Learning to Lead
A Workbook on Becoming a Leader
Published on 27. April 2010
264 pages
978-0-465-00432-4 (ISBN)
Description
From leadership expert Warren Bennis, a workbook to help anyone reach their full potential as a leader.
Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith maintain that leaders are not born, they are made-in fact, anyone can develop the skills to transform their lives and their organizations. In Learning to Lead, these leadership experts have created a program that enables students, staff, managers, executives, public servants, and professionals to discover their own leadership voice.
In these pages Bennis and Goldsmith offer the wisdom of world leaders, tools for self-assessment, and exercises for building leadership skills. These lessons enable readers to recognize false leadership myths, translate failures into springboards for creativity, and communicate personal visions that inspire others to produce extraordinary results.
An immensely useful workbook and a powerful reformulation of the nature of leadership, Learning to Lead is an invaluable guide to driving your own success and inspiring it in others.
Warren Bennis and Joan Goldsmith maintain that leaders are not born, they are made-in fact, anyone can develop the skills to transform their lives and their organizations. In Learning to Lead, these leadership experts have created a program that enables students, staff, managers, executives, public servants, and professionals to discover their own leadership voice.
In these pages Bennis and Goldsmith offer the wisdom of world leaders, tools for self-assessment, and exercises for building leadership skills. These lessons enable readers to recognize false leadership myths, translate failures into springboards for creativity, and communicate personal visions that inspire others to produce extraordinary results.
An immensely useful workbook and a powerful reformulation of the nature of leadership, Learning to Lead is an invaluable guide to driving your own success and inspiring it in others.
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Persons
Warren Bennis (1925 - 2014) was an American scholar, organizational consultant, and author, who was widely regarded as the pioneer of the contemporary field of leadership. He served as Distinguished Professor of Business Administration at the University of Southern California, as chairman of the Advisory Board of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, and as a consultant to multinational companies and governments throughout the world.
In 2007, BusinessWeek called him one of ten business school professors who have had the greatest influence on business thinking. He has received twenty honorary degrees and has served on numerous boards of advisors. He authored dozens of articles and over thirty books on leadership, including On Becoming a Leader and Organizing Genius.
In 2007, BusinessWeek called him one of ten business school professors who have had the greatest influence on business thinking. He has received twenty honorary degrees and has served on numerous boards of advisors. He authored dozens of articles and over thirty books on leadership, including On Becoming a Leader and Organizing Genius.
Content
- Intro
- ALSO BY WARREN BENNIS
- Title Page
- Dedication
- PREFACE
- 1 - A Lifetime of Learning to Lead
- A New Approach
- Learning How to Learn-An Exercise
- Leadership Models-An Exercise
- Leadership Qualities, Attitudes, Behaviors, and Lessons-A Chart
- Leaders in Our Families
- Organizational Leaders-A Chart
- Leadership Myths-An Exercise
- 2 - Audacious Leadership
- Leaders Are Distinct from Managers
- Bringing the Distinction Home-An Exercise
- Leaders Build Trust Through Integrity
- Applying Leadership Skills-An Exercise
- The Leadership Inventory
- Creating Your Personal Leadership Agenda-An Exercise
- 3 - Mastering the Context: Competency One
- Confronting Contextual Challenges
- Contextual Intelligence
- Contextual Intelligence-An Exercise
- Leaders Take Time to Lead
- Time and Place to Consider the Context-An Exercise
- Where Have All the Leaders Gone?
- Leading in Spite of Circumstances
- Values Make Leaders-An Exercise
- Leaders Live Their Values
- 4 - Knowing Yourself: Competency Two
- Shifting the Leadership Paradigm
- Mastering a New Paradigm-An Exercise
- Failures Offer Opportunities
- Failure: Springboard of Hope-An Exercise
- Steps in Guided Imagery Process
- Shifting Our Paradigm-An Exercise
- Learning to Lead Through Crucible Experiences
- Reflecting on Life's Crucibles-An Exercise
- Personal Values Inspire Effective Leaders
- Defining Leadership Values-An Exercise
- 5 - Creating a Powerful Vision: Competency Three
- Passionately Committing to a Vision
- Creating a Passionate Vision for the World-An Exercise
- Visions Engage Others
- Your Organizational Vision-An Exercise
- Creating a Vision for Your Life-An Exercise
- Steps in Guided Imagery Process
- Living Your Vision: A Leader's Challenge
- 6 - Communicating with Meaning: Competency Four
- Great Leaders Are Great Communicators-A Chart
- Leaders Communicate and Others Join Them
- Making Communication Meaningful
- Elements of Meaningful Communication-A Chart
- Integrating the Elements of Communication-An Exercise
- Media Shapes Communication
- Aligning with Others Through Meaning-An Exercise
- Leaders Resolve Conflicts
- Leaders Communicate to Resolve Conflicts-An Exercise
- Communicating Your Vision-An Exercise
- 7 - Maintaining Trust Through Integrity: Competency Five
- Leaders Engender Trust-An Exercise
- Optimism Invites Trust
- Trust Contributes to Organizational Effectiveness-An Exercise
- Leaders Inspire Trust Through Empathy
- Practicing Empathy-An Exercise
- Stages in Empathetic Coaching
- Empathy Results in Self-Awareness-An Exercise
- Trust Through Consistency
- Transparency and Trust Are Linked
- Organizational Leaders Define Shared Values
- Your Ethical Ten Commandments-An Exercise
- 8 - Realizing Intention Through Action: Competency Six
- Leaders Make Good Judgments
- Improving Judgment Calls-An Exercise
- Leaders Communicate Powerful Visions
- Passionate Commitments-An Exercise
- Leaders Translate Commitments into Goals
- Setting Goals to Realize Commitments Through Action-An Exercise
- Leaders Think Strategically
- Strategy Mapping-An Exercise
- Creating a Strategy Map to Achieve Leadership Goals
- Power Is Inherent to Leadership
- Uses of Power-An Exercise
- Leaders Assess Themselves-An Exercise
- The Competencies of Leadership
- Inspiration and Empowerment: Conclusion
- Acknowledgements
- A SELECTIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY OF RESOURCES ON LEADERSHIP BY ANDREW WILHELMS
- INDEX
- Copyright Page
