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An edition of What makes great leaders great (2012)

What makes great leaders great

management lessons from icons who changed the world

1st ed.
  • 3 Want to read

It doesn't matter what your field of expertise is, whom you know, or how educated you are. If you have powerful management skills, you will succeed; if you don't, you'll hit the ceiling sooner rather than later. In What Makes Great Leaders Great, bestselling author and leadership expert Frank Arnold gathers 56 icons from various fields--from business and sports to politics and pop culture--to reveal the specific management skills they used to reach the top. For every line of work or personal goal, effectively applying these management skills will lead to ultimate success. All the people in this remarkably diverse group figured out what they needed to know to manage their rise to the top--and executed it with superb skill ... -- Book Description.

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McGraw-Hill
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Pages
297

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What makes great leaders great: management lessons from icons who changed the world
2012, McGraw-Hill
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Table of Contents

Managing organizations
Harness the power of a business mission : learning from bill gates
Create customer value : learning from Lou Gerstner
Make effective decisions : learning from Alfred P. Sloan, Jr.
Recognize the true nature of the problem : learning from M. C. Escher
Make the right compromise : learning from King Solomon
Just do it! : keep fine-tuning the right strategy : learning from Phil Knight
Structure your organization around the customer! : learning from Michael Dell
Be productive : learning from Frederick Winslow Taylor
Demand effective management : learning from Warren Buffett
Understand profit, strive for independence : learning from Coco Chanel
Harness information : learning from Paul Julius Reuter
Understand your sphere of action : learning from James Wilson
Recognize inflection points and utilize performance indicators : learning from Andy Grove
Secure feedback : learning from James Watt
Managing innovation
Implement ideas : learning from Steve Jobs
Remember, innovations are rarely welcomes with open arms : learning from Gustave Eiffel
Question every assumption : learning from Nicolaus Copernicus
Innovate systematically : learning from Thomas Edison
Exploit success : learning from Dietrich Mateschitz
Practice purposeful abandonment : learning from Herbert von Karajan
Practice creative destruction : learning from Joseph Schumpeter
Combine existing know-how into something new : learning from Ettore Bugatti
Exploit opportunities arising from new technologies : learning from Larry page
Recognize the future that has already happened : learning from Ray Kroc
Managing people
Focus on a single objective : learning from Michelangelo
Be results driven : learning from Michael Schumacher
Draw on your strengths : learning from Albert Einstein
Manage by objectives : learning from Gustav Mahler
Plan meticulously : learning from Napoleon Bonaparte
Be true to your own values : learning from Winston Churchill
Surround yourself with good people : learning from Jack Welch
Create a culture of effectiveness : learning from Herb Kelleher
Nurture and develop people : learning from David Packard
Invest in training : learning from Alexander von Humboldt
Seek wise dialogue partners : learning from Camille Pissarro and Paul Cézanne
Clearly define jobs and assignments : learning from general George Patton
Establish effective cooperation : learning from Joe Biden
Recognize the most important promotion : learning from Barack Obama
Embody integrity : learning from general George Marshall
Harness the potential of women : learning from Hillary Clinton
Make clever use of your time : learning from Stephen Hawking
Perfect your own working methods : learning from Benjamin Franklin
Create trust : learning from Levi Strauss
Make a life plan : what will your most important contribution be? : learning from Peter F. Drucker
Be demanding of yourself and strive for perfection : learning from Giuseppe Verdi
Find meaning, then use it! : learning from Viktor Frankl
Harness the power of discipline : learning from Thomas Mann
Motivate yourself : learning from Roger Federer
Derive enjoyment from your profession : learning from Leonard Bernstein
Think constructively : learning from Niki Lauda
Act responsibly : learning from Hippocrates
Foster creativity all life long : learning from Pablo Picasso
Assume responsibility : learning from Harry Truman
Look after yourself : learning from Jamie Oliver
Commit yourself to more than just your own wellbeing : learning from Muhammad Yunus.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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New York

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.4/092
Library of Congress
HD57.7 .A765 2012, HD57.7.A765 2012

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
297

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL25287794M
ISBN 10
0071770518
ISBN 13
9780071770514
LCCN
2011029491
OCLC/WorldCat
721903291

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL16604787W

Work Description

Every enterprise has a present and a past, but does it have a future? When a man or woman envisions their new venture -- whether it's a business, ministry, or an organization -- he or she must empower that vision with the necessary enthusiasm and leadership to ensure its success. But will that leader also have what it takes to ensure their vision is still ablaze long after they're gone? In many cases, the answer is no. Aspiring new-gen leaders coming up through the ranks may have some admirable skills, but unless they understand that true leadership -- great leadership -- isn't about them and their success, the enterprise is in jeopardy. As president and CEO of Ronald Blue & Co., Russ Crosson has a powerful message for aspiring leaders: "Great leadership isn't about the leader at all -- it's about the mission of the organization, church, business, or even family where the leader serves. And it is about who will replace the leader when he or she is gone." There are many "how to" and "what to do" leadership books, but if you aspire to be a great leader, this why-to book will help you become just that and succeed in more ways than you can imagine. - Back cover.

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