Winner of the CMI Management Book of the Year Awards in the 2012/2013 New Manager category, The Leadership Skills Handbook from best-selling author Jo Owen reveals the essential skills you need to be an effective leader. It shows you what works in practice, not in theory, in crucial areas such as people skills, career skills, mindset skills, organization skills, personal values and behaviours. Each skill is presented in a concise, easy to follow format, with an accompanying framework to help you deploy it in your own life. The skills are about the real challenges real leaders have to master,…mehr
Winner of the CMI Management Book of the Year Awards in the 2012/2013 New Manager category, The Leadership Skills Handbook from best-selling author Jo Owen reveals the essential skills you need to be an effective leader. It shows you what works in practice, not in theory, in crucial areas such as people skills, career skills, mindset skills, organization skills, personal values and behaviours. Each skill is presented in a concise, easy to follow format, with an accompanying framework to help you deploy it in your own life. The skills are about the real challenges real leaders have to master, and as you observe and record real-life examples of skills in action, you will be developing your own unique formula for success in the context that matters to you. Based on research from over a thousand leaders throughout the world at all levels in the public, private and voluntary sectors, it identifies the practical skills to make you even more successful, and offers guidance on all key topics.This completely revised fourth edition of The Leadership Skills Handbook includes brand new content on some of the most challenging skills that successful leaders need to master through three new sections on financial skills (including budgeting, costs, pricing and creating an investment case), political skills (including influencing, negotiating, networking and partnering) and the art of strategy (including strategic models, understanding the customer, marketing, pricing and advertising). This indispensable guidance will boost your confidence, technical abilities and give you the edge on your peers.
Jo Owen is a best-selling and multi-award winning leadership author, keynote speaker and social entrepreneur. He is a founder of eight charities, including the UK's largest graduate recruiter Teach First. His books The Mindset of Success, The Leadership Skills Handbook and Management Stripped Bare, all published by Kogan Page, have been translated into eight different languages, and offer expert advice on the leadership field.
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Chapter 00: Introduction; Section ONE: Mindset skills; Chapter 01: Positive leadership; Chapter 02: Responsibility; Chapter 03: High aspirations; Chapter 04: Have courage; Chapter 05: Be adaptable; Chapter 06: Learn to be lucky; Chapter 07: Managing stress; Chapter 08: Honesty; Chapter 09: Self awareness; Chapter 10: Working to win; Section TWO: Career skills; Chapter 11: Your leadership journey key principles; Chapter 12: Managing your leadership journey the map; Chapter 13: Discover your rules of success; Chapter 14: Build your career; Chapter 15: Careers versus careering avoiding the death stars; Chapter 16: How not to get promoted; Chapter 17: Knowing when to move on; Chapter 18: Coach yourself to success; Chapter 19: Running the leadership marathon; Chapter 20: Staying employable; Section THREE: People skills; Chapter 21: Understand yourself; Chapter 22: Understand others; Chapter 23: Understand how you affect others; Chapter 24: Delegating; Chapter 25: Motivating; Chapter 26: Coaching; Chapter 27: Valuing others: cultural intelligence; Chapter 28: Managing expectations; Chapter 29: Managing performance; Chapter 30: Managing professionals; Section FOUR: Moment of truth skills; Chapter 31: Taking control; Chapter 32: Conflict management; Chapter 33: Crisis management; Chapter 34: Dealing with bullies; Chapter 35: Negative feedback; Chapter 36: Fighting battles; Chapter 37: Power; Chapter 38: Managing adversity; Chapter 39: Knowing who to trust; Chapter 40: Stepping up; Section FIVE: Daily skills; Chapter 41: Reading; Chapter 42: Writing; Chapter 43: Presenting; Chapter 44: Storytelling; Chapter 45: Listening; Chapter 46: Doing numbers; Chapter 47: Problem solving; Chapter 48: Time management; Chapter 49: Hearing feedback; Chapter 50: Using technology; Section SIX: Organization skills; Chapter 51: Making decisions; Chapter 52: Making decisions in uncertainty; Chapter 53: Being productive in an unproductive world; Chapter 54: Effective meetings; Chapter 55: Managing projects; Chapter 56: Setting goals; Chapter 57: Selling and persuading; Chapter 58: Reorganizing; Chapter 59: Selecting your team; Chapter 60: Developing your team; Section SEVEN: Political skills; Chapter 61: Influencing people; Chapter 62: Achieving influence and power; Chapter 63: Influencing decisions; Chapter 64: Learning to say 'no'; Chapter 65: The partnership principle; Chapter 66: Negotiations; Chapter 67: Networking; Chapter 68: Altitude sickness dealing with top management; Chapter 69: Managing upwards; Chapter 70: Flattery; Section EIGHT: Financial skills; Chapter 71: Managing budgets; Chapter 72: Negotiating budgets; Chapter 73: Reviewing budgets; Chapter 74: Understand the nature of your costs; Chapter 75: Cutting costs; Chapter 76: Balanced scorecard; Chapter 77: Making an investment case; Chapter 78: Understand your business drivers; Chapter 79: Managing pricing; Chapter 80: Decoding CAPM; Section NINE: The art of strategy; Chapter 81: Creating a vision; Chapter 82: Classical strategy; Chapter 83: Post modern strategy; Chapter 84: Strategic discussions; Chapter 85: Competitive strategy; Chapter 86: Understanding the customer; Chapter 87: Marketing strategy; Chapter 88: Pricing strategy; Chapter 89: Dealing with advertising; Chapter 90: The advertising brief; Section TEN: The 21st century challenge; Chapter 91: Why leadership is different in the 21st century; Chapter 92: Staying relevant in the 21st century: human intelligence versus artificial intelligence; Chapter 93: Resilience and the 21st century leadership marathon; Chapter 94: Leading without power; Chapter 95: Managing change; Chapter 96: Setting goals for success; Chapter 97: The global leadership challenge; Chapter 98: Leading global teams; Chapter 99: Leading a diverse workforce; Chapter 100: Back to the future timeless lessons in leadership
Section - 01: MINDSET SKILLS;
Chapter - 01: Positive leadership;
Chapter - 02: Responsibility;
Chapter - 03: High aspirations;
Chapter - 04: Have courage;
Chapter - 05: Be adaptable;
Chapter - 06: Learn to be lucky;
Chapter - 07: Managing stress;
Chapter - 08: Honesty;
Chapter - 09: Self-awareness;
Chapter - 10: Working to win;
Section - 02: CAREER SKILLS
Chapter - 01: Your leadership journey: key principles;
Chapter - 02: Managing your leadership journey;
Chapter - 03: Discover your rules of success;
Chapter - 04: Build your career;
Chapter - 05: Careers versus careering: avoiding the death stars;
Chapter - 06: How not to get promoted;
Chapter - 07: Knowing when to move on;
Chapter - 08: Coach yourself to success;
Chapter - 09: Running the leadership marathon;
Chapter - 10: Staying employable;
Section - 03: PEOPLE SKILLS;
Chapter - 01: Understand yourself;
Chapter - 02: Understand others;
Chapter - 03: Understand how you affect others;
Chapter - 04: Delegating;
Chapter - 05: Motivating;
Chapter - 06: Coaching;
Chapter - 07: Valuing others: cultural intelligence;
