Leader to Leader 2

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!

The Editors ix Introduction xi Part One: Understanding Leadership 1 1 Leadership Is an Enabling Art 5 Stephen R. Covey 2 Building the Bridge as You Walk on It 14 Robert E. Quinn 3 The Price and Prize of Leadership 23 Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones 4 The Source of Leadership 32 Peter M. Senge Part Two: Improving Your Personal Effectiveness 37 Becoming a Leader 5 The Transformation from “I” to “We” 45 Bill George and Andrew McLean 6 Leadership T’ai Chi: A Beginner’s Guide 56 Robert A. Goldberg 7 Challenge Is the Opportunity for Greatness 63 James M. Kouzes and Barry Z. Posner Managing Yourself 8 Maintaining Your Focus 75 Sam T. Manoogian 9 Stand Up for Your Values 82 Bowen H. “Buzz” McCoy 10 Adjusting Your Leadership Volume 89 Bob Kaplan and Rob Kaiser 11 Mastering Peter Drucker’s The Effective Executive 98 Joseph A. Maciariello Communicating Effectively and Managing Conflict 12 The Infl uential Leader 108 Jack Stahl 13 Ten Questions to Stellar Communication 118 Dianna Booher 14 The Leader’s Role in Managing Conflict 129 Howard M. Guttman 15 Using Dialogue to Deal with Conflicts 138 George Kohlrieser Part Three: Developing People And Teams 147 Coaching and Mentoring 16 The Leader’s Role in Growing New Leaders 153 Beverly Kaye 17 Helping People Achieve Their Goals 160 Marshall Goldsmith and Kelly Goldsmith 18 Energizing Others 168 Dean Spitzer Strengthening Teamwork 19 The Trouble with Teamwork 178 Patrick M. Lencioni 20 Leading Resonant Teams 186 Daniel Goleman 21 Communication Strategies for Leading Teams 196 Ichak Adizes 22 Making Diversity Pay Off 204 R. Roosevelt Thomas Jr. Part Four: Leading High-Performance Organizations 209 Planning and Execution 23 Doing Performance Planning Right 216 Douglas K. Smith 24 Aligning Boards and Management on Strategy 226 Ram Charan 25 Making It Up and Making It Happen 235 David Allen Leading Change 26 Leading Transition: A New Model for Change 246 William Bridges and Susan Mitchell 27 The Enduring Skills of Change Leaders 256 Rosabeth Moss Kanter Building a High-Performance Culture 28 The Key to Cultural Transformation 267 Frances Hesselbein 29 Culture as Competitive Advantage 271 Paul Meehan, Orit Gadiesh, and Shintaro Hori 30 The Culture Starts with You 283 Ray Davis Part Five: Leading Strategically In a World That Demands Innovation 291 The Strategic Challenge 31 The Challenge of Strategic Innovation 296 Constantinos Markides 32 Responding to Strategic Inflection Points 307 Andrew S. Grove Leading for Innovation 33 Assessing Your Organization’s Innovation Capabilities 317 Clayton M. Christensen 34 Innovation Means Relying on Everyone’s Creativity 333 Margaret J. Wheatley Part Six: Conclusion 343 35 When the Roll Is Called Ten Years from Now 345 Frances Hesselbein Index 349