Power Thinking
How the Way You Think Can Change the Way You Lead
Published on 8. September 2015
304 pages
978-1-119-22884-4 (ISBN)
Description
Most individuals were never formally taught thinking skills and, as a result, are using processes that were developed during childhood to reach decisions and solve problems. Thus, in an era of knowledge explosion, organizational performance accountability, and rapid change caused by technology, leaders and managers are trying to succeed using thinking patterns developed before they were twelve years old. Power Thinking offers leaders the information they need to evaluate their current thinking proficiencies, determine areas for improvement, and enhance their thinking skills. The book includes the Yale Assessment of Thinking, a standardized assessment measure that enables readers to determine their abilities in the cognitive domains found to be crucial to being an outstanding leader.
Reviews / Votes
"Every business leader or wannabe business leader should readthis book. Mangieri and Block's power thinking strategies area sure way to reach the top and stay there." --Stephen M.Yesenosky, president, The Corporate Promotions Group "There is a lot of talk in professional literaturethese days about 'taking it to the next level.' Thisbook is different in that it goes beyond talk and instead describesthe actions that leaders will need to take if we are going tosucceed in tomorrow's highly competitive businessworld." --Robert M. Curran, vice president, E. I. DuPont deNemours & Co. "Many leaders often fail to think in an objectiveand clear way when they are confronted with problems andorganizational challenges. This book provides a rich resource as tohow leaders can reach decisions and solve problems moreeffectively. This book is a must for leaders who want to improvetheir thinking skills in a systematic and thoroughway."--Anne J. Udall, executive director, Lee LeadershipInstitute "Having directly worked for over a decade with thebest-known authors and thinkers of leadership, It thought I had aclear idea as to how leaders solve problems and reach decisions.This book provides more strategies and ideas about these crucialaspects of being a leader--and more importantly, ways to applythis knowledge--than any other book I have read. The strategicadvantage outline in Power Thinking should be used by everyindividual and every organization." --Paul A. Sanders, CEO,LumaCore "This book is outstanding. It will help me and otherleaders to become more effective in performing our many and complexresponsibilities."--Joseph M. McShane, S.J., president, FordhamUniversityMore details
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Persons
John N. Mangieri is pres-ident of the Center for Leadershipand Personnel Development in Charlotte, North Carolina. He hasserved as faculty member and university administrator at a numberof institutions, where he has held a variety of positions includinguniversity president. A Fulbright Scholar, Mangieri has consultedto and conducted leadership programs at numerous organizations inthe United States and countries around the world.
Cathy Collins Block is a professor of education at TexasChristian University and has been a visiting professor at theUniversity of Notre Dame. She was the chairperson of the NationalCommission to Infuse Thinking Development into the Curriculum ofthe Schools of the United States. Block has been honored by beingnamed one of the 2,000 Most Outstanding Scholars of the 21stCentury.
Mangieri and Block have jointly written seven books as wellas a standardized test, the Yale Assessment of Thinking,published by Jossey-Bass.
Content
Preface.
1. Why Power Thinking Is a Must and Not a Should forLeaders.
2. How Proficient Are My Thinking Skills?
3. What Do My Test Scores Tell Me About My Thinking SkillLevels?
4. Reasoning: Internal Cognitive Process.
5. Reasoning: External Cognitive Process.
6. Insight: Internal Cognitive Process.
7. Insight: External Cognitive Process.
8. Self-Knowledge: Internal Cognitive Process.
9. Self-Knowledge: External Cognitive Process.
10. Putting Our Words into Practice.
Appendix: Normative Data.
References.
The Authors.
Index.
