The First Two Rules of Leadership

The First Two Rules of Leadership

Author: David Cottrell

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2016-08-01

Total Pages: 165

ISBN-13: 1119282802

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How to achieve extraordinary results with class How can you improve your leadership results beginning right now? The First Two Rules of Leadership: Don't be Stupid, Don't be a Jerk provides a clear path to increased results and higher job satisfaction for the leader and the people he is leading. Written for the leader who wants to do great things, but is overwhelmed with the complexities of leading, it is a book with a very simple message: think your decisions through and take care of your team. Written by bestselling author David Cottrell, The First Two Rules of Leadership: Don't be Stupid, Don't be a Jerk offers tried-and-true leadership strategies that stand the test of time—all of which you can put into practice today to positive results. The principles discussed apply to businesses in every industry, as well as schools, hospitals, churches, and even homes. By following the two rules outlined in the book's title, you'll improve morale, decrease turnover, increase your own job satisfaction, and have a whole lot more fun leading. Lead with confidence and class Make better decisions and develop synchronization on your team Coach smart, deal with poor performers, and focus on what's really important Listen to your team, encourage positive performance, and attack complacency You can lead your team to achieve extraordinary results! The First Two Rules of Leadership: Don't be Stupid, Don't be a Jerk gives you the expert tips and tricks you need to treat your team with dignity and respect—so you can all enjoy the benefits of winning with class.


Leadership Rules

Leadership Rules

Author: Chris Widener

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-12-21

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 0470914726

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An inspiring business fable that champions leadership for the Everyman From bestselling author Chris Widener comes a compelling new story showing what you give and get when you lead. The story follows down-cast protagonist Mike Keller who, recently separated from his wife and demoted at work, must relocate to a rural factory-town in Texas. There, Mike encounters the deep-rooted traditions of Texas high school football, and in the process learns everything business school didn't teach him about leadership from the most influential man in town-the local high school football coach. Highlights the Four Rules of Leadership: You Get What You Expect, You Get What You Model, You Get What You Reward, and You Get What You Work For Advises readers, in an accessible teaching style, on how to tailor the Rules to their own circumstances Includes reflection questions as a tool to guide readers in enriching their work life, family relationships, and social interactions Leadership Rules is an engaging, refreshing tale that imparts leadership lessons easily applied to both work life and your interpersonal relationships.


The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership

The Ten Golden Rules of Leadership

Author: M. Soupios

Publisher: Amacom

Published: 2022-11

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781400239610

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The most effective leaders start by questioning themselves first. Learn how some of the greatest thinkers in history can help prepare you for your role as a leader.


Great Leaders Have No Rules

Great Leaders Have No Rules

Author: Kevin Kruse

Publisher: Rodale Books

Published: 2019-04-02

Total Pages: 258

ISBN-13: 1635652170

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As a serial entrepreneur, Kevin Kruse has seen time and again that the leadership practices that actually work are the opposite of what is commonly taught and implemented. Close Your Open Door Policy shows how a contrarian approach can be a better, faster, and easier way to succeed as a leader. Chapter by chapter, Kruse focuses on a piece of popular wisdom, then shows with real-world case studies and quantitative research that the opposite approach will lead to better results, encouraging leaders to play favorites, stay out of meetings, and, of course, close their open doors.


Let Them Lead

Let Them Lead

Author: John U. Bacon

Publisher: HarperCollins

Published: 2021-09-07

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0358540216

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An uplifting leadership book about a coach who helped transform the nation’s worst high school hockey team into one of the best. Bacon’s strategy is straightforward: set high expectations, make them accountable to each other, and inspire them all to lead their team. When John U. Bacon played for the Ann Arbor Huron High School River Rats, he never scored a goal. Yet somehow, years later he found himself leading his alma mater’s downtrodden program. How bad? The team hadn’t won a game in over a year, making them the nation’s worst squad—a fact they celebrated. With almost everyone expecting more failure, Bacon made it special to play for Huron by making it hard, which inspired the players to excel. Then he defied conventional wisdom again by putting the players in charge of team discipline, goal-setting, and even decision-making – and it worked. In just three seasons the River Rats bypassed 95-percent of the nation’s teams. A true story filled with unforgettable characters, stories, and lessons that apply to organizations everywhere, Let Them Lead includes the leader’s mistakes and the reactions of the players, who have since achieved great success as leaders themselves. Let Them Lead is a fast-paced, feel-good book that leaders of all kinds can embrace to motivate their teams to work harder, work together, and take responsibility for their own success.


The Rule of 5

The Rule of 5

Author: Paul Dupuis

Publisher: Jaico Publishing House

Published: 2020-10-26

Total Pages: 219

ISBN-13: 9390166381

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Leadership and the E5 Movement CRACK THE CODE OF GAME-CHANGING LEADERSHIP From a young backpacker sleeping on a park bench in Japan to becoming a senior leader of one of the biggest corporate giants in the world, Paul Dupuis has built a career through game-changing leadership—crafted through his own experiences as an athlete, volunteer and CEO. The E5 formula discussed in The Rule of 5 is both familiar and fresh. It’s a leadership model built in the spirit of ‘standing on the shoulders of giants’, learning from leaders like Konosuke Matsushita, the founder of Panasonic, who put ‘empathy’ and ‘enable’ at the core of his leadership approach; Jack Welch with his 3Es, who then inspired Bob McDonald at P&G to craft his own version of the 5Es; and Jim Collins, who shared his version of Level 5 Leadership in the book Good to Great with execution at the core. The E5 Movement is a call to action to all leaders worldwide to lead with impact. The five Es are: envision, express, excite, enable and execute. These five rules of leadership are both timeless and borderless. The real-life anecdotes, combined with the conversational tone of the book, make this an accessible and impactful read. Thought-provoking and practical, this book will inspire leaders to think about their own leadership, adopting the five Es on their mission to lead their teams to excellence—a true game changer. Pick your five and join the movement! PAUL DUPUIS is the CEO and chairman of Randstad Japan. Paul was formerly the CEO of Randstad India and chairman of HOPE International (JP). He is Canadian and bilingual; he speaks both English and Japanese, and has lived and worked across Asia for more than 25 years. He is an avid athlete, with a particular passion for ice hockey and volunteering. “A wonderful guide for leading in tomorrow’s rapidly changing world!” MARSHALL GOLDSMITH, #1 New York Times bestselling author “The Rule of 5 is about a compelling new mindset and a set of innovative practices game-changing leaders must quickly adopt.” DR. S. RAGHUNATH, Chairperson, Centre for Corporate Governance and Citizenship, Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore (IIMB)


