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Description of The Effective Leader

effective leadership is the key to a manager's job, requiring such skills as motivating and developing staff, team building and change management. this practical guide should enable anyone to develop and improve those skills in order to enhance their management potential.;offering easy-to-follow guidance on all aspects of leadership, it comes complete with checklists and case studies. key subjects, such as managing change, coaching and creative thinking, are dealt with in the author's approachable style. managers should also get a view how effective the people they lead think they are, through the use of questionnaires. the book aims to enable anyone who has the potential to become a good leader: someone who is not defined as "a boss", but as a creator of growth and learning in themselves and the people they lead.

Title Information

ISBN:

9780749439132

Pages:

144 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

17585

Publisher:

Kogan Page Ltd

Published:

03/04/2003

Press and Industry Reviews

"this manual offers great advice, especially on team-building, personal goal-setting and developing an awareness of how good (or bad) a leader you are."
- INFOMATICS, July 2003

"a good read"
- HUMAN RESOURCES, July 2003

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About Rupert Eales-White

Rupert Eales-White runs two consultancies, both of which are concerned with training and development. An experienced practitioner and writer, he is an expert on leadership, team building, change management and interpersonal skills.

Contents of The Effective Leader

Introduction

1. Putting your leadership role in context
how we instinctively define leadership
our work roles

2. Defining effective leadership
followers' view of effective leadership
followers' view of ineffective leadership
leaders' view of effective leadership

3. Creating growth for yourself
building self-confidence
developing awareness
overcoming limiting beliefs
structure your thinking
improving your performance

4. Understanding your leadership orientation and style
perception gaps
how the gap between intention and behavioural manifestation arises
how to close the gap
how the gap between manifestation and impact arises
the cumulator
discover your leadership orientation
discover your leadership style

5. Developing core leadership skills
listening
questioning

6. Improving staff performance
develop clarity of role
setting standards and performance measures
giving praise
giving constructive criticism
coaching and mentoring
using appraisals to create learning and growth
motivating staff

7. Building a high-performance team
why build a team
the right range
what an effective team looks like
how teams develop
how to build an effective team

8. Leading change
how we react to change
gaining maximum benefit from change
your preference when managing change

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