Ken Blanchard

Leading at a Higher Level

Blanchard on how to be a high performing leader

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Produktbeschreibung

From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard’s books have helped millions of people hone their own leadership skills and develop the potential of those around them, transforming their businesses in the process.

In Leading at a Higher Level, Blanchard has brought together everything he has learned about world-class leadership. Readers can benefit from the advice that has helped thousands of organisations become more people-oriented, customer-centred, and performance-driven.

Updated throughout, this new edition contains two powerful, important new chapters and also offers the definitive, most up-to-date techniques for leading yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organisations. Most importantly, this book will help readers dig deep within, discover the personal "leadership point of view" all great leaders possess-and apply it throughout their entire life.

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From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard’s books have helped millions of people hone their own leadership skills and develop the potential of those around them, transforming their businesses in the process.

In Leading at a Higher Level, Blanchard has brought together everything he has learned about world-class leadership. Readers can benefit from the advice that has helped thousands of organisations become more people-oriented, customer-centred, and performance-driven.

Updated throughout, this new edition contains two powerful, important new chapters and also offers the definitive, most up-to-date techniques for leading yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organisations. Most importantly, this book will help readers dig deep within, discover the personal leadership point of view all great leaders possess-and apply it throughout their entire life.

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“Leading at a Higher Level is about empowering people to be the best leader they can be. Blanchard and colleagues are great at distilling research into practical tools and insights that leaders can apply instantly and get results.” Andy Binns, Head of Leadership Development, BT Group PLC

“A truly great book at the perfect time.”

Kim Clemo, HR Director, AXA Insurance

Becoming a high-performing leader is about getting your priorities right. Successful leaders have high standards and firm principles- and they stick to them. Leading at a Higher Level will show you how to find your leadership point of view and work more effectively with, and on behalf of, your team.

In this completely revised edition Ken Blanchard brings together everything he knows about world-class leadership. Building on his work with an immense range of companies world-wide you can benefit from the advice that has helped thousands of individuals and organisations become more people-oriented, more customer-centred, and more performance-driven. Leading at a Higher level will show you how to be come a better leader - in any company, any organisation and any area of life.

TAKE YOUR LEADERSHIP SKILLS TO A HIGHER LEVEL

About the author

Ken Blanchard has had an extraordinary impact on the day-to-day management of millions of people and companies. His phenomenal bestseller The One Minute Manager, co-authored with Spencer Johnson, has sold 13,000,000 copies worldwide in 27 languages. Blanchard’s 17 business bestsellers also include Raving Fans, High Five!, and The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do.

Blanchard is Chief Spiritual Officer of The Ken Blanchard Companies, a global leader in workplace learning, employee productivity, leadership, and team effectiveness.

This book contains indispensable contributions from The Ken Blanchard Companies’ founding associates and current consulting partners, including Marjorie Blanchard, Don Carew, Eunice Parisi-Carew, Fred Finch, Laurie Hawkins, Drea Zigarmi, Pat Zigarmi, Alan Randolph, Jesse Stoner, Fay Kandarian, Susan Fowler, Lael Good, Judd Hoekstra, Chris Edmonds, Bob Glaser, Garry Demarest, Vicki Halsey, Kathy Cuff, Linda Miller, Scott Blanchard, and Madeleine Homan Blanchard.

Table of contents

Section I. Set your sights on the right target and vision

1. Is your organization high performing?

2. The power of vision

Section II. Treat your customers right

3. Serving customers at a higher level

Section III. Treat your people right

4. Creating a higher level culture

5. Empowerment is the key

6. Situational leadership® II: the integrating concept

7. Self leadership: the power behind empowerment

8. Partnering for performance

9. Essential skills for partnering for performance: the one minute manager

10. Coaching for higher leadership

11. Situational team leadership

12. Organizational leadership

13. Strategies for managing a change

Section IV. Have the right kind of leadership

14. Servant leadership

15. Determining your leadership point of view

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From The One Minute Manager® to Raving Fans, Ken Blanchard's books have helped millions of people hone their own leadership skills and develop the potential of those around them, transforming their businesses in the process. In Leading at a Higher Level, Blanchard has brought together everything he has learned about world-class leadership. Readers can benefit from the advice that has helped thousands of organisations become more people-oriented, customer-centred, and performance-driven. Updated throughout, this new edition contains two powerful, important new chapters and also offers the definitive, most up-to-date techniques for leading yourself, individuals, teams, and entire organisations. Most importantly, this book will help readers dig deep within, discover the personal "leadership point of view" all great leaders possess-and apply it throughout their entire life.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pearson Education Limited
• 2 ed
• Seitenzahl: 384
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 139mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 466g
• ISBN-13: 9780273736189
• ISBN-10: 0273736183
• Artikelnr.: 28930378

Autorenporträt

Dr. Ken Blanchard has had an incomparable impact on the day-to-day management of millions of people and companies. His phenomenal bestseller The One Minute Manager, has sold 13 million copies. He is Founder and Head of  The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting firm he co-founded in 1979. 

Inhaltsangabe

Table of contents
Section I. Set your sights on the right target and vision
1. Is your organization high performing?
2. The power of vision
 
Section II. Treat your customers right
 
3. Serving customers at a higher level
 
Section III. Treat your people right
 
4. Creating a higher level culture
5. Empowerment is the key
6. Situational leadership® II: the integrating concept
7. Self leadership: the power behind empowerment
8. Partnering for performance
9. Essential skills for partnering for performance: the one minute manager
10. Coaching for higher leadership
11. Situational team leadership
12. Organizational leadership
13. Strategies for managing a change
 
Section IV. Have the right kind of leadership
 
14. Servant leadership
15. Determining your leadership point of view