The 5 Levels of Leadership

The 5 Levels of Leadership

Author: John C. Maxwell

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1455507512

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Use this helpful book to learn about the leadership tools to fuel success, grow your team, and become the visionary you were meant to be. True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than "the boss" people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspire them. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results and build a team that produces. You need to help people to develop their skills to become leaders in their own right. And if you have the skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle of leadership—where experience will allow you to extend your influence beyond your immediate reach and time for the benefit of others. The 5 Levels of Leadership are: 1. Position—People follow because they have to. 2. Permission—People follow because they want to. 3. Production—People follow because of what you have done for the organization. 4. People Development—People follow because of what you have done for them personally. 5. Pinnacle—People follow because of who you are and what you represent. Through humor, in-depth insight, and examples, internationally recognized leadership expert John C. Maxwell describes each of these stages of leadership. He shows you how to master each level and rise up to the next to become a more influential, respected, and successful leader.


The Long-Distance Leader

The Long-Distance Leader

Author: Kevin Eikenberry

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2018-06-05

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 1523094621

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Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Rules for Remarkable Remote Leadership -- Introduction -- Section One Getting Started -- Chapter 1 What We've Learned about Long-Distance Leaders -- Chapter 2 How We Got to Long-Distance Leadership -- Chapter 3 What It Means to Lead at a Distance -- Section Two Models That Matter -- Chapter 4 The Remote Leadership Model -- Chapter 5 The Three O Model of Leadership -- Section Three Achieving Outcomes at a Distance -- Section Three Introduction -- Chapter 6 Types of Outcomes -- Chapter 7 Setting (and Achieving) Goals at a Distance -- Chapter 8 Coaching and Feedback at a Distance -- Section Three Summary -- Section Four Engaging Others -- Section Four Introduction -- Chapter 9 The "Golden Suggestion" for Working with Others -- Chapter 10 Understanding Politics without "Playing Politics" -- Chapter 11 Understanding and Building Trust at a Distance -- Chapter 12 Choosing the Right Communication Tools -- Chapter 13 Technology Tips for the Long-Distance Leader -- Section Four Summary -- Section Five Understanding Ourselves -- Section Five Introduction -- Chapter 14 Getting Honest Feedback -- Chapter 15 Your Beliefs and Self-Talk -- Chapter 16 Setting Reasonable Boundaries -- Chapter 17 Setting Personal Priorities -- Section Five Summary -- Section Six Developing Long-Distance Leaders -- Chapter 18 Questions to Ask about Developing Long-Distance Leaders -- Epilogue Before We Go -- Notes -- Suggested Reading -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- About the Authors -- About Our Services.


Monday Morning Leadership

Monday Morning Leadership

Author: David Cottrell

Publisher: CornerStone Leadership Inst

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9780971942431

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The best business books are brief, clear and pertinent. Monday Morning Leadership fits all of those requirements. You can read the whole book in a few minutes . . . and think about and apply what you learned for a lifetime. The format is around a man who's struggling as a manager. His operation isn't performing well. His boss isn't happy. He's not happy. He doesn't have time to be with his family or to do what he likes to do. It looks like his career has peaked . . . and his job may be in jeopardy. What to do?


It Worked for Me

It Worked for Me

Author: Colin Powell

Publisher: Harper Collins

Published: 2012-05-22

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13: 0062135147

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New York Times Bestselling Author Colin Powell, one of America’s most admired public figures, reveals the unique lessons that shaped his life and career It Worked for Me is a collection of lessons and personal anecdotes that shaped four star-general and former Secretary of State Colin Powell’s legendary career in public service. At its heart are Powell’s “Thirteen Rules,”—notes he accumulated on his desk that served as the basis for the leadership presentations he delivered throughout the world. Powell’s short-but-sweet rules such as “Get mad, then get over it” and “Share credit,” are illuminated by revealing personal stories that introduce and expand on his principles for effective leadership: conviction, hard work, and above all, respect for others. In work and life, Powell writes, “It is the human gesture that counts.” A compelling storyteller, Powell shares parables both humorous and solemn that offer wise advice on succeeding in the workplace and beyond. “Trust your people,” he councils as he delegates presidential briefing responsibilities to two junior aides. “Do your best--someone is watching,” he advises those just starting out, recalling his own teenage summer job shipping cases of soda. Powell combines the insight he gained serving in the top ranks of the military and in four presidential administrations, as well as the lessons learned from his hardscrabble upbringing in the Bronx and his training in the ROTC. The result is a powerful portrait of a leader who was reflective, self-effacing, and grateful for the contributions of every employee, no matter how junior. Powell’s writing--straightforward, accessible, and often very funny--will inspire, move, and surprise readers. Thoughtful and revealing, his book is a brilliant and original blueprint for leadership.