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The trainer's handbook of leadership development : tools, techniques, and activities / Karen Lawson
Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Series: Essential resources for training and HR professionalsPublisher: San Francisco : Pfeiffer, c2011Edition: Online-AusgDescription: Online-Ressource (1 online resource (x, 262 p.)) : illISBN:- 9781283239929
- 1283239922
- 9781118094372
- 9780470886038
- 658.407124
- 658.4/07124 23
- BUS066000
- HD57.7
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Summary: The Trainer's Handbook of Leadership Development offers facilitators, human resource professionals, and consultants a wide-variety of tools and techniques for developing leadership competencies and characteristics. Drawing on research from such giants in the leadership field as Warren Bennis, Ken Blanchard, James Kouzes, and Barry Posner, the book's thought-provoking activities are designed to create real and lasting behavior change. "The Trainer's Handbook of Leadership Development features the proven activities and tools that will involve and inspire participants to develop the skills and characteristics that will equip them to lead us into the future. Karen has brought together a powerful collection of tools, competency models, exercises, and training necessary for developing leaders in today's workplace. I recommend this book for anyone who is implementing a leadership development program within their organization. It could easily be used to build the entire program from scratch."-Louis Carter, CEO, Best Practice Institute "What a gem of a book Karen Lawson has written! Drawing on research by leadership gurus, Karen presents 45 competencies and characteristics critical to leadership excellence. She mines each of these facets for a solid definition and the significance of each. Although many authors shy away from discussing leadership qualities such as authenticity and empathy, Karen deals with them directly. She presents activities that future leaders can use to explore personal leadership qualities. This book is 24kt gold. If you are a leadership development professional, this book is sure to become your gold standard when searching for creative yet practical ways to help develop others into outstanding leaders of the future."-Elaine Biech, editor, The ASTD Leadership Handbook and author, The Business of Consulting "Developing the complexSummary: Intro -- The Trainer's Handbook of Leadership Development: Tools, Techniques, and Activities -- Contents -- About the author -- 1: Introduction -- 2: Leadership Competencies and Characteristics -- 3: Designing a Leadership Development Program -- Chapter Three Activities -- A Checklist for Effective Leadership -- Nature or Nurture? -- Traits of Effective Leaders -- Words to Lead By -- 4: Increasing Awareness-Self and Others -- Chapter Four Activities -- Being Real -- Developing Courage -- Developing Cultural Intelligence -- Doing It Differently -- Do the Right Thing -- Fired Up! -- Heroes and Heroines -- Living Your Values -- Mirror, Mirror -- Modeling the Way -- Permission or Forgiveness? -- Risk Attitudes Inventory -- The Balancing Act -- Values Collage -- What Is It Like? -- Who Am I? -- 5: Communicating and Influencing -- Chapter Five Activities -- Active Listening Responses -- Active Observation -- Common Ground -- Conflicting Agendas -- Giving Feedback -- Listening Self-Awareness Assessment -- Mixed Messages -- Picture This -- The Art of Asking Questions -- The Art of Influencing -- What Do You Mean? -- 6: Motivating and Engaging -- Chapter Six Activities -- Embracing Change -- Empowering Others -- Fair or Equal? -- How to Present Change to Employees -- Leading Change -- Make Them Laugh -- Showing Appreciation -- Tell Me a Story -- What Do Your Employees Value? -- 7: Developing and Managing -- Chapter Seven Activities -- Applying Your Coaching Skills -- Creating a Team Identity -- Delegation Case Study -- Delegating Effectively Self-Assessment -- Delegation Process -- Describing Behavior -- Performance Management Skills Checklist -- Stopping the Blame Game -- Team Models -- The Magic of Mentoring -- What Do You Expect? -- What Mentors Do -- 8: Increasing Leadership Effectiveness -- Chapter Eight Activities -- Bouncing Back.PPN: PPN: 809400731Package identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-26-MYL | ZDB-30-PAD | ZDB-30-PBE | ZDB-30-PQE | ZDB-38-EBR
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