Leadership passages
Subtitle: the personal and professional transitions that make or break a leader
By: By David L. Dotlich James L. Noel Norman Walker.
Contributors: Noel, James L., 1943-; Walker, Norman.
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Published: 2004
Place of publication: San Francisco
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Leadership; Management
Description: "This book lays out thirteen specific "leadership passages" based on research, interviews, and coaching of senior executives in such well-known companies as Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, Intel, GE, and Bank of America. For each passage, the authors describe what to expect how the passage constitutes a choice point and what effective leaders do to navigate and grow from the challenge."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: What is effective leadership?; title: How do leaders learn?; title: Joining a company; title: Moving into a leadership role; title: Accepting the stretch assignment; title: Assuming responsibility for a business; title: Dealing with significant failure for which you are responsible; title: Coping with a bad boss and competitive peers; title: Losing your job or being passed over for promotion; title: Being part of an acquisition or merger; title: Living in a different country or culture; title: Finding a meaningful balance between work and family; title: Letting go of ambition; title: Facing personal upheaval; title: Losing faith in the system; title: How companies can use passages to develop leadership; title: An eight-step survive-and-thrive guide.