Leadership Wisdom E-Book

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Fachliteratur
• Serie: J-B CCL (Center for Creative Leadership)
• Sprache: Englisch

Seitenzahl: 32

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2011

Beschreibung

In a fast-paced global economy emphasizing innovation and productivity, leaders need to bring as much wisdom as possible to bear on their daily decisions. They often find themselves pulled between making decisions quickly and making them well. The processes described in this guidebook, inquiry and reflection, can help you develop your capacity to make wise choices. You will begin to see a broad range of possible responses and wisely choose the ones that will work best.

Leseprobe

CONTENTS

Why Leadership Wisdom?

What Is Leadership Wisdom?

Assessing Leadership Wisdom

Acquiring Leadership Wisdom

Developing Wisdom through Inquiry

Whom to Ask

What to Ask

How to Ask

Developing Wisdom through Reflection

The Move from Experience to Reflection

Two Types of Reflection

How to Develop Reflective Practice

Wisdom as a Process

Suggested Readings

Background

Key Point Summary

Lead Contributors

IDEAS INTO ACTION GUIDEBOOKS

Aimed at managers and executives who are concerned with their own and others’ development, each guidebook in this series gives specific advice on how to complete a developmental task or solve a leadership problem.

LEAD CONTRIBUTORSRola Ruohong Wei,Jeffrey YipCONTRIBUTORSChris Ernst,Cynthia D. McCauley,Ellen Van Velsor,Meena WilsonDIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONSMartin WilcoxEDITORPeter SciscoASSOCIATE EDITORKaren LewisDESIGN AND LAYOUTJoanne FergusonCONTRIBUTING ARTISTSLaura J. Gibson,Chris Wilson, 29 & company

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All Rights Reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.

CCL No. 440

ISBN-13: 978-1-60491-027-5

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THE IDEAS INTO ACTION GUIDEBOOK SERIES

This series of guidebooks draws on the practical knowledge that the Center for Creative Leadership (CCL®) has generated, since its inception in 1970, through its research and educational activity conducted in partnership with hundreds of thousands of managers and executives. Much of this knowledge is shared—in a way that is distinct from the typical university department, professional association, or consultancy. CCL is not simply a collection of individual experts, although the individual credentials of its staff are impressive; rather it is a community, with its members holding certain principles in common and working together to understand and generate practical responses to today’s leadership and organizational challenges.

The purpose of the series is to provide managers with specific advice on how to complete a developmental task or solve a leadership challenge. In doing that, the series carries out CCL’s mission to advance the understanding, practice, and development of leadership for the benefit of society worldwide. We think you will find the Ideas Into Action Guidebooks an important addition to your leadership toolkit.

EXECUTIVE BRIEF

In a fast-paced global economy emphasizing innovation and productivity, leaders need to bring as much wisdom as possible to bear on their daily decisions. The problem is that wisdom takes time to develop. The processes described in this guidebook, inquiry and reflection, can help accelerate the learning curve to enable you to apply wisdom to today's challenges rather than yesterday's missed opportunities. With inquiry and reflection on a variety of experiences, you can develop your capacity to make wise choices. You will begin to see a broad range of possible responses and wisely choose the ones that will work best.

Why Leadership Wisdom?

In a fast-paced global economy emphasizing innovation and productivity, leaders need to bring as much wisdom as possible to bear on their daily decisions. They often find themselves pulled between making decisions quickly and making them well. They are expected to make swift strategic choices in order to compete. Meanwhile, they have to carefully analyze situations to avoid making serious mistakes. In critical moments, leaders realize that the skills of business knowledge are limited in making good decisions. There is a need to reach deeper, to draw on the wisdom of experience and reflection to find the right course.