Book Description
Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find out—with Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers 12-14 insightful essays by top leaders in industry, the public sector, and academia on the most pressing issues they’ve faced. The contributors share surprisingly personal anecdotes and offer authoritative and practical advice drawn from their years of hard-earned experience.
The series launches with three volumes, each of which centers on a timely topic:
· Leading by Example
· Managing Your Career
· Managing Change
A crucial resource for today’s busy executive, Lessons Learned gives you instant access to the wisdom and expertise of the world’s most talented leaders.
50 Lessons’ digital library holds more than 500 individual lessons from over 100 high-profile leaders from industry, the public sector, and academia from companies and institutions around the world.
The series launches with three volumes, each of which centers on a timely topic:
· Leading by Example
· Managing Your Career
· Managing Change
A crucial resource for today’s busy executive, Lessons Learned gives you instant access to the wisdom and expertise of the world’s most talented leaders.
50 Lessons’ digital library holds more than 500 individual lessons from over 100 high-profile leaders from industry, the public sector, and academia from companies and institutions around the world.
Table of Contents
- The Lessons Learned Series
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
- Table of Contents
- LESSON ONE - Choose Your Words Carefully
- LESSON TWO - Smart Managers Don’t Repeat Mistakes
- LESSON THREE - Challenge Ideas, Not People
- LESSON FOUR - The Virtuous Circle of Competence and Confidence
- LESSON FIVE - Take Ownership of Your Own Development
- LESSON SIX - Never Lose Integrity
- LESSON SEVEN - Three Essential Attributes for Career Advancement
- LESSON EIGHT - Make Time for the Unexpected
- LESSON NINE - Always Be Resilient
- LESSON TEN - Nothing Succeeds Like Success
- LESSON ELEVEN - A Designed Life
- LESSON TWELVE - Learn When to Follow Your Instincts
- LESSON THIRTEEN - The Long-Range View over Short-Term Expediency
- LESSON FOURTEEN - Work as a Learning Experience
- ABOUT THE CONTRIBUTORS