How Leaders Improve: A Playbook for Leaders Who Want to Get Better Now - Hardcover

Gates, John; Graddy, Jeff; Lindekens, Sacha

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1440860572 ISBN 13: 9781440860577

Publisher: Praeger, 2017

Synopsis

Written by a team of highly experienced and successful executive leadership consultants, this book offers 10 data-driven insights regarding leadership effectiveness, accompanied by practical and easy-to-implement recommendations that directly serve the development of leadership ability.

· Provides insights based on a sample of leaders who improved significantly over time, supplying findings that are based on actual research, not just opinion or anecdotal "evidence"

· Offers practical and applicable recommendations for how individual leaders, organizations, and coaches/managers can apply the 10 insights shared in the book

· Provides a novel framework for determining and assessing who is "ripe" for a leadership development opportunity (the RIPEN model), an effective way for individuals or organizations to determine in which leadership candidates to invest precious development resources

· Supplies strategies for enhancing one's ripeness for a leadership development opportunity

About this title

About the Author:

John Gates, PhD, is a partner with Avion Consulting, a management consulting firm specializing in leadership, team, and organizational development.

Jeff Graddy, PhD, is a partner with Avion Consulting who is passionate about helping leaders get the best out of themselves and their people.

Sacha Lindekens, PhD, is a partner with Avion Consulting who specializes in executive coaching and designing and delivering leadership development programs for industry-leading organizations.

Review:

"There are a multitude of books detailing what great leaders do, but precious few that provide an effective roadmap for actually becoming better leaders. My experience as a career Navy SEAL officer and management consultant has taught me that people can indeed improve their leadership ability―and How Leaders Improve provides a valuable, practical, research-based approach to doing just that." (Jason H. Booher, CEO, Northwest Harbor Solutions, U.S. Navy SEAL LT (Ret.))

"The Avion team has created a winner! They have written a practical, insightful playbook that can help anybody get better at leading people." (Bruce Bochy, Manager, San Francisco Giants)

"Are you in search of an approach to leader effectiveness that will improve your impact immediately? In this thorough, deep dive into how a leader can improve, you will not get a quick, fleeting fix. Instead, you will get a methodical, practical, and timeless playbook for a lifetime of ongoing leadership development. I highly recommend this as a treasured tool for drawing the best out of yourself, your team, and your organization." (Dr. Jackie Freiberg, Author of the best-selling NUTS! Southwest Airlines' Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success and six other award-winning books)

"How Leaders Improve is an invaluable resource for leaders looking to enhance their effectiveness in a sustainable manner. In particular, I find the RIPEN model to be an insightful and unique perspective that explains why some leaders wholeheartedly embrace development and get results and others give development lip service but don't make any real changes in their performance. Managers and L&OD professionals can put this book to good use in accelerating leaders' development." (Katsuyoshi Sugita, Head of HR, Microsoft Japan)

About this edition

• Publisher: Praeger
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1440860572
• ISBN 13: 9781440860577
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192