An innovative behavioral approach to leadership from the bestselling author of Bringing Out the Best in People Management guru Aubrey Daniels delivers a proven, scientifically grounded approach to great leadership with Measure of a Leader. This book turns conventional leadership wisdom on its head, showing how to focus on the behavior of followers to craft a powerful leadership style. Structuring their message around the indicators of follower behavior that predict a leader's influence, Aubrey and James Daniels show exactly how to impact the growth of a business, its customers, and the marketplace. Even more important, the authors' system gives managers the tools to adapt the approach, creating positive behavior that can improve the performance of their people. Managers are transformed into leaders, creating a legacy that perpetually generates greater momentum, commitment, initiative, and reciprocity throughout an organization. <ul><li>Includes leadership examples from top companies such as Blue Cross, NASA, Roche, and Westinghouse </li></ul>
“For anyone anxious to achieve long-term results. . .this book should be your everyday playbook!”-John R. Schueler, president, publisher, and CEO, ANG Newspaper Group

Measure of a Leader: The Legendary Leadership Formula For Producing Exceptional Performers and Outstanding Results

Business & Money

Daniels, Aubrey C.

Daniels, James E.

Management & Leadership

McGraw=Hill

The "R+ Book", Fourth Edition: More than a revision – An evolution! 
The definitive text on Performance Management (PM) will always be a work in progress because science is a work in progress. Performance Management offers strategies gained through ongoing research and successful PM applications in businesses and industries around the world. 
Since the 1989 publication of the third edition of this book, both scientists and practitioners have made continual advances in behavior-based performance enhancement. Dr. Aubrey C. Daniels and James E. Daniels now share those innovations and insights in a reorganized and expanded text. The upgraded material – conveniently divided into the two sections of Theory and Application – includes new chapters aimed specifically at addressing workplace performance issues: 
The Science of Behavior in Business Being a Proactive Manager Separating Behavior from Non-Behavior Evaluating Performance Change Finding and Creating Reinforcers Delivering Reinforcers 
Learn to: Recognize the observable effects of positive and negative reinforcement, punishment, and penalty in the work environment. 
Optimally employ positive consequences to inspire discretionary effort™ from any member of your organization. 
Design training, verbal instruction, and other antecedents to clearly communicate required and desired workplace behaviors. 
Eliminate negative evaluation processes after reading "The 10 Top Reasons Why Traditional Performance Appraisals Produce Little Value to Organizations." 
If you’ve read a previous edition of this book, here are some of the updates you can expect in this new version. 
Performance Management, 4th edition; 
is updated in terms of research and practice over the last twenty years. 
is organized into three helpful sections; Theory, Application and Implementation. 
has several new chapters. The most notable are two in the Theory Section on Behavior. There are also new chapters on evaluating performance change and planning reinforcement. 
has twice as many references, reflecting the additional research included. 
has more cartoons to add more R+ to your reading! is generally updated in examples and language. 
The basic concepts in this book are the same as in previous editions, although some concepts have been added (i.e. Establishing Operations) and the terminology has been updated to be more consistent with current research. 
Though focused on the needs of employees and employers alike, this technology also applies to parents, partners, athletes, or artists. If you want to improve performance of ANY kind with the latest proven methods, add the Fourth Edition of the R+ book to your library, today! Over 500,000 copies in print.

Performance Management: Changing Behavior that Drives Organizational Effectiveness

Performance Management Publications

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