Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers : Leadership for the 21st Century

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ISBN: 9781412974684 | 1412974682
Cover: Hardcover
Copyright: 7/28/2010

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Weaving together original research, novel strategies and tactics, and stories of successful leaders, this book provides insight into how to become a progress-making leader. Written by an academic and a business executive, the book provides actionable ideas grounded in sound research and tested in real organizations.


Introduction
Our Purpose
Our Approach
Exploring
Attributes of Explorers
Exploring and Progress Making
Concluding Thoughts
Refining
Attributes of Refiners
Refining and Progress making
Concluding Thoughts
Platforms
How Platforms Emerge
Features of Platforms
Concluding Thoughts
Progress
Defining Progress
Implications of the Progress Definition
Concluding Thoughts
Progress Maker Profile: Oscar Boldt and The Boldt Company
The Progress Model
How the Progress Model Works
So What?
Concluding Thoughts
How Explorers and Refiners Make Progress
The Explorers Mode of Making Progress
The Refiners Mode of Making Progress
The Challenges Faced by Explorers and Refiners
Concluding Thoughts
Progress Makers
The Central Conundrum
The Progress Maker's Response
Making the Right Choices
Progress Maker Profile: Ron Reed and the Discovery Channel

Envision the Future with Calculated Boldness
Defining the Concept
What Inhibits Calculated Boldness
What to Do?
Concluding Thoughts
Progress Maker Profile: Brigadier General H.R. McMaster
Cultivate a Focused Flexibility Mindset
A Deeper Look at Focus and Flexibility
Why is Focused Flexibility so Difficult?
What to Do?
Concluding Thoughts
Enlarge the Circle of Engagement
The Concept
Why Don't We Enlarge the Circle?
How do You Enlarge the Circle of Engagement?
Concluding Thoughts
Progress Maker Profile: Vicki Wilson and Door County Coffee & Tea
Foster the Growth of Investment-Worthy Employees
Defining the Concept
Barriers
What to Do?
Concluding Thoughts
Seek, Nurture and Evaluate Actionable Ideas
Defining the Concept
Phases to Generate Actionable Ideas
Barriers
What to Do?
Concluding Thoughts
Progress Maker Profile: Laura Hollingsworth and The Des Moines Register & Gannett
Select, Detect, and Correct the Proper Errors
Background
Error Management Framework
The Counter Forces
What to Do?
Concluding Thoughts
Practice Receiver-Centric, Strategy-Based, Feedback-Driven Communication
Defining the Concept
Barriers
What to Do?
Concluding Thoughts
Conclusion
Progress Makers
UMM and the Origins of Focused Flexibility
Index
About the Authors
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Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers : Leadership for the 21st Century

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