A former Gallup Global Leadership Research and Development leader and the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Strengths-Based Leadership demystifies the aura and complexity surrounding high performing leaders through original research and interviews with high-performing global leaders.The leadership space is rife with myths, such as the belief that anyone can be a leader with enough effort or that a leader's strengths can be their greatest weaknesses. According to Barry Conchie ...

A former Gallup Global Leadership Research and Development leader and the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Strengths-Based Leadership demystifies the aura and complexity surrounding high performing leaders through original research and interviews with high-performing global leaders.The leadership space is rife with myths, such as the belief that anyone can be a leader with enough effort or that a leader's strengths can be their greatest weaknesses. According to Barry Conchie ...

Words that Change Minds is based on the Language and Behaviour Profile (LAB Profile™); an easy to learn tool which illustrates how each person is unique. The LAB Profile™ will enable you to understand and predict from someone's language in everyday conversation, how he or she will behave in a given situation. You will learn how to customize your language for specific people and groups to trigger motivation and even change people's minds.

International bestselling author of The First 90 Days Michael D. Watkins presents an actionable framework for business strategy to help aspiring leaders learn to think strategically and improve their decision-making—a set of skills more necessary than ever in a world of constant change.Pattern recognition. Systems perspective. Mental agility. Structured problem-solving. Visioning. Political savvy. For every good leader who has mastered of one of these disc...

**How did John F. Kennedy put a man on the moon in just under ten years?What can chess teach us about actionable insights?And why should you shake up a business at a time of great success?**All of these questions have their answer in strategic thinking. But what is strategic thinking exactly? Are we born with it, or can we nurture it?As a distinct and important capability in leaders, strategic thinking is a remarkably poorly defined, little understo...

For far too long, emotions have been ignored in favor of rationality and efficiency.  Breakthroughs in brain science have revealed that people are primarily emotional decision-makers.  Many companies have not yet accepted that fact, ignoring emotion in favor of rationality and efficiency.  Even fewer have acted on it. Emotionomics looks at emotions in terms of business opportunities, both in the marketplace and in the workplace.  In today's highly competitive marketplace where many products l...

A fully revised and updated edition of The Art of Managing People, offering the latest wisdom on crucial guidelines and techniques for creating a positive work environment and increasing productivity and profitability.From the award-winning authors of the bestselling management classic comes the revised and updated edition of The New Art of Managing People, featuring eight new chapters on important contemporary business issues such as ethics, dive...

Providing both practical advice, tools, and case examples, Employee Engagement translates best practices, ideas, and concepts into concrete and practical steps that will change the level of engagement in any organization.Explores the meaning of engagement and how engagement differs significantly from other important yet related concepts like satisfaction and commitmentDiscusses what it means to create a culture of engagementProvid...

"The best book on change I've ever read..." (Bank CEO)"The best book on change in fifteen years, perhaps longer..." (Organization Development consultant)Leaders need guidance on leading change grounded in the latest science, not 20th-century myths. In this updated 2019 edition of The Science of Organizational Change, Paul takes us on a journey from change mythology, from New Age change ideas, from "reports in drawers", and from pop psychology up to the present.In th...

This book is for graduate-level courses in organizational leadership and leadership training for government agencies, corporations, and corporate executives that wish to enhance their leadership skills. It provides a deep and intelligent understanding of leadership theory, styles, and practice that impact an organizations success.

The pace of change is increasing and shows no signs of slowing down. This section brings you the best thinking from forty years of the OD Practitioner journal on:- The different kinds of change and what's needed to achieve each one.- What you must do to see change initiatives through to completion.- The enablers that must be in place for change to succeed.- Examining change from the change recipient’s point of view.- How to establish internal change agents who can help advocate for the cha...

This workbook provides the roadmap from the beginning of the process to that point where the New Executive is safely ensconced in her position, with explanations and new ways of thinking about organizations and change, charts that illustrate subject matter and assignments that aid the transitions.