The guide to approaching leadership in a rapidly changing world.
When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context--whether in the private or the public sector--many will feel threatened as you push though major changes. But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work.
Ron Heifetz first defined this problem with his distinctive theory of adaptive leadership in Leadership Without Easy Answers. In a second book, Leadership on the Line, Heifetz and coauthor Marty Linsky highlighted the individual and organizational dangers of leading through deep change in business, politics, and community life. Now, Heifetz, Linsky, and coauthor Alexander Grashow are taking the next step: The Practice of Adaptive Leadership is a hands-on, practical guide containing stories, tools, diagrams, cases, and worksheets to help you develop your skills as an adaptive leader, able to take people outside their comfort zones and assess and address the toughest challenges.
The authors have decades of experience helping people and organizations create cultures of adaptive leadership. In today's rapidly changing world, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership can be your handbook to meeting the demands of leadership in the midst of complexity.

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World

Business & Money

Linsky, Marty

Heifetz, Ronald A.

Grashow, Alexander

Management & Leadership

Harvard Business Press

Harvard Business Review Press

The dangerous work of leading change--somebody has to do it. Will you put yourself on the line?
To lead is to live dangerously. It's romantic and exciting to think of leadership as all inspiration, decisive action, and rich rewards, but leading requires taking risks that can jeopardize your career and your personal life. It requires putting yourself on the line, disrupting the status quo, and surfacing hidden conflict. And when people resist and push back, there's a strong temptation to play it safe. Those who choose to lead plunge in, take the risks, and sometimes get burned. But it doesn't have to be that way say renowned leadership experts Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky. In Leadership on the Line, they show how it's possible to make a difference without getting "taken out" or pushed aside. They present everyday tools that give equal weight to the dangerous work of leading change and the critical importance of personal survival. Through vivid stories from all walks of life, the authors present straightforward strategies for navigating the perilous straits of leadership. Whether you're a parent or a politician, a CEO or a community activist, this practical book shows how you can exercise leadership and survive and thrive to enjoy the fruits of your labor.

Leadership on the Line, With a New Preface: Staying Alive Through the Dangers of Change

Business Culture

How do the most resilient companies survive--and even thrive--during a slowdown?
If you read nothing else on preparing for a tough economy and coming back stronger, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help your company persevere through economic challenges and continue to grow even as your competitors stumble.
This book will inspire you to:
<ul>
<li>Get your company ready before a downturn strikes</li>
<li>Learn the right lessons from previous recessions</li>
<li>Minimize pain while cutting costs and managing risk</li>
<li>Foster a healthy organizational culture during anxious times</li>
</ul>

HBR's 10 Must Reads on Managing in a Downturn (with bonus article "Reigniting Growth" By Chris Zook and James Allen)

ALLEN, JAMES

Review, Harvard Business

Zook, Chris

Heifetz, Ronald

Economics

Cada día, en cada faceta de nuestras vidas, se nos presentan oportunidades de liderazgo. Nos atrae la posibilidad de destacar en el trabajo y en el hogar, en nuestro entorno inmediato y en la aldea global. Pero a menudo dudamos. Liderar es una tarea arriesgada, peligrosa a pesar de su atractivo.¿Por qué? Porque el verdadero liderazgo --el tipo de liderazgo que hace surgir el conflicto, desafía las viejas creencias arraigadas y exige nuevas maneras de hacer las cosas-- causa dolor. Y cuando la gente se siente amenazada, ataca a la persona que promueve el cambio. Como resultado, los líderes, a menudo, sufren personal y profesionalmente.En este libro los expertos en liderazgo Ronald A. Heifetz y Marty Linsky, que juntos reúnen medio siglo de enseñanza y experiencia como consultores, muestran que es posible exponernos al peligro, responder eficazmente a los riesgos y sobrevivir a todo ello para celebrar nuestros esfuerzos. Con ejemplos convincentes, que incluyen a jefes de Estado y de organizaciones, a gerentes y activistas, a políticos y padres, los autores ilustran estrategias probadas para sobrevivir y prosperar en medio de los peligros del liderazgo. También abordan ciertos aspectos a menudo descuidados del liderazgo, como el manejo de la vulnerabilidad personal y las maneras de afirmarse y mantener el ánimo en tiempos difíciles.Este libro instructivo y práctico nos enseña a liderar valerosa y confiadamente, sin perder nunca el rumbo.

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