Instant Leadership: Reach Your Full Potential Now! (Instant (Kogan Page))

Cover......Page 1
Preliminaries......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
1 LEADERSHIP......Page 8
DO IT THIS WAY......Page 10
2 LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT......Page 12
WHY LEADERSHIP?......Page 14
AND A PLACE FOR MANAGEMENT......Page 15
3 LEADERSHIP AND YOU......Page 16
FINDING THE TIME......Page 18
PIGGY IN THE MIDDLE......Page 19
4 LEADERSHIP AND OTHERS......Page 20
THE POINT......Page 22
TRUST......Page 23
5 THE REST OF THE BOOK......Page 24
6 THE EXERCISES......Page 28
BookmarkTitle:......Page 30
6.2 Being an inspiration......Page 31
6.3 Getting your inspiration......Page 32
6.4 Technical competence......Page 33
6.5 Learning to love your business......Page 34
6.6 Learning to love your customers......Page 35
6.7 Learning to love your staff......Page 36
6.8 Learning to love your suppliers......Page 37
6.9 Learning to love yourself......Page 38
6.10 Leadership and management......Page 39
6.11 Strategy......Page 41
6.12 Vision......Page 43
6.13 Mission......Page 44
6.14 Setting goals......Page 45
6.15 Developing a business plan......Page 46
6.16 Values......Page 47
6.17 Using stress......Page 48
6.18 Diaries......Page 49
6.19 Delegation......Page 50
During The Meeting......Page 51
After The Meeting......Page 52
6.21 Meetings – and how to develop them......Page 53
6.22 Meetings – and how to kill them......Page 54
6.23 Mastering time......Page 55
6.24 Learning to relax......Page 56
6.25 Sleep well......Page 57
6.26 Taking responsibility......Page 58
6.27 Teaching responsibility......Page 59
6.28 Watch my feet, not my lips......Page 60
6.29 Conversations......Page 61
6.30 Communicating......Page 62
6.31 Knowing your competitors......Page 63
6.32 Knowing your customers......Page 64
6.33 Knowing your people......Page 65
6.34 Knowing yourself......Page 66
6.35 How to be an ideal leader......Page 67
6.36 How not to be a dunce......Page 68
6.37 Learning to learn......Page 69
6.38 Reward......Page 70
6.39 Recognition......Page 71
6.40 Saying ‘No’......Page 72
6.41 Personal development......Page 73
6.42 Selecting the right people......Page 74
6.43 Energy......Page 75
6.44 Get fit......Page 76
6.45 Culture......Page 77
6.46 Creating change......Page 78
6.47 Leading a team over time......Page 79
6.48 Honesty is the best policy......Page 80
6.49 Decisions, decisions, decisions......Page 81
6.50 Developing others......Page 82
6.51 Networking......Page 83
6.52 Measurement......Page 84
6.53 Destroying the system from the inside......Page 85
6.54 Creating a team......Page 86
6.55 Keeping abreast......Page 87
6.56 Memory......Page 88
6.57 Bureaucracy – and how to develop it......Page 89
6.58 Bureaucracy – and how to kill it......Page 90
6.59 Being unreasonable......Page 91
6.60 Being a hero......Page 92
6.61 Being obsessive......Page 93
6.62 Being ubiquitous......Page 94
6.63 Becoming a figure of eight person......Page 95
6.64 360-degree appraisals......Page 97
6.65 Life, don’t talk to me about life......Page 98
6.66 Your personal strengths and weaknesses......Page 99
7 OTHER SOURCES......Page 100
LEADERSHIP BOOKS......Page 101
OTHER BOOKS FOR SUBJECTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT......Page 102
ON-LINE LEADERSHIP......Page 103
APPENDIX: THE SELECTOR......Page 104
THE RANDOM SELECTOR......Page 105
ACTIVITIES IN PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT ORDER......Page 106
ACTIVITIES IN INSPIRATIONAL LEADERSHIP ORDER......Page 107
ACTIVITIES IN MAINTENANCE LEADERSHIP ORDER......Page 108
ACTIVITIES IN CHANGE LEADERSHIP ORDER......Page 109
ACTIVITIES IN CREATIVE LEADERSHIP ORDER......Page 110
ACTIVITIES IN ORDER OF EASE OF PREPARATION......Page 111
ACTIVITIES IN ORDER OF TIME TAKEN......Page 112