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Making sense of leadership : exploring the five key roles used by effective leaders / Esther Cameron & Mike Green.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London ; Philadelphia : Kogan Page, 2008Description: xi, 212 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0749450398
  • 9780749450397
Other title:
  • Exploring the five key roles used by effective leaders
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4092 22
LOC classification:
  • HD57.7 .C3537 2008
Online resources:
Contents:
Leading from the inside out -- How to use this book -- The five roles - an overview -- Arriving at the five roles -- Understanding the five roles -- The edgy catalyser -- The visionary motivator -- The measured connector -- The tenacious implementer -- The thoughtful architect -- The research -- What roles do effective leaders use? -- Which roles are needed when? -- Expanding your role repertoire -- Self-assessment -- How to step into a new role -- The shadow side -- Resources for developing others -- Useful exercises for groups and teams -- The roles in action.
Summary: "Practical, accessible and solution-focused, Making Sense of Leadership helps entrepreneurs, managers and leaders develop their leadership roles and skills. The authors present five distinct styles of leadership that promote positive change and innovation. They encourage readers to play with these roles, recognizing and taking on those elements which most appropriately suit their situation. Discovering these roles offers an important guide to the new leader shaping his or her own leadership approach. It also provides interesting challenges to the existing leader who wants to refresh their stance in order to tackle a new situation. The book is supported by exercises for groups, so that the text can also be used as a learning and development resource."--Publisher description.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 201-204) and index.

Leading from the inside out -- How to use this book -- The five roles - an overview -- Arriving at the five roles -- Understanding the five roles -- The edgy catalyser -- The visionary motivator -- The measured connector -- The tenacious implementer -- The thoughtful architect -- The research -- What roles do effective leaders use? -- Which roles are needed when? -- Expanding your role repertoire -- Self-assessment -- How to step into a new role -- The shadow side -- Resources for developing others -- Useful exercises for groups and teams -- The roles in action.

"Practical, accessible and solution-focused, Making Sense of Leadership helps entrepreneurs, managers and leaders develop their leadership roles and skills. The authors present five distinct styles of leadership that promote positive change and innovation. They encourage readers to play with these roles, recognizing and taking on those elements which most appropriately suit their situation. Discovering these roles offers an important guide to the new leader shaping his or her own leadership approach. It also provides interesting challenges to the existing leader who wants to refresh their stance in order to tackle a new situation. The book is supported by exercises for groups, so that the text can also be used as a learning and development resource."--Publisher description.

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