Leadership Skills
Publisher: Bookboon
Published: 2013
ISBN-13: 9788776816032
Table of contents: title: Sisältö; title: Preface; title: 1. Introduction; title: 1.1 What Are Leadership Skills?; title: 1.2 A Born Leader?; title: 1.3 What You Will Learn; title: 2. Three Traits Every Successful Leader Must Have; title: 2.1 Introduction; title: 2.1 The Desire to Lead; title: 2.2 Commitment to the Mission and Vision of the Organization; title: 2.3 Integrity; title: 2.3.1 Sincerity; title: 2.3.2 Consistency; title: 2.3.3 Substance; title: 3. Understanding Your Role: Leading vs. Managing; title: 3.1 Introduction; title: 3.2 Differentiating Between Management Skills and Leadership Skills; title: 3.3 Our Perceptions of Leadership; title: 4. How Your Personality Style Affects Your Ability to Lead; title: 4.1 Introduction; title: 4.2 The Personality Matrix; title: 4.2.1 Direct; title: 4.2.2 Spirited; title: 4.2.3 Systematic; title: 4.2.4 Considerate; title: 4.3 The Platinum Rule; title: 5. Leadership Styles; title: 5.1 Introduction; title: 5.2 The Autocratic Leadership Style; title: 5.2.1 Characteristics; title: 5.2.2 Advantages; title: 5.2.3 Disadvantages; title: 5.2.4 When to Use It; title: 5.3 The Democratic Leadership Style; title: 5.3.1 Characteristics; title: 5.3.2 Advantages; title: 5.3.3 Disadvantages; title: 5.3.4 When to Use It; title: 5.4 The Bureaucratic Leadership Style; title: 5.4.1 Characteristics; title: 5.4.2 Advantages; title: 5.4.3 Disadvantages; title: 5.4.4 When to Use It; title: 5.5 The Charismatic Leadership Style; title: 5.5.1 Characteristics; title: 5.5.2 Advantages; title: 5.5.3 Disadvantages; title: 5.5.4 When to Use It; title: 6. Leading the Team; title: 6.1 Team Purpose Statements; title: 6.1.1 The Power of Purpose; title: 6.1.2 Creating the Team Purpose Statement; title: 6.2 Forming, Storming, Norming, Performing; title: 6.2.1 Introduction; title: 6.2.2 Forming; title: 6.2.3 Storming; title: 6.2.4 Norming; title: 6.2.5 Performing; title: 6.2.6 Adjouring or Mourning; title: 6.2.7 Your Approach During Each Phase; title: 7. Delegating; title: 7.1 Introduction; title: 7.2 Why People Resist Delegating; title: 7.3 When Delegating Does and Doesn’t Work; title: 7.4 To Whom?; title: 7.5 How to Delegate Successfully; title: 8. Mentoring Others; title: 8.1 Introduction; title: 8.2 What is Mentoring?; title: 8.3 What to Consider before Mentoring; title: 8.4 Structuring Your Mentoring Relationship; title: 9. Resources