Intentional Leadership: 12 Lenses for Focusing Strengths, Managing Weaknesses, and Achieving Your Purpose
Jane Kise has the ability to take the minutiae and complexity of leadership psychology and boil it down to the simple and the profound. She offers practical how-to recommendations that help intentional leaders achieve their intended results. Become the leader you want to be intentionally.--Robert Grede, Best-Selling Author ofNaked Marketing: The Bare Essentials;President, The Grede CompanyJane Kise has done what other books on leadership have failed to do. She successfully takes us on a journey of understanding our natural leadership preferences and styles in a way that not only provides the Eureka! moment, but compels us to apply the information in our daily lives and relationships. Kise's keen insights provide a refreshing, practical, and realistic approach to what it means to become a more effective leader. I will be using this book with leaders throughout our organization and in my own leadership development efforts.--Roger Jansen, Senior Vice President/CHRO, Spectrum Health SystemIf you aspire to have the corner office or up your game, you needIntentional Leadership.Jane Kise shows leaders how to use intention and their innate personalities to improve results.--Nordahl L. Brue, Founder, Bruegger's BagelsJane Kise has produced a book filled with practical suggestions and examples of leading with intentionality. Readers are forced to consider, Am I leading for career success, or am I leading as a calling? while exploring their true leadership potential.--Richard Bents, President, Future Systems ConsultingCritics and commentators sometimes question why the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator and type theory are such popular and enduring tools in management and leadership development.Intentional Leadershipprovides powerful insights about the need to become conscious not only of your own authentic leadership style, but also of the range of personality types that you might need to lead. It demonstrates in practical step-by-step guidelines how the self-knowledge resulting from a type assessment can enhance a leader's effectiveness in reaching organizational and personal goals. I recommend this resource to leaders at all levels in any organization, as well as to those who coach and mentor them.Penny Moyle, CEO, Oxford Psychologists Press --Penny Moyle, CEO, Oxford Psychologists Press