Characteristics of Good Leadership – Review Of Theories, Practice including Transactional Transformational Qualities
“Just as Goleman’s first book redefined intelligence, his new treatise…reassesses what makes a great leader.” -”Time” magazine. “Daniel Goleman has done it again! …a fascinating account of how emotions are at the heart of effective leadership. This book is a gem.” – David Gergen, Director, Center for Public Leadership, John F. Kennedy School, Harvard University. [...]
Continue Reading Primal Leadership: Learning to Lead with Emotional Intelligence
A book that focuses on how NOT to lead people. Eighteen commonly encountered corrupt styles of leadership are identified. Regarding each style, the author answers the following questions: (a) Why is the leader behaving this way?; (b) What should you do if you discover these characteristics in yourself? (c) What should you do if you [...]
Continue Reading Abuse ‘Em and Lose ‘Em: Eighteen Leadership Styles That Were
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world’s [...]
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From George Washington’s decision to buy time for the new nation by signing the less-than-ideal Jay Treaty with Great Britain in 1795 to George W. Bush’s order of a military intervention in Iraq in 2003, the matter of who is president of the United States is of the utmost importance. In this book, Fred Greenstein [...]
Continue Reading Inventing the Job of President: Leadership Style from George
Each president brings to the White House a distinct set of personal characteristics and a preferred leadership style, but just how much have individual presidents shaped domestic policy? To understand and assess what factors determine one president’s success and another’s limited accomplishments, it is important to examine both the individual’s leadership roles and the circumstances [...]
Continue Reading The Presidency and Domestic Policy: Comparing Leadership
Using Leadership Q–a 38-item, self-scoring, gender-neutral test, developed by Shoya Zichy and based upon the work of Carl Jung — women can identify which of the four profile groups best matches their leadership personalities and then goes on to explore which of the eight subsets, or specific leadership styles, applies to them. Women and the [...]
Continue Reading Women and the Leadership Q: Revealing the Four Paths to
So, whether you run a team at the office, captain a sports team, or lead a significant corporation, which approach is better? Purposely, or unconsciously, you’ll most likely use a few of the leadership styles in the following paragraphs sooner or later. Understanding these styles as well as their impact will help you develop your [...]
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