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From Problem to Possibility
Action and Research for Leading Up to Continuous Improvement
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eBook - PDF
From Problem to Possibility
Action and Research for Leading Up to Continuous Improvement
About this book
The purpose of this book is to not only persuade leaders that action research is leadership, but that leadership can be more deliberate in promoting human dignity when leaders engage in a reflective process of continuous improvement.
An action research frame of mind is the impetus for efforts toward continuous improvement -- dissatisfaction with what is the beginning of improvement! The caveat is that leadership is not a position, leadership is action. Those who want to make their work better, their service better, their clients, customers, stakeholders, children, or students better -- are leaders, with or without a bureaucratic or hierarchical position.
Professional leadership, executive leadership, company leadership, and everyday leadership requires action and reflection on those actions to determine the effectiveness of the continuous improvement process.
The rationale for this book is to provide leaders at all levels with a framework that progresses through six steps of action and research from considering the challenge faced by the leader within an organization to reflecting on the improvement and next steps to continue the improvement process - thus Leading Up: From Problem to Possibility.
An action research frame of mind is the impetus for efforts toward continuous improvement -- dissatisfaction with what is the beginning of improvement! The caveat is that leadership is not a position, leadership is action. Those who want to make their work better, their service better, their clients, customers, stakeholders, children, or students better -- are leaders, with or without a bureaucratic or hierarchical position.
Professional leadership, executive leadership, company leadership, and everyday leadership requires action and reflection on those actions to determine the effectiveness of the continuous improvement process.
The rationale for this book is to provide leaders at all levels with a framework that progresses through six steps of action and research from considering the challenge faced by the leader within an organization to reflecting on the improvement and next steps to continue the improvement process - thus Leading Up: From Problem to Possibility.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction
- Preface
- I: Leadership Is . . .
- Chapter 1: From Problems to Possibilities
- Chapter 2: Transformational Leadership
- Chapter 3: Group Efficacy: All of Us Is Smarter Than One of Us
- Chapter 4: Continuous Improvement
- Chapter 5: Organizational Transformation
- II: Action Research Is Leadership
- Chapter 6: Action Research: Leadership in Action
- Chapter 7: LOOK at the Problem
- Chapter 8: EXAMINING What’s Known
- Chapter 9: ACQUIRING New Knowledge and Methods for Handling the Problems
- Chapter 10: DEVISING a Plan
- Chapter 11: EXECUTING-EVALUATING the Plan: How to Start Smart and End Smart
- Chapter 12: REPEATING the Steps as Needed
- III: Practical Application of L.E.A.D.E.R. for Leaders
- Chapter 13: Where to Start?
- Chapter 14: What Comes Next?
- Index
- About the Authors