50 DOs for Everyday Leadership: Practical Lessons Learned the Hard Way (So You Don't Have To) - Softcover

John Barrett; David Wheatley; Lynn Townsend

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9780977206209: 50 DOs for Everyday Leadership: Practical Lessons Learned the Hard Way (So You Don't Have To)

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ISBN 10: 0977206203 ISBN 13: 9780977206209

Publisher: Humanergy, Inc., 2007

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Finally, a leadership book that gives you practical tips from veteran leaders. The 50 DOs (and DON'Ts) were developed from the real life experiences of effective leaders and managers in organizations around the country. Distilled by the authors, these 50 DOs provide you with tangible guidance on how to be the leader you were born to be. 50 DOs for Everyday Leadership will help you: build trust and credibility at work; get your people working together as a team; focus on what is important; help your people get the work done; do what is best for the organization; reduce misunderstandings and get people on the same page; and continue to improve what you and your people are doing.

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About the Author:

John Barrett is a founding Principal of Humanergy and has been a facilitator, coach and trainer to Fortune 500 firms, government, military and service organizations since 1988. With a graduate degree from Australian National University, John helps people achieve results using a skillful and disciplined combination of the art and science of high performance. David Wheatley, a Humanergy founding Principal, is a former Scotland Yard officer and has been an organizational development coach and trainer in corporate and academic arenas since 1989. A graduate of the Hendon Police Academy in London and an Honors graduate of Lancaster University's education program, David worked with Wray Castle College and Lancaster University's business management school while in the UK. Lynn Townsend is a Humanergy Associate specializing in facilitation, training and keynote presentations. Lynn brings a decade of technology, manufacturing and communication experience from a Fortune 500 perspective. Lynn has a bachelor's degree in food science from Purdue University and a master's in organizational communication from Western Michigan University.

Review:

This book is very applicable to all levels of management. The 50 DOs is a simple, straightforward, practical approach to leadership that will help improve any individual's leadership skills. --Dan DiSebastian, automotive industry operations VP

If I had read, absorbed and practiced the DOs in this handbook, I would have saved myself 40 years of hard knocks. --Gary Shelton, retired Fortune 500 executive

Everything in this book is action-based and can be put to use immediately. It is going to be mandatory reading for anyone with supervisory responsibilities. --Jennifer McEldowney, non-profit executive director

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