Leading and Managing in Nursing

Book Description

Elsevier's #1 nursing management text, Leading and Managing in Nursing, 4th Edition, offers an innovative approach by merging theory, research, and practical application in key leadership and management areas. It is organized around issues that are central to the success of professional nurses in today's constantly changing healthcare environment including consumer relationships, cultural diversity, and communication. This 4th edition is thoroughly updated and revised to better prepare students for the nursing leadership and management issues of today and tomorrow.

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Happy with Delivery.......2006-01-05

Very pleased with my first time ordering texts on-line. I tried to order my school books on-line to save money, while not compromising the integrity of the product and I am very pleased with the results.

I STILL use it!.......2002-09-10

Granted, Dr. Yoder-Wise TAUGHT my leadership class is nursing school so we HAD to buy her book, but it has been the most useful book to me since I graduated from Texas Tech in '99. I have used the CV and resume' forms multiple times for job applications and graduate school. It's packed full of very useful information. Lots of good sources for legal/ethical and cultural diversity for paper writing too!

A "Wise" Approach to Leading and Managing.......2000-10-28

Patricia Yoder-Wise blends the attributes which nurses exhibit in their practice, care and compassion, knowledge and skill, and logically demonstrates their application in leadership and management areas of nursing. Throughout the book, whether discussing the management of people or resources, Yoder-Wise emphasizes the need for nurses to continue to learn, to care, and maintain their passion for nursing.

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A typical business book with a couple of good ideas and recommendations
Highly Recommended!
Grow by leveraging your HIDDEN ASSETS
Grow by leveraging your HIDDEN ASSETS
New growth for old companies

How to Grow When Markets Don't
Adrian Slywotzky , Richard Wise , and Karl Weber
Manufacturer: Business Plus
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ASIN: 0446692700

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Though most companies claim to be growth oriented, surprisingly few actually achieve double-digit growth-and over the past 10 years, that percentage has steadily decreased. In HOW TO GROW WHEN MARKETS DON'T, AdrianSlywotzky andRichardWise examine this problem and offer real solutions, including how to fully map customers' higher- order needs and ways to get investors to change their thinking. They also offer methods to enhance existing asset bases through acquisitions, partnerships, and licensing, and suggest that companies learn not to depend on the CEO to solve the growth crisis. Creating sustained growth in company value has never been an easy task-in fact, it's getting more and more difficult in today's economic climate-and HOW TO GROW WHEN MARKETS DON'T addresses the need for solid and sensible advice.

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A typical business book with a couple of good ideas and recommendations.......2007-04-23

Mr Slywotzky is a business consultant, who has written some books related to value creation and growth. In this case he gives alternative growth recipies.

According to the author after a certain time companies reach a limit of growth since they have exhausted all the obviuos moves: expand geographically, innovate products and make acquisitions. The solution is creating new offerings along the value chain of the existing customer base (the idea up to here not very innovative). To do so companies should concentrate in what Mr Slywotzky calls the hidden assets which is probably the best idea of the book. Hidden assets are not related to the accounting term but to things that a company does or owns during its normal business activity. An example are customer relationships that can be leveraged to create new growth if there are other companies that are interested in your existing customer base. The cooking list of hidden assets is quite comprehensive, you have to put some life in it. Later examples follow of companies using these concepts to create new growth are among others: GM, Air Liquide or John Deere.

The second part of the book deals with the hidden liabilities (all those things that impede growth) which sound more familiar, and how to implement new ideas in an existing organisation, probably the main reason for innovation failure. The author exposes some ideas on how a possible structure in the company might look like and showing the key role of the middle manager in implementation or a monday morning laundry list to make start easy.

As many business books it relies strongly in the personal experience of the author. Not the best, but the ideas of hidden assets and the how-to part have some value. Whether you think it might be workable in your organization is another issue.

Highly Recommended!.......2005-09-13

Leaders of established companies are now finding it harder to earn additional revenue. Authors Adrian Slywotzky and Richard Wise say managers must realize that the old reliable revenue sources - brand extensions, mergers, international growth - just aren't panaceas any more. The answer, they say, is "demand innovation." That means proactively making business more efficient for your suppliers upstream and your customers downstream. The authors bolster their argument with detailed, relevant case studies involving the likes of Cardinal Health, GM's OnStar, Virgin, Johnson Controls and many more. The case studies mostly manage to avoid the breathy, laudatory treatment that is virtually de rigueur when consultants write about their corporate subjects. The authors' "invisible balance sheet" concept is useful. They also provide seven immediate steps companies can take to improve earnings, even if they can't create fresh revenue streams. Because this book offers practical applications, as well as theoretical strategic insights, we recommends it to managers in established companies.

