Leadership Conversations
Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders
Published on 31. December 2012
320 pages
978-1-118-55188-2 (ISBN)
Description
Conversation techniques and tools that can help strong managersbecome great leaders
Often the very same skills and traits that enable rising starsto achieve success "tenacity, aggressiveness, self-confidence"become liabilities when promoted into a leadership track. Whilemanagers' conversations are generally transactional and centered onthe task at hand, leaders must focus on people, asking greatquestions and aligning them with the vision for the future.Leadership mindsets and skills can be developed, and LeadershipConversations provides practical guidance for connecting withothers in ways that transform each interaction into an opportunityfor organizational and personal growth.
* Identifies four types of conversation every leader must master:building relationships, making decisions, taking action, anddeveloping others
* Provides an action plan for boosting your personal leadershippotential, as well for developing leadership skills in others
* Draws on the authors' rich experience coaching and working withleaders at a wide range of organizations, including NASA, the U.S.Navy, intelligence agencies, Boeing, Gillette, Bausch & Lomb,and Georgetown University
Leadership Conversations is required reading for bothhigh-potential managers looking to make it to the next level andleaders looking to develop their people.
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Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders
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Alan S. Berson is an executive coach, leadershipconsultant, speaker, and professor. He has held leadership,strategic planning, and marketing roles at Fortune-500 firmsincluding Gillette, Bausch & Lomb, and Marriott. He is aLearning Director at Wharton Executive Education and was an AdjunctProfessor at Georgetown's McDonough School of Business. He lives inPotomac, Maryland.
Richard G. Stieglitz is a business consultant andspeaker. He started, built, and sold a company that helpedgovernment and industry executives lead change. Previously, he wasa submarine officer in the US Navy and an executive in theaerospace and computer industries. He is the author of three booksand publishes a monthly leadership e-letter. He lives in Potomac,Maryland.
For more information, please visitwww.myleadershipconversations.com
Content
Preface: Are You Having Leadership Conversations? xiii
PART 1 THE HIGH-POTENTIAL CHALLENGES 1
1 Do You Really Want to Be a Leader? 3
2 What Blend of Management and Leadership Mindsets Is Best?11
3 Have You Had Leadership Conversations Today? 19
4 Where Do You Stand on the Leadership Ladder? 29
PART 2 CONVERSATIONS TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS 35
5 Learn the New Rules 37
6 Your Relationships Defi ne You 47
7 Know Your Strengths and Their Shadows 57
8 People Aren't Machines 65
9 Don't Let Them Assume They Know What You're Thinking 75
10 Embrace Differences 83
PART 3 CONVERSATIONS TO DEVELOP OTHERS 89
11 The Battle for Talent 91
12 The Challenge of Leading Other High Potentials 103
13 Conversations You Must Have 115
14 What Gets in Your People's Way? 127
15 Recognition--Making It All Worthwhile 139
PART 4 CONVERSATIONS TO MAKE DECISIONS 147
16 Develop Your Judgment Gene 149
17 What You Know Is Irrelevant 161
18 Be Curious--Ask Great Questions 173
19 If You Can't Change, Retire 187
PART 5 CONVERSATIONS TO TAKE ACTION 197
20 Moving Smoothly into Action 199
21 Planning Successful Actions 207
22 When Things Change 215
23 Lessons from Success and Failure 225
24 Inspiring People in Turbulent Times 233
PART 6 YOUR LEADERSHIP CONVERSATIONS 243
25 Conversations at the Top 245
26 Conversations for Executive Leaders 251
27 Conversations for Managers of Managers 257
28 Conversations for First-Line Managers 263
29 Your Personal Action Plan 269
Notes 275
Bibliography 277
Acknowledgments 281
About the Authors 283
Index 285
