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Extraordinary Leadership : Addressing the Gaps in Senior Executive Development.
Title:
Extraordinary Leadership : Addressing the Gaps in Senior Executive Development.
Author:
Bunker, Kerry.
ISBN:
9780470593233
Personal Author:
Edition:
1st ed.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (401 pages)
Series:
J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) Ser. ; v.133

J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership) Ser.
Contents:
EXTRAORDINARY LEADERSHIP: Addressing the Gaps in Senior Executive Development -- Contents -- Preface -- FROM THE EDITORS -- THE COLLABORATIVE PROCESS -- SPECIAL THANKS -- About the Authors -- Introduction -- PURPOSE OF THIS BOOK -- ADDRESSING GAPS IN EXISTING MODELS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- A FRESH VIEW OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- MAKING THE INVISIBLE VISIBLE -- WHOM THIS BOOK IS FOR -- HOW THIS BOOK IS ORGANIZED -- HOW TO USE THIS BOOK -- Part One: The Gap Within -- Chapter One: Views from the C-Suite -- LEADERSHIP, NOW MORE THAN EVER BEFORE -- THE SIX INTERVIEWEES -- LEARNINGS FROM THE SIX -- SOFT SKILLS VERSUS HARD -- VIEWS ON PREPARING YOUNG EXECUTIVES -- MORE IMPLICATIONS FOR THE FUTURE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Two: The Learning Premise -- THE MANAGERIAL LEADER -- DETERMINATION AND DRIVE TO LEARN -- THE LEARNING PREMISE -- THE CONTENT OF LEARNING IN MANAGERIAL LEADERSHIP -- THE BROAD AGENDA -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Three: Unlocking Leadership Potential -- DEALING WITH STUCKNESS -- KEGAN'S THEORY AND ITS RELEVANCE TO LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- DEVELOPMENT AND LEADERSHIP EFFECTIVENESS -- FOSTERING LEADERS' DEVELOPMENT -- APPLYING THE PROCESS TO INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS -- CONCLUSION -- Part Two: The Gap Between -- Chapter Four: Helping Leaders to Become Emotionally Intelligent -- THE ROLE OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE IN FACING CRITICAL CHALLENGES -- RESEARCH INTO LEADERSHIP AND EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE -- HELPING LEADERS TO BECOME MORE EMOTIONALLY INTELLIGENT -- PROCESS-DESIGNED TRAINING: A NEW GROUP APPROACH -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Five: Leadership as Relational Practice -- HIDDEN CHALLENGES IN IMPLEMENTING RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP -- SOCIETAL-LEVEL DYNAMICS THAT CAN AFFECT RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP -- SPECIFIC WAYS IN WHICH RELATIONAL LEADERSHIP CAN BE UNDERMINED -- ADDRESSING THE GAPS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Six: The How-to-Be Leader.

LEADERSHIP AND ''HOW TO BE'' -- ENCOURAGING AUTHENTICITY -- PRESSURES AGAINST AND FOR AUTHENTICITY -- ''BEING,'' ''DOING,'' AND TRANSFORMING THE GIRL SCOUTS -- SOME POSSIBLE LESSONS -- CONCLUSION -- Part Three: The Gap in the System -- Chapter Seven: The Not-So-Secret Sauce of the Leadership Development Recipe -- SOME ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT LEADERSHIP MASTERY -- THE FORCES WORKING AGAINST LEADERSHIP MASTERY -- THE MISSING INGREDIENTS IN LEADERSHIP'S SECRET SAUCE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Eight: People in Context -- FOUR SYSTEM CONTEXTS -- AWARENESS OF PERSONS IN CONTEXT -- GROUPS IN CONTEXT -- SYSTEMS IN PRACTICE: THE CASE OF THE RIGID MANAGER -- IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT -- CONCLUSION -- APPENDIX: ABOUT THE POWER LAB AND THE ORGANIZATIONAL WORKSHOP -- Chapter Nine: Leading Inclusively -- THE CHANGING CONVERSATION -- THE INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP MIND-SET -- INCLUSIVE SKILLS FOR LEADERS -- LEADERSHIP TOOLS TO FOSTER INCLUSION -- CONCLUSION -- Part Four: The Gap at the Institutional Level -- Chapter Ten: Developing Leaders with Cultural Intelligence -- ADDING THE CULTURAL INGREDIENT -- SHIFTING TRENDS: WHAT LEADERS COULD BE MISSING -- WHAT IS CULTURE, AND WHY DOES IT MATTER TO LEADERSHIP? -- CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE -- DEVELOPING LEADERS WITH HIGH CULTURAL INTELLIGENCE -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Eleven: The Shifting Paradigm of Executive Leadership Development -- CURRENT PRACTICE IN LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT FOR EXECUTIVES -- WHY TODAY'S APPROACHES FALL SERIOUSLY SHORT -- THE NEW FRAME: COLLECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS -- AN ENTERPRISE STRATEGIC CHANGE AGENDA -- A CASE EXAMPLE: NEW EXECUTIVE LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT AT IBM -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Twelve: On the Other Side of the Divide -- HOW DID WE GET HERE? A BRIEF HISTORY OF THE BOOM -- THE DIVIDING LINE: 2008 -- THE NEW ENVIRONMENT -- HOW LEADERS MUST RESPOND.

IMPLICATIONS FOR LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROFESSIONALS -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Thirteen: Leadership in the Corner Office -- THE HIGH COST OF FAILED CEO LEADERSHIP -- THE CHALLENGE TO THE BOARD -- THREE QUESTIONS A BOARD MUST ANSWER -- OTHER CHALLENGES TO BOARDS SEEKING TO FILL THE GAPS IN LEADERSHIP -- CONCLUSION -- Chapter Fourteen: Looking Forward -- DEVELOPING LEADERS NOW -- CREATING CONDITIONS FOR DEEP LEARNING -- CONCLUSION -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- About the Center for Creative Leadership.
Abstract:
From The Center on Creative Leadership, comes an important that book helps to deepen the understanding of the subtle yet powerful gaps that separate successful managers from extraordinary leaders. Filled with tools, frameworks and processes that guide aspiring leaders (and those who mentor and support them) to begin filling those gaps. Topics covered include authenticity, credibility, emotional competence, social intelligence, developmental relationships, growth through connection, ability to learn, life stage development, and strengths overdone/fatal flaws. Offers wisdom from leadership experts including Jay Conger, David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, Lisa Lahey, and more.
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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