Grow by leveraging your HIDDEN ASSETS.......2005-04-05

I've read three of Adrian Slywotzky's books during the last twelve months and I'm deeply inspired by his bright ideas on the art of profitability. This book focuses on how to profit via growth.

The key chapters are those that lay out the concepts behind "hidden assets" (that can be exploited to create value in new markets) and "demand innovation" (how to explore new ways to solve unmet customer needs via external analysis).

This is the universe of HIDDEN ASSETS that may be leveraged in a growth strategy:
1) Traditional Intellectual assets (intellectual property, competency/skills, and brand).
2) Customer relationships (reach/many, interaction/deep or frequent contact, insight/knowledge, authority/reputation).
3) Strategic real estate (unique value chain position, competitive market position, portal/gateway).
4) Networks (third-party relationships/partners, installed base/post-sale owners, user community, and deal flow/preferential access to potential transactions/M&As).
5) Information (market window/superior insight, technical know-how, software and systems, by-product information).

I found many of the case stories very inspiring, although the well-explained out-of-the-box story of "Cardinal Health" stood out as the most exciting.

The book draws on Slywotzky's previous books. It pursues the eternal theme ... that the path to profitability lies in truly understanding your current and future customers.

Being a business development manager, I search for relevant tools to apply the growth ideas to my own business. The cases in the book are very good and on the website for this book - demandinnovation.com -, you'll find the core ideas in a graphical form as well as an excellent 32-page companion workbook on "Getting Started".

I also highly recommend Slywotzky's "Profit Zone" (1997/2002) and "Art of Profitability" (2002). Note that these books present the same 23 profit models, first as a standard business strategy book, then as an easy-to-read novel.

If you're interested in other strategy books on Growth, let me draw your attention to "Blue Ocean Strategy" by Kim & Mauborgne (2005), "Profitable Growth" by Charan (2004), and "Beyond the Core" by Zook (2004).

Peter Leerskov,
MSc in International Business (Marketing & Management) and Graduate Diploma in E-business

Grow by leveraging your HIDDEN ASSETS.......2005-04-05

I've read three of Adrian Slywotzky's books during the last twelve months and I'm deeply inspired by his bright ideas on the art of profitability. This book focuses on how to profit via growth.

The key chapters are those that lay out the concepts behind "hidden assets" (that can be exploited to create value in new markets) and "demand innovation" (how to explore new ways to solve customer problems via external analysis).

This is the universe of HIDDEN ASSETS that may be leveraged in a growth strategy:
1) Traditional Intellectual assets (intellectual property, competency/skills, and brand).
2) Customer relationships (reach/many, interaction/deep or frequent contact, insight/knowledge, authority/reputation).
3) Strategic real estate (unique value chain position, competitive market position, portal/gateway).
4) Networks (third-party relationships/partners, installed base/post-sale owners, user community, and deal flow/preferential access to potential transactions/M&As).
5) Information (market window, technical know-how, software and systems, by-product information).

I found many of the case stories very inspiring, although the well-explained out-of-the-box story of "Cardinal Health" stood out as the most exciting.

The book draws on Slywotzky's previous books. It pursues the eternal theme ... that the path to profitability lies in truly understanding your current and future customers.

Being a business development manager, I search for relevant tools to apply the growth ideas to my own business. The cases in the book are very good and on the website for this book - demandinnovation.com -, you'll find the core ideas in a graphical form as well as an excellent 32-page companion workbook on "Getting Started".

I also highly recommend Slywotzky's "Profit Zone" (1997/2002) and "Art of Profitability" (2002). Note that these books present the same 23 profit models, first as a standard business strategy book, then as an easy-to-read novel.

If you're interested in other strategy books on Growth, let me draw your attention to "Blue Ocean Strategy" by Kim & Mauborgne (2005), "Profitable Growth" by Charan (2004), and "Beyond the Core" by Zook (2004).

Peter Leerskov,
MSc in International Business (Marketing & Management) and Graduate Diploma in E-business

New growth for old companies.......2003-10-10

Slywotzky and Wise could have titled their new book, New Growth for Old Companies: A Comprehensive Compendium. If you've read their many previous papers and articles, you'll find the contents of this book familiar but will probably be delighted to find all those ideas and more gathered informatively in one place