The Productive Leadership(tm) System
The Productive Leadership(tm) System

Author: Thomas J. Moriarty

Publisher: Industrial Press

Published: 2019-11-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780831136420

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Typical leadership training never seems to 'move the needle' in terms of creating more effective leaders. That's because the system that supports leadership hasn't changed. To get true improvement in leadership, organizations need to focus on accountability. There must be an asset management system that defines and assigns accountability. Then individual leaders can learn and apply productive leadership. The author has coined and trademarked the Productive Leadership(TM) System (PLS) which includes: *A Productive Leadership Policy*The Organizational Reliability Model(TM) (ORM) *The Productive Leadership Model(TM) (PLM)*A Productive Leadership Development Program The ORM overtly defines and assigns accountability across each leadership level. The PLM identifies the leadership roles, attributes, skills, sources of power and other aspects that productive leaders must master. The development program creates a leadership pipeline for professional development of current leaders and prospective leaders, and on-boarding the right people for leadership positions. The author includes a chapter on the human brain to show that leaders and followers are capable of learning throughout their lives, and the science behind creating habits and cultures. The book has several tools and exercises to help reinforce important concepts. Appendices include details on the Team Effectiveness and Motivation Survey (used in the 2015 Alidade MER/Plant Services Magazine Leadership Survey), an ISO 55000 overview and the Guidance and Execution Model(TM), an example for developing processes and procedures. Features Recommendations for a full Productive Leadership Development Program and training, including: Characteristics of individual leaders: The desire to be responsible and having a personal mission, vision, and values that align with the leadership position. Leadership roles: Expert/technician, manager/administrator, coach, systems thinker, and visionary. Leadership attributes: Consistent, attentive, respectful, motivational, and assertive. Leadership skills: Time management, communication, empowerment, giving and receiving feedback, and conflict management.

Systems Leadership
Systems Leadership

Author: Ian Macdonald

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2018-05-24

Total Pages: 713

ISBN-13: 1351713507

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The new edition of this influential and bestselling book is concerned with how people come together to achieve a productive purpose. Survival and success in business and social terms have always depended upon our ability to form and sustain social organisations. People have a deep need to be creative and to belong. By creating positive organisations we can fulfil these needs and build a worthwhile society. One of the failures of organisations is precisely the lack of efficient and effective social organisation, which is what this whole book is about. Poor social organisation, including poor leadership, are major drivers of poor productivity and lead people to give up or retreat into a minimalist approach of just doing what is needed to get by and survive. The authors provide a language for developing, discussing, thinking and working with propositions about organisations and management. They do not tell you what decision to make but rather present tools to help you consider, analyse and predict the consequences of your decisions. This new edition is much broader in its application areas – public, private and not-for-profit sectors. It contains new models and propositions with regard to types of social organisation, domains of work and the nature and use of authority. It contains a range of new case studies, and throughout looks at how these ideas can be used to achieve an organisation’s purpose while encouraging creative working. It is not a book about fads or fashion but an integrated approach that offers the user the benefit of foresight.

The Productive Leader
The Productive Leader

Author: Sally Foley-Lewis

Publisher:

