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Secrets Of An Executive Coach - Proven Methods For Helping Leaders Excel Under Pressure
Secrets of an Executive Coach uncovers six crises that cause people to fail. And unlike the prevailing corporate model, which advocates suppressing crises, Downs explains how to confront and resolve them using 11 essential coaching techniques, including role playing, self-imitation, metaphor map, and devil's advocate. These classic methods gain new relevance in this breakthrough approach that puts crisis management at the heart of effective leadership.
Alan Downs, Copyright 2002, AMACON Publishing |
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Semper Fi - Business Leadership - The Marine Corps Way
"Semper fidelis"--Latin for "always faithful"--is both the motto of the U.S. Marine Corps and the inspiration for this totally new approach to corporate leadership. Two former Marines take the best leadership tactics used by the Corps and translate them to a corporate environment...with results that can be surprising and highly effective.
Dan Carrison and Rod Walsh, Copyright 1999, AMACON Publishing |
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The Servant - A Simple Story About the True Essence of Leadership
In this absorbing tale, you watch the timeless principles of servant leadership unfold through the story of John Daily, a businessman whose outwardly successful life is spiraling out of control. He is failing miserably in each of his leadership roles as boss, husband, father, and coach. To get his life back on track, he reluctantly attends a weeklong leadership retreat at a remote Benedictine monastery.
Along with John, you will learn that the principles in this book are neither new nor complex. They don't demand special talents; they are simply based on strengthening the bonds of respect, responsibility, and caring with the people around you. Perhaps this is why The Servant has touched readers from all walks of life - because its message can be applied by anyone, anywhere - at home or at work.
James C. Hunter, Copyright 1998, Prima Publishing |
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Sexual Harassment and the Employee
What you don't know about sexual harassment can hurt you, your agency and fellow employees. This book is loaded with examples that will help you learn:
- How to recognize sexual harassment.
- Why sexual harassment is still a problem in the federal government.
- How to effectively deal with the problems in your organization.
- Why sexual harassment concerns you and your agency.
Susan McGuire Smith, Copyright 1999, FPMI Communications |
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Sexual Harassment in the Workplace - A guide to Prevention
Learn how to handle complaints and how to prevent sexual harassment in your workplace by understanding the legal, professional, and personal aspects of sexual harassment.
Julianna Lightle and Betsy Doucet, Copyright 1992, Crisp Publications |
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Shaping the Adaptive Organization - Landscapes, Learning, and Leadership in Volatile Times
Shaping the organization in a biological sense. Understand the landscape of the organization; encourage individual learning and sharing; and meet the challenges of an organization.
William E. Fulmer, Copyright 2000; American Management Association |
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The Six Sigma Way - How GE, Motorola, and Other Top Companies are Honing Their Performance
The book shows how to implement Six Sigma, defined as "A comprehensive and flexible system for achieving, sustaining, and maximizing business success. Six Sigma is uniquely driven by close understanding of customer needs, disciplined use of facts, data, and statistical analysis, and diligent attention to managing, improving, and reinventing business processes."
Peter S. Pande, Robert P. Neuman, and Roland R. Cavanagh, Copyright 2000; McGraw-Hill |
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The 108 Skills of Natural Born Leaders - Have You Got The "Right Stuff" To Be A Leader?
Identifies the 108 traits that so-called 'born leaders' possess, and shows how to tap into their power. Offers any reader a chance to discover,
develop and magnify these 108 qualities within themselves, beginning with a competency level self-assessment test. Text also illustrates three main categories of skills needed to be a leader.
Warren Blank, Copyright 2001; AMACON Publishers |
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The Soul of an Organization - Understanding the Values That Drive Successful Corporate Cultures
The most successful organizations are driven by solid core values that permeate hiring practices, marketplace perceptions, internal systems, performance standards, and bottom-line profitability. These cultural values-more than external forces or business processes-are the biggest predictors in defining and motivating the ultimate success of a business.
Rich Gallagher's The Soul of an Organization examines corporate culture as a force in realizing business excellence. Readers will find clear discussions, self-assessment tools, and case studies that demonstrate the power of cultural values. For example, find out why two companies can have completely different personalities, employee attitudes, and performance outcomes, even when they have similar product lines or identical mission statements.
Richard S. Gallagher, Copyright 2002, Dearborn Trade Publishing |
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The Southwest Airlines Way - Using the Power of Relationships to Achieve High Performance
Full of frontline tales of Southwest's innovative management style, this compelling book explains how Southwest's relentless focus on high-performance relationships and its people-management practices have been the key to its unparalleled success in the airline industry. It reveals how any organization willing to invest the time and effort can learn from Southwest's management style by creating shared goals, shared knowledge, and mutual respect among management, employees, and suppliers. This is the secret of how Southwest consistently outperforms its competitors in the high-pressure, timesensitive airline industry.
Jody Hoffer Gittell, Copyright 2003, McGraw-Hill Trade |
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Synchronicity - The Inner Path of Leadership
Synchronicity is a guide to developing the most essential leadership capacity for our time: the ability to collectively shape our future.
Joseph Jaworski, Copyright 1996, Berrett-Koehler Publishers |
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