Leadership For Dummies

Do you find yourself being asked to lead others but have no idea
where to start? Do you lead a team spread across different offices
or even continents? In this no-nonsense guide to leadership you
will find answers to crucial questions like: what is leadership?
And what style of leadership should I be using? You'll discover how
to lead your friends whilst remaining their friend; how to lead
change in a way that people accept and understand; when and where
to draw the line; and how to reflect on your experiences to become
a better and more effective leader.

Only a lucky few of us are natural born leaders. It takes time
and effort to develop a range of leadership styles which work for
you and those around you as well as discovering how to become
comfortable leading others. Leadership can be a lonely occupation;
Leadership For Dummies is your ideal companion. John Marrin
explores the fine line between managing and leading and the book is
full of tips for making the most of your leadership experiences and
how to cope with the dilemmas and discomfort all leaders at some
point experience.

Autorentext

Dr John Marrin is founder of Marwel & Co., which specialises in leadership development and employee engagement. He is a leading authority on how leaders of organisations totally engage their directors, managers and employees to enhance their commitment to deliver improved performance. He is a leadership coach and organisation development specialist to a wide range of clients including large multinationals, privately owned businesses and public sector organisations.

Zusammenfassung
Do you find yourself being asked to lead others but have no idea where to start? Do you lead a team spread across different offices or even continents? In this no-nonsense guide to leadership you will find answers to crucial questions like: what is leadership? And what style of leadership should I be using? You'll discover how to lead your friends whilst remaining their friend; how to lead change in a way that people accept and understand; when and where to draw the line; and how to reflect on your experiences to become a better and more effective leader. Only a lucky few of us are natural born leaders. It takes time and effort to develop a range of leadership styles which work for you and those around you as well as discovering how to become comfortable leading others. Leadership can be a lonely occupation; Leadership For Dummies is your ideal companion. John Marrin explores the fine line between managing and leading and the book is full of tips for making the most of your leadership experiences and how to cope with the dilemmas and discomfort all leaders at some point experience.

Inhalt

Introduction 1

About This Book 1

Conventions Used in This Book 2

What You're Not to Read 2

Foolish Assumptions 3

How This Book Is Organised 3

Part I: Introducing Leadership 3

Part II: Leading Yourself 3

Part III: Leading Others 4

Part IV: Leading People Through Change 4

Part V: Leading Different Types of Team 4

Part VI: The Part of Tens 4

Icons Used in This Book 5

Where to Go from Here 5

Part I: Introducing Leadership 7

Chapter 1: Taking the Lead 9

Appreciating Why the Work of Leaders Isn't Easy 9

Looking for Leadership and Leaders 10

Cooking the stew rather than being in one! 11

Experiencing leadership or perhaps not! 12

Seeing Yourself as a Leader 13

Filling the vacuum with the right fluff (stuff) 14

Transforming starts with you 14

Rising to all leadership occasions 15

Leading People and Teams 17

Knowing what you're about 17

Engaging people in work and change 18

Leading all types of teams 20

Excelling in leading your senior leadership team 21

Chapter 2: Pinning Down the Meaning of Leadership 23

Spotting the Differences between Leadership, Leading and Leader 24

Leadership is a process 24

Leading is an activity 26

Being a leader can be a role and/or position 28

Deciphering the Language of Leadership 30

Diving into the soup of leadership jargon 30

Sampling leadership competences 32

Sampling a Few Tasty Bits of Leadership 34

Becoming an engaging leader 34

Being an active leader 35

Leading through serving others 37

Coming Up with a Meaning that Works for You 39

Chapter 3: Leadership and Management: Two Sides of the Same Coin 41

Flipping Through Your Experiences of Leadership and Management 42

Choosing and working with a new boss 42

Working through your own experiences 44

Listing your expectations of leaders and managers 48

Understanding Society's Changing Expectations of Leaders 50

Jump! Yes sir, how high? 50

Jump! Why should I? 50

Pinpointing the Differences between Leading and Managing 51

Describing the key differences 52

Getting people to follow you 53

Earning the right to lead 54

Leading and managing together 55

Part II: Leading Yourself 59

Chapter 4: Leading 'Inside Out': Knowing Yourself to Become a Better Leader 61

Leading Others Starts with Leading Yourself 62

Becoming an authentic leader 62

Looking through the Johari Window 65

Developing Self-Confidence 68

Leaving Thomas to doubt himself 69

Being your best critic 70

Learning from adversity 71

Discovering How to Lead from Your Experiences 72

Achieving more by learning quickly 72

Harnessing the power of reflection 74

Developing skills in reflecting 75

Using leadership learning logs 76

Finding and working with your own coach 78

Chapter 5: Singing Your Leadership Song: Being in Tune with Your Values 79

Recognising When You're Out of Tune 80

Acknowledging when 'it just doesn't feel right' 81

Questioning what underpins your leadership 81

Leaving your old baggage behind 82

Composing Your Own Leadership Tune 84

Working out what's important to you 84

Questioning your assumptions 86

Singing Your Leadership Song 87

Communicating your values 87

Harmonising with others 88

Chapter 6: Stepping Up to Leadership: Handling Dilemmas 91

Dealing with Dilemmas 91

Surviving being thrown in the deep end 93 Being chosen for the rig...