst Level: Mobilize Breakout Endeavors 91
7 Co-Creator Level: Realize Shared Purpose 123
8 Synergist Level: Evoke Unexpected Possibilities 155
Part Three: Becoming a More Agile Leader
9 Assessing Leadership Agility 193
10 Developing Leadership Agility 203
Appendix A: Research Behind This Book 227
Appendix B: Stages of Personal Development 235
Notes for Inquiring Readers 249
References 295
Resources 307
Acknowledgments 309
The Authors 311
Index 312

Rezensionen

"...there is much to learn from this book and I commend the authors for their painstaking analysis" (The Learning Organisation, Vol. 15 No. 1, 2008)