Applied Leadership Development: Nine Elements of Leadership Mastery [Paperback]

Intended for courses on leadership, practicing managers, consultants, and practitioners, this approachable guide teaches readers about how to become a leader. By blending the real-world insights of business executive Al Bolea with tested research findings provided by leadership scholar Leanne Atwater, it effectively bridges theory and practice to outline powerful leadership behaviors. Based on Boleas original J-Curve model of leadership, the authors identify and describe nine essential elements for leadership mastery, including skills such as setting direction, creating key proceses, and nurturing behaviors.

Each chapter pairs concrete narratives with succinct research synopses to show how to expand the potential of people and organizations. A unique, experiential text, Applied Leadership Developmentengages students with self-reflection and self-assessment exercises, and encourages them in their own development as future leaders.

Context Setting

Element 1: Set Direction

Element 2: Build a Team of People

Element 3: Create Key Processes

Element 4: Steward Structure

Element 5: Nurture Behaviors

Element 6: Conversations

Element 7: Provide Support

Element 8: Set Boundaries

Element 9: Space to Deliver

Conclusion: The Journey

There arent that many books that I feel that I want to go back and re-read  but this is one of them. Or if time doesnt allow, I will at least check through all my multiple underlinings and notes in the margins.

-- Emily Hutchinson, The Psychologist

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