The Leadership Skills Handbook
eBook - ePub

The Leadership Skills Handbook

100 Essential Skills You Need to Be A Leader

  1. 336 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

The Leadership Skills Handbook

100 Essential Skills You Need to Be A Leader

About this book

Featuring everything you need to know about being an effective leader, The Leadership Skills Handbook will help you develop signature strengths and accelerate leadership success. The Leadership Skills Handbook gives you the 100 essential tools you need to be an outstanding leader. Taking you beyond just theory, it shows you what works in real life, in a concise, easy-to-follow format. Based on research from over a thousand leaders around the world, from the public, private and voluntary sectors, it identifies the key practical skills that will make you even more successful. Thoroughly updated to take into account the permanent move to remote and hybrid working and the challenges raised for leadership by artificial intelligence (AI), Jo Owen shows you how you can learn to disagree well, the best ways to get things done, develop your human and political skills in an increasingly AI world and explains how leaders can add value to any organization. Learn how to become the leader that people want to follow with The Leadership Skills Handbook.

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Information

Publisher
Kogan Page
Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781398615793
eBook ISBN
9781398615960
Edition
6
Topic
Business
Subtopic
Management
Index
Business

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Introduction
  3. PART ONE Mindset skills
  4. 01 Positive leadership
  5. 02 Responsibility
  6. 03 High aspirations
  7. 04 Have courage
  8. 05 Be adaptable
  9. 06 Learn to be lucky
  10. 07 Managing stress
  11. 08 Honesty
  12. 09 Self-awareness
  13. 10 Working to win
  14. PART TWO Career skills
  15. 11 Your leadership journey: key principles
  16. 12 Managing your leadership journey: the map
  17. 13 Discover your rules of success
  18. 14 Build your career
  19. 15 Careers versus careering: avoiding the death stars
  20. 16 How to gain promotion
  21. 17 Knowing when to move on
  22. 18 Coach yourself to success
  23. 19 Running the leadership marathon
  24. 20 Staying employable
  25. PART THREE People skills
  26. 21 Understand yourself
  27. 22 Understand others
  28. 23 Understand how you affect others
  29. 24 Delegating
  30. 25 Motivating
  31. 26 Disagree well
  32. 27 Valuing others: cultural intelligence
  33. 28 Give and take
  34. 29 Managing performance
  35. 30 Managing professionals
  36. PART FOUR Moment of truth skills
  37. 31 Taking control
  38. 32 Conflict management
  39. 33 Crisis management
  40. 34 Dealing with bullies
  41. 35 Getting your way
  42. 36 Fighting battles
  43. 37 Power
  44. 38 Managing adversity
  45. 39 Knowing who to trust
  46. 40 Stepping up
  47. PART FIVE Daily skills
  48. 41 Reading
  49. 42 Writing
  50. 43 Presenting
  51. 44 Storytelling
  52. 45 Listening
  53. 46 Doing numbers
  54. 47 Problem solving
  55. 48 Getting stuff done
  56. 49 Hearing feedback
  57. 50 Leading in an AI world
  58. PART SIX Organization skills
  59. 51 Making decisions
  60. 52 Making decisions in uncertainty
  61. 53 Being productive in an unproductive world
  62. 54 Effective meetings
  63. 55 Managing projects
  64. 56 Setting goals
  65. 57 Selling and persuading
  66. 58 Reorganizing
  67. 59 Selecting your team
  68. 60 Developing your team
  69. PART SEVEN Political skills
  70. 61 Influencing people
  71. 62 Achieving influence and power
  72. 63 Influencing decisions
  73. 64 Learning to say ‘no’
  74. 65 The partnership principle
  75. 66 Negotiations
  76. 67 Networking
  77. 68 Altitude sickness: dealing with top management
  78. 69 Managing upwards
  79. 70 Flattery
  80. PART EIGHT Financial skills
  81. 71 Managing budgets
  82. 72 Negotiating budgets
  83. 73 Reviewing budgets
  84. 74 Understand the nature of your costs
  85. 75 Cutting costs
  86. 76 Balanced scorecard
  87. 77 Making an investment case
  88. 78 Understand your business drivers
  89. 79 Managing pricing
  90. 80 Decoding CAPM
  91. PART NINE The art of strategy
  92. 81 Creating a vision
  93. 82 Classical strategy
  94. 83 Post-modern strategy
  95. 84 Strategic discussions
  96. 85 Competitive strategy
  97. 86 Understanding the customer
  98. 87 Marketing strategy
  99. 88 Pricing strategy
  100. 89 Dealing with advertising
  101. 90 The advertising brief
  102. PART TEN The 21st-century challenge
  103. 91 Why leadership is different in the 21st century
  104. 92 What’s the point of a manager in the 21st century? The change challenge
  105. 93 Resilience and the 21st-century leadership marathon
  106. 94 Leading hybrid teams
  107. 95 Managing change
  108. 96 Setting goals for success
  109. 97 The global leadership challenge
  110. 98 Leading global teams
  111. 99 Leading a diverse workforce
  112. 100 Back to the future: timeless lessons in leadership
  113. Further reading