Unleashing Leaders

Zusatztext "This is a book that I will certainly recommend to people who are looking for a general understanding of what leadership is about and how it is the ingredient in modern-day thinking." (People Management! 3rd May 200)"full of thought provoking sound advice." (Long Range Planning! No.34 2001) Informationen zum Autor Hilarie Owen is an authority on what makes great leaders and how top teams excel. She has worked for global companies and two government departments, as well as with the RAF Red Arrows and Harvard University. She has resolved leadership challenges in many different countries and is in regular demand as a keynote speaker. She is recognised as an expert for her research on how leadership is learnt, the crossovers with neuroscience and how decisions are made. Alongside her work in mentoring senior directors and top teams, Hilarie has launched a programme for women who are aiming to take up leadership roles. This is her ninth book on leadership. Klappentext Unsere heutige Unternehmenskultur wirkt sich nicht gerade förderlich auf die Entwicklung von Führungsqualitäten aus. Die meisten großen Unternehmen bilden ihre Führungskräfte entweder über interne Programme oder in externen Kursen aus - eine Methode, die wenig erfolgversprechend ist. Aufbauend auf den Vorgängertitel "In Seach of Leaders" untersucht die Autorin in "Unleashing Leaders" die Problematik bei der Entwicklung von Führungsqualitäten in der modernen Geschäftswelt. Auf der Basis einer breiten Palette historischer und gesellschaftlicher Beispiele zeigt Owen, dass guter Führungstil das Ergebnis einer persönlichen Weiterentwicklung ist, die nicht mit Hilfe von Trainingskursen bewältigt werden kann. Denn durch Konzentration auf starre, unflexible Verfahren behindern Unternehmen die Weiterentwicklung talentierter Mitarbeiter mehr, als sie sie fördern. Zusammenfassung This is an inspirational book that builds on the new way of seeing leaders (as illustrated in the authora s book In Search of Leaders) to create a new way of seeing for organizations to allow leaders to flourish. Owen helps companies find out how to properly and effectively develop leaders. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface. Acknowledgements. Introduction: Are We Ready for Unleashing Leaders? How We Develop Leaders Today: Are We Doing it Right? The Problems of Organizational Life Today: Transformation and Leadership are the Challenges for Everyone. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What We are Seeing in Organizations Today is Not Leadership. The Time Traveller: The Lessons for Organizations from Ancient Times. Shaping Modern Organizations: Why Do We Build Hierarchical Structures Ruled by Managers? The Paradigm for Change: A Universal Framework for Leaders in the Twenty-First Century. Building a New Model for Organizations: To Unleash Leaders We Make the Old Model Obsolete. Unleashing Leaders: Transforming Individuals and Organizations Together. Conclusion: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Proteus (Shape Changer Being). References. Index....

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Hilarie Owen is an authority on what makes great leaders and how top teams excel. She has worked for global companies and two government departments, as well as with the RAF Red Arrows and Harvard University. She has resolved leadership challenges in many different countries and is in regular demand as a keynote speaker. She is recognised as an expert for her research on how leadership is learnt, the crossovers with neuroscience and how decisions are made. Alongside her work in mentoring senior directors and top teams, Hilarie has launched a programme for women who are aiming to take up leadership roles. This is her ninth book on leadership.

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Unsere heutige Unternehmenskultur wirkt sich nicht gerade förderlich auf die Entwicklung von Führungsqualitäten aus. Die meisten großen Unternehmen bilden ihre Führungskräfte entweder über interne Programme oder in externen Kursen aus - eine Methode, die wenig erfolgversprechend ist. Aufbauend auf den Vorgängertitel "In Seach of Leaders" untersucht die Autorin in "Unleashing Leaders" die Problematik bei der Entwicklung von Führungsqualitäten in der modernen Geschäftswelt. Auf der Basis einer breiten Palette historischer und gesellschaftlicher Beispiele zeigt Owen, dass guter Führungstil das Ergebnis einer persönlichen Weiterentwicklung ist, die nicht mit Hilfe von Trainingskursen bewältigt werden kann. Denn durch Konzentration auf starre, unflexible Verfahren behindern Unternehmen die Weiterentwicklung talentierter Mitarbeiter mehr, als sie sie fördern.

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This is an inspirational book that builds on the new way of seeing leaders (as illustrated in the authora s book In Search of Leaders) to create a new way of seeing for organizations to allow leaders to flourish. Owen helps companies find out how to properly and effectively develop leaders.

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Preface.

Acknowledgements.

Introduction: Are We Ready for Unleashing Leaders?

How We Develop Leaders Today: Are We Doing it Right?

The Problems of Organizational Life Today: Transformation and Leadership are the Challenges for Everyone.

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: What We are Seeing in Organizations Today is Not Leadership.

The Time Traveller: The Lessons for Organizations from Ancient Times.

Shaping Modern Organizations: Why Do We Build Hierarchical Structures Ruled by Managers?

The Paradigm for Change: A Universal Framework for Leaders in the Twenty-First Century.

Building a New Model for Organizations: To Unleash Leaders We Make the Old Model Obsolete.

Unleashing Leaders: Transforming Individuals and Organizations Together.

Conclusion: From Homo Sapiens to Homo Proteus (Shape Changer Being).

References.

Index.