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Leader to Leader 2: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Leader to Leader Institute's Award Winning Journal

by Frances Hesselbein, Alan Shrader

Leader to Leader 2 brings together the best and most popular articles from the award-winning journal Leader to Leader by some of the best-selling authors and thought leaders of our day. With thirty-five new chapters not included in the previous volume, this book is designed as a resource for leaders at all levels. Each of the book’s five parts opens with guidance and ideas on how to enact the concepts discussed, practical action steps, thought-provoking questions, and handy tools.

The Parts include: Understanding Leadership, Improving Your Personal Effectiveness, Developing People and Teams, Leading High-Performance Organizations, Leading Strategically in a World That Demands Innovation

Authors Include: David Allen, Ram Charan, Clayton Christensen, Stephen Covey, Marshall Goldsmith, Bill George, Andy Grove, Rosabeth Moss Kanter, Beverly Kaye, Jim Kouzes & Barry Posner, Patrick Lencioni, Peter Senge, Margaret Wheatley...and more!
Leader to Leader 2: Enduring Insights on Leadership from the Leader to Leader Institute's Award Winning Journal
Jossey-Bass , 2008
ISBN: 0470195479

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The Editors
Introduction

PART ONE: UNDERSTANDING LEADERSHIP
1. Leadership Is an Enabling Art
Stephen R. Covey
2. Building the Bridge as You Walk on It
Robert E. Quinn
3. The Price and Prize of Leadership
Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones
4. The Source of Leadership
Peter M. Senge

PART TWO: IMPROVING YOUR PERSONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Becoming a Leader

5. The Transformation from “I” to “We”
Bill George and Andrew McLean
6. Leadership T’ai Chi: A Beginner’s Guide
Robert A. Goldberg
7. Challenge Is the Opportunity for Greatness
James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner
Managing Yourself
8. Maintaining Your Focus
Sam T. Manoogian
9. Stand Up for Your Values
Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy
10. Adjusting Your Leadership Volume
Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser
11. Mastering Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive
Joseph A. Maciariello
Communicating Effectively and Managing Conflict
12. The Infl uential Leader
Jack Stahl
13. Ten Questions to Stellar Communication
Dianna Booher
14. The Leader’s Role in Managing Conflict
Howard M. Guttman
15. Using Dialogue to Deal with Conflicts
George Kohlrieser

PART THREE: DEVELOPING PEOPLE AND TEAMS
Coaching and Mentoring
16. The Leader’s Role in Growing New Leaders
Beverly Kaye
17. Helping People Achieve Their Goals
Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith
18. Energizing Others
Dean Spitzer
Strengthening Teamwork
19. The Trouble with Teamwork
Patrick M. Lencioni
20. Leading Resonant Teams
Daniel Goleman
21. Communication Strategies for Leading Teams
Ichak Adizes
22. Making Diversity Pay Off
R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr.

PART FOUR: LEADING HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATIONS
Planning and Execution
23. Doing Performance Planning Right
Douglas K. Smith
24. Aligning Boards and Management on Strategy
Ram Charan
25. Making It Up and Making It Happen
David Allen
Leading Change
26. Leading Transition: A New Model for Change
William Bridges and Susan Mitchell
27. The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders
Rosabeth Moss Kanter
Building a High-Performance Culture
28. The Key to Cultural Transformation
Frances Hesselbein
29. Culture as Competitive Advantage
Paul Meehan, Orit Gadiesh, and Shintaro Hori
30. The Culture Starts with You
Ray Davis

PART FIVE: LEADING STRATEGICALLY IN A WORLD THAT DEMANDS INNOVATION
The Strategic Challenge
31. The Challenge of Strategic Innovation
Constantinos Markides
32. Responding to Strategic Infl ection Points
Andrew S. Grove
Leading for Innovation
33. Assessing Your Organization’s Innovation Capabilities
Clayton M. Christensen
34. Innovation Means Relying on Everyone’s Creativity
Margaret J. Wheatley

PART SIX: CONCLUSION
35. When the Roll Is Called Ten Years from Now
Frances Hesselbein
Index

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