Published: 2017-09-30

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 9780987418630

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Are you trying to do more with less? Do you feel pulled in every direction? Are you trapped on the hamster wheel of busy? TIME IS PRECIOUS There are only so many hours in the day. Yet there has never been more pressure to do more, ramp up results and deliver. Interruptions, distractions and bad habits all throw our productivity and potential into chaos. WE'RE ON 24/7 It's a cruel irony that in a world of immense connectivity, we feel increasingly disconnected and unproductive. The incessant emails, phone calls and social media alerts steal precious family and leisure time. It can seem impossible to "switch off." THE PRODUCTIVE LEADER The productive leader knows how to achieve more. They reduce stress, maximise their time and stay focused by leveraging their skills, people and resources. They are in control, inspire others and are happier. Are you ready to become a productive leader? THIS BOOK WILL: - Uncover the key skills and attributes needed for a more productive approach to your work, your life and your team. - Explore which habits hinder or help your productivity and how these impact on your team and your workload. - Help you discover the ways you can amplify your productivity to bring new levels of achievement and success into your life, work and team. - Show you how you can engage and empower your team to truly drive performance and ramp up their productivity. ENDORSEMENTS: " This is a fast-moving, practical book that shows you how to increase your performance, results and rewards immediately. Every step or idea is proven and easy to apply." Brian Tracy, Best-Selling Author, East That Frog. "Sally Foley-Lewis has written the penultimate book on productivity! Cleverly crafted with real world strategies that you can implement in a matter of minutes. It will be become an all time classic reference book for the modern leaders of business. Well Done ... 10 out of 10!" - Keith Abraham CSP, Multi-Award Winning Keynote Speaker, 5 x Best-Selling Author Founder of the Passionate Performance Program "In this phenomenal book, Sally Foley-Lewis says, "It matters not what role you're in or what your job title is. You are a leader. A leader is not a job title - it's a behaviour." This gem alone can transform the path of a human being. Sally is one of those people whose insights are powerful and command attention. Read. This. Book!" - Karen Jacobsen, The GPS Girl "Loved your insights and the way they were delivered with a combination of story telling and statistics. I could see myself in your examples and what I can see I can take action on. Productivity has increased and time has been saved. Thank you!" - Julie Cross CSP "Sally Foley-Lewis is the real deal. She practices what she shares in this book. She shares not only what works for her clients, but what she puts into practice to make her one of the most productive people I know. Her book is filled with practical ideas shared clearly and with humour. Your small investment in this productivity tool will pay off many times over - if you apply her techniques to your life." - Rebecca Morgan, CSP, CMC, bestselling author of 26 books, USA "Who has time to be more productive? I'm too busy! Feel lighter, less stress and learn to become more accountable for results with "The Productive Leader" by Sally Foley Lewis." - Scott Friedman CSP, Global Speaking Fellow, Founder of Together We Can Change the World

Requisite Organization
Requisite Organization

Author: Elliott Jaques

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-07-05

Total Pages: 354

ISBN-13: 1351551310

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Based on Elliott Jaques? latest research, this is a thorough revision of a book that has established itself as a classic in its field. Jaques has written a practical high-level, how-to book, that applies to all kinds of working organizations - industrial, commercial, service and public. He sets out a totally new way of doing business. Step by step, he builds up the concepts, and then introduces the working procedures to enable CEOs and senior executives, managers, and HR specialists, to develop requisite organization for themselves - in other words, organization which enhances creativity, productive effectiveness, human satisfaction and excellent morale. Requisite Organization challenges all of our current methods and assumptions in the field of organization, leadership and management, and presents a unified total management system built upon a rigorous theoretical base, Stratified Systems Theory. Any enterprise can gain a competitive edge in the short-term by introducing new products and services. In the long-term, however, an adaptive and successful enterprise calls for soundly structured organization with effective staffing and managerial leadership at every level - a requisite organization.

The Get Productive Grid
The Get Productive Grid

Author: Magdalena Bak-Maier

Publisher:

Published: 2015-12-17

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13: 9780993525209

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Want to stop being held hostage by deadlines? Tired of seeing what truly matters rarely getting completed? Would you like to live a fuller life? One where you achieve results, have a rewarding personal life whilst nurturing your whole personal and professional being? The Grid can unlock the secret to success for you... Magdalena Bak-Maier, trained neuroscientist (PhD, Caltech), top coach and author of Get Productive! provocatively suggests that you can 'have it all'. In this her second book, Bak-Maier shows how to cultivate balance and truly thrive using her original, tested, creative and easy to master Grid system. The Grid is for you if you find yourself saying... 'I work hard but feel I'm not getting anywhere.' 'I lack time for life outside my work (dating, hobbies, friends, holidays or family).' 'My to-do list is never-ending.' 'I don't have energy for anything other than work and need weekends to recover.' 'I'm settling for less because "having it all" seems unattainable.' Too many lives are skewed towards work, careers, care for others and neglect of self she says. What's even worse, many people hardly notice how out of balance their lives have become while they "chase their tail," feel stressed, overwhelmed and unfulfilled. Bak-Maier makes a case for an attractive alternative using her tried and tested Grid method. This practical book sets out to help you transform your life by teaching you how to surf your energy so that instead of tiring and reacting to life, you continuously refuel your heart and mind to be the artist of it. The Grid shows you how to create results and success by engaging with key parts of life you choose to have. Once you start applying the Grid approach to your life, you will start to feel clear, inspired and energised. The Grid will help you balance your energy and effort in a way that restores you and helps you achieve more. With exercises to get you started, the Gridding process is your key to succeed, thrive and sustain yourself and others. The Grid is a useful approach for those who want results without burnout and those in leadership roles who want to model good practice and create cultures grounded in wellbeing. Committed 'Gridders' find that they live more in tune with their values, act with integrity, achieve more and find time to be spontaneous and creative more often. Their confidence soars as they see the practical steps they take towards creating lives they truly want. In other words their heart and mind get on the same track and what's important gets done more often and better than what seems urgent. This book will show you how to take the same approach and make it your own to help you truly make time count."

The Little Book of Leadership Development
The Little Book of Leadership Development

Author: Scott J. ALLEN

Publisher: AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn

Published: 2011-05-30

Total Pages: 145

ISBN-13: 081441754X

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Great things come in little packages: 50 commonsense (but rarely common) ideas for building the leadership potential of others.How many managers have time to plow through big books of leadership development? None! And they'll never need to with this slender book of 50 simple yet powerful ideas. The Little Book of Leadership Development goes straight to the heart of great leadership. Free of complicated theories, it focuses on what really works to get people motivated, working effectively, and acting as leaders themselves. The book delivers streamlined instructions on modeling behaviors, sharing information, building accountability, stretching teams, providing feedback, and 45 other practical strategies. Readers will be able to design a system of development tailored to their team and organization. Managers with the ability to self-reflect and a willingness to implement these positive, powerful ideas will see quick improvementsùin communication, efficiency, morale, and every other measure that points to a committed team of emerging leaders.

Becoming a Technical Leader
Becoming a Technical Leader

Author: Gerald M. Weinberg

Publisher: Dorset House Publishing Company, Incorporated

Published: 1986

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13:

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Whether you manage people, are managed by people, or just want to change the way you interact with others, this book is about success. How to plan it, how to make it happen--Becoming a Technical Leader shows you how to do it!

I'll Bet You Are Not a Leader
I'll Bet You Are Not a Leader

Author: Chris Collier

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2017-10-14

Total Pages: 116

ISBN-13: 9781978121232

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Sure, you love your job. But are you a good leader? Just picture yourself during a regular day at work. How does the day evolve? Is your schedule always full and hectic? Does it take you too much time to organize your daily work? Do you spend more time managing than leading? And what about your personal life? Do you have time for that? You probably think that the reason why you have all these problems is the lack of time. But actually, that's not the real problem. The real problem lies in the way YOU manage time and the way you prioritize your daily tasks. Don't worry, you're not alone. It's very easy to get lost in a pile of e-mails and other urgent responsibilities. But the good news is, there is a way to turn things around! My proven, dynamic four-step system does this by enabling you to spend less time on daily management tasks and do MORE actual leading in your organization, AND, as a bonus, will give you more time to pursue those activities outside of work you love to do but never seem to have the time! But you need to remember that to become a better leader, and to achieve work-life balance, you need to be willing to change. Change is not easy, but it's necessary. So before you even start reading this book, you need to prepare yourself for some self-reflection, and you need to be ready to take action! So don't waste time! As soon as you learn something new, you need to apply it immediately to your working environment. This book will make you a more productive, effective, empowered and powerful leader, while at the same time, it will teach you how to make time for your personal life. By the end of this book, by following the guide and doing the practical exercises, you will have a complete, personalized professional leadership development action plan you can put to work immediately!

Leadership Through People Skills
Leadership Through People Skills

Author: R. E. Lefton

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2003-09-08

Total Pages: 240

ISBN-13: 0071785663

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The pioneers of the Dimensional Model for managerial behavior demonstrate how to master skills that boost productivity Robert Lefton and Victor Buzzotta, cofounders of Psychological Associates, have revolutionized managerial procedure with their Dimensional Model--a behavioral standard that has been adapted and imitated by companies all over the world. Leadership Through People Skills outlines this model, as the authors explain in detail how people skills work and provide exercises designed to improve them. They also offer strategies for using these skills in the right situations, at the right times, in the right ways with direct reports, peers, and bosses. Managers will learn how to improve their: Sizing-up skills: interacting effectively through appropriate action Communication skills: strategies for finding out what others are thinking Motivational skills: giving people a compelling reason to do their best Adaptive skills: fitting actions to the people for whom they are intended