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Leadership Workout, The: The 10 Tried-And-Tested Steps That Will Build Your Skills As A Leader (ePub eBook)

eBook by Winston, Nick

Leadership Workout, The: The 10 Tried-And-Tested Steps That Will Build Your Skills As A Leader (ePub eBook)

£11.24

ISBN:
9781292017747
Publication Date:
14 Sep 2015
Publisher:
Pearson
Pages:
240 pages
Format:
eBook
For delivery:
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Leadership Workout, The: The 10 Tried-And-Tested Steps That Will Build Your Skills As A Leader (ePub eBook)

Description

The Leadership Workout has been specially developed to be clear, simple, very easy to follow and highly effective. It will show you how you can identify your weak and strong points and the straightforward 10-step improvement plan will show you how you can quickly develop the skills and confidence you need to be an inspiring leader and effective manager. • Test yourself - Start by finding out your current confidence and skills as a leader or manager • Follow the 10 Steps - Learn everything you need to know to become a better leader • Take action - Experience 10 situations where you can apply your new-found skills in real life • Face your fears - Take on 10 common leadership challenges to test your skills and find out how to handle them. This book really works. And just to be sure, it's already been tested on over 50 readers just like you. Start your leadership workout today and begin exercising your full potential. The full text downloaded to your computer With eBooks you can: • search for key concepts, words and phrases • make highlights and notes as you study • share your notes with friends eBooks are downloaded to your computer and accessible either offline through the Bookshelf (available as a free download), available online and also via the iPad and Android apps. Upon purchase, you'll gain instant access to this eBook. Time limit The eBooks products do not have an expiry date. You will continue to access your digital ebook products whilst you have your Bookshelf installed.

Contents

About the author Author's acknowledgements Publisher's acknowledgements Introduction Self-assessment questionnaire Part 1: 10 Steps to Better Leadership Step 1: Developing the right attitude Step 2: Communication - how to get the best out of people Step 3: How to build trust Step 4: Adapting your leadership style for the best outcome Step 5: Setting objectives that work Step 6: Delegating to and up-skilling your team Step 7: Motivating and engaging people Step 8: Giving feedback that leads to positive change Step 9: Moving from being reactive to proactive Step 10: Managing up (or how to say no without ruining your career) Part 2: 10 Leadership Skills in Action Leading a new team Leading a meeting Leading an appraisal Leading a conflict resolution session Leading a teleconference Leading a virtual team Leading a project Leading a strategy Leading a presentation Leading an interview Part 3: 10 Common Leadership Challenges How do I balance leadership responsibilities with my day job? How do I manage a team that is split over multiple locations? How do I manage someone I've been promoted over? How do I deal with conflict in my team? How do I manage someone who is better than me? How do I engage my team with change? How do I appear confident, authoritative? How do I stay informed without micromanaging? How do I build team unity? How do I set effective targets? Putting it into action (the mentor toolkit) Self-assesment questionnaire Index

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