The Leadership Gap: Building Leadership Capacity for Competitive Advantage

Business & Money

Weiss, David S.

Molinaro, Vince

Management & Leadership

Jossey-Bass

Studies consistently show that quality leadership development programs pay off for companies -- in the form of shareholder returns, market share growth, and sales. However, many companies have inadequate leadership development programs. This book challenges traditional views of leadership development with a perspective that focuses on recognizing leadership as a source of competitive advantage. If you're a manager or an HR leader, The Leadership Gap offers the practical, effective strategies you need to close the leadership gap in your organizations, unleashing leadership potential for better business results and a sustainable competitive advantage.

Economics

An organizational guide to assessing, measuring, and building leadership capacity Leadership capacity has emerged as a key source of competitive advantage in today's economy. But many organizations struggle to develop the capacity they need to succeed. This book offers concrete and precise strategies to close the leadership gap. It explains in detail how to conduct a leadership analysis, determining exactly where the gaps are in both organizational and individual leadership; analyzes the challenges a company faces; helps in understanding an organization's leadership deficit; and generates leadership solutions tailored to the organization's particular needs and shortcomings.

Leadership Solutions: The Pathway to Bridge the Leadership Gap

Davey, Liane

Jossey-Bass Inc Pub

Establish the terms and conditions of a "Leadership Contract" to ensure the success of your company Recent studies show that only 7 percent of employees have trust and confidence in their senior leaders. How can we ever get our organizations to succeed if so few employees believe in their senior leaders? The Leadership Contract explains why leadership, and specifically leadership culture, is the only real differentiator between the organizations that thrive and those that fall behind. This book explains how to establish a leadership contract that is fully understood and agreed upon by business leaders to ensure the success of their company. The book lays out the four terms and conditions of the leadership contract and enlists leaders in making a conscious decision to lead, including the understanding that leadership is a decision, entails an obligation, is difficult, and requires a community. <ul>
<li>Designed for top-level executives, mid-level managers, front-line leaders, and emerging leaders, the book identifies the shortcomings of current leadership methods and explains how to adopt new policies and mentalities to make you a better leader and ensure business success</li> <li>Author Vince Molinaro, Ph.D., CMC is the author of two successful books, Leadership Solutions and The Leadership Gap and is also a Certified Management Consultant</li> </ul>
Create the contract that ensures your leadership will take your organization to new heights.

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

wiley

A comprehensive blueprint for the enlightened leader The Leadership Contract is the modern leader's handbook for organizational renewal. Leaders are no longer "rulers," nor are they accidental—in today's business climate, leadership is both a trait and a specific set of skills. It's about trust, commitment, communication, and drive. This book shows you how to become the leader your organization needs. You'll go beyond adopting the habits and practices of an effective leader and actually put it in writing to establish a leadership contract that ensures the success of your company. This revised and updated edition includes new coverage of accountability, personal and organizational levels of the leadership contract, new Gut Check summary questions after each chapter, and additional opening and closing remarks to provide key insight into what the leadership role entails. 
Recent studies show that only 7 percent of employees have trust and confidence in their senior leaders. How can organizations succeed without the support of their employees? This book aims to build better leaders and establish a true leadership culture that inspires the entire organization. 
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<li>Learn why a leadership contract is needed and what it entails</li> <li>Discover the real impact of your decisions and work ethic</li> <li>Motivate and inspire by making the right connections</li> <li>Facilitate a vibrant, positive culture that innovates and thrives</li> </ul>
Exceptional leadership is the heart of a successful organization. Employees need to be able to trust in the skills, strategy, judgment, and motivation of those steering the ship. The Leadership Contract provides a blueprint for today's leaders, and guides you toward becoming the leader your employees deserve.

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming an Accountable Leader

John Wiley&Sons, Inc.

Step up, get tough, and commit to your decision to lead The Leadership Contract provides the manual that leaders around the world need. With only seven percent of employees feeling confident in senior leadership, the problem is evident: disappointing, and often disgraceful leaders. Employees deserve better than that; organizations need better than that―and this book provides a robust framework for stepping up and making the decision to lead. This new third edition has been updated, featuring a new foreword by Adecco CEO Alain Dehaze, new findings from the Global Leadership Accountability Study, and more insights to help you chart your own path to build strong leadership accountability at a personal and organizational level. 
Great leadership doesn’t happen by accident. It’s more than just being in charge; it’s a decision, an obligation and potentially your legacy. Mediocre is no longer good enough―in today’s business climate, organizations need stellar leadership. If you’re not exceptional, step up or step aside ― this book helps you toughen up and put your commitment to great leadership in writing for yourself as much as everyone else. 
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<li>Learn how a leadership contract is vital for truly accountable leadership</li> <li>Discover the mindset and practices needed to be a deliberate and decisive leader</li> <li>Communicate to inspire, motivate, and drive high performance</li> <li>Become the leader your organization needs today and into the future</li> </ul>
Leadership is not a birthright, not an accident, and not for everyone. It is the only differentiator between an organization’s success and failure, and it has been entrusted to you. Can you step up to the challenge? Can you execute strategy while inspiring peak performance, nurturing top talent, managing complexity, creating value, conquering uncertainty, and yes, developing new leaders? Put your name on the line―literally―by drawing up a contract for leadership accountability. The Leadership Contract provides a proven and practical framework used by companies and leaders around the world. Join them and take your leadership to next level.

Commit to great leadership and implement it today The Leadership Contract Field Guide provides a practical blueprint for implementing the Leadership Contract. Reading is one thing, but new ideas cannot be useful until they are put into practice―so now it is time to commit. Review the major tenets of great leadership, internalize them, and look around at your organization; what does your organization currently need the most? Where is the clear deficit? What do your people most need right now to work to their full potential? That’s where you start. Decisions? Make them. Obligations? Fulfill them. Hard work? Toughen up. Leadership is a privilege and a responsibility, and this book shows you how to move from conceptualizing “great leadership” into practicing great leadership―starting today. This guide summarizes what you learned in The Leadership Contract, and integrates that knowledge into real-world actions that make you more effective, while new discussion on accountability draws from research and case studies from major organizations to give you fresh perspective and valuable insight. The result is a clear roadmap to high performance, and you’re standing on the starting line―are you ready to go? <ul>
<li>Review the key points of what it means to lead</li> <li>Focus on accountability and fulfilling obligations</li> <li>Identify and accommodate organizational needs</li> </ul>
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<li>Implement the Contract to become a more effective leader</li> </ul>
Your employees are your biggest, most valuable asset, and you should be theirs. You need to equip them to succeed, motivate them to achieve, and inspire them to new heights with each and every interaction. In word and in deed, you must walk the walk every single day. This is what great leadership looks like, and it is already inside of you. The Leadership Contract Field Guide gives you a systematic blueprint for unleashing your very best and achieving so much more.

The Leadership Contract Field Guide: The Personal Roadmap to Becoming a Truly Accountable Leader

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The Leadership Gap: Building Leadership Capacity for Competitive Advantage

The Leadership Gap: Building Leadership Capacity for Competitive Advantage

Leadership Solutions: The Pathway to Bridge the Leadership Gap

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming a Great Leader

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming an Accountable Leader

The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming an Accountable Leader

The Leadership Contract Field Guide: The Personal Roadmap to Becoming a Truly Accountable Leader