Book description
Master the fundamentals of leadership-at every stage in your career
Often, when leaders experience trouble, they look to blame an outside source or expect a small tweak to right their ship. But many times they've actually lost their grip on the very basic foundation of leadership. The business environment may change, but no management trend can displace the core laws, proven over centuries, of excellent leadership. Unusually Excellent is an essential resource for leaders that brings these fundamentals together in a new and comprehensive way. This book will help leaders at any level keep their focus on the bedrock principles that will make them extraordinary.
Thoroughly practical, day-to-day primer for achieving and maintaining their highest level of leadership, for today and for a lifetime
The author's Harvard Business Review articles are among the most highly read in the magazine's history
Written for all leaders who need to develop and renew their leadership skills
Using a sports analogy, the author breaks the work of leaders into three parts: pregame: a matter of character; game day: a matter of competence; and postgame: a matter of consequence.
Table of contents
- Copyright
- FOREWORD
- INTRODUCTION
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I. CREDIBILITY: Earning the Right to Lead Through Character
- 1. BEING AUTHENTIC: The Courage to Be Yourself
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2. BEING TRUSTWORTHY: The Consistency of Integrity
- 2.1. Poisoned Ground
- 2.2. Safely Successful
- 2.3. No Tricks Here; Just the Basics, Done Well
- 2.4. Implied Distrust
- 2.5. Should I Believe You?
- 2.6. A Better Place for All
- 2.7. A Culture of Trust Is a Culture of Truth
- 2.8. Bad News Doesn't Swim Upstream
- 2.9. A Culture of Trust Is a Culture of Innovation
- 2.10. A Culture of Trust Is a Culture of Performance
- 2.11. Take Your Pain Quickly and Acutely—and Move On
- 3. BEING COMPELLING: The Commitment to Winning
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II. COMPETENCE: Leading on the Field with Skill
- 4. LEADING PEOPLE: Talent to Teams
- 5. LEADING STRATEGY: Ideas to Plans
- 6. LEADING EXECUTION: Action to Results
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III. CONSEQUENCE: Creating a Culture, Leaving a Legacy of Values
- 7. A LEADER'S COMMUNICATION: Open, Honest Dialogue
- 8. A LEADER'S DECISION MAKING: Values-Based Choices
- 9. A LEADER'S IMPACT: The Transfer of Influence from Leader to Follower
- AFTERWORD
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Product information
- Title: Unusually Excellent: The Necessary Nine Skills Required for the Practice of Great Leadership
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2011
- Publisher(s): Jossey-Bass
- ISBN: 9780470928431
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