The Capable Executive: Effective Performance in Senior Management [Paperback]

Despite the impact senior managers can have on organisations, surprisingly little is known about what makes them effective. This distinctive book is structured around the findings of the authors' eight year research programme into senior executive effectiveness. In all eleven Capabilities have been identified which cover how executives cope personally with their role, how they lead and influence others and build competitive organisations. Each Capability is used as a starting point to review the latest management thinking and practice as it applies to senior executives.The Capable Executive - PART 1: THE PERSONAL CAPABILITIES, SELF-UNDERSTANDING AND DEVELOPMENT - The Executive Mind - The Development Capability - PART 2: THE INTERPERSONAL CAPABILITIES, UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING OTHERS - The Influence Capability - The Leadership Capability - The Integration Capability - PART 3: THE DIRECTIONAL CAPABILITIES, UNDERSTANDING AND MANAGING THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT - The External Capability - The Organisational Capability: Design - The Organisational Capability: Change - The Actioning, Structuring and Expertise Capabilities - Strategic Leadership - Appendix: Senior Executive Capabilities Research

'This book is well worth reading...displays an incisiveness missing in many management books' - Stuart Paul, Glasgow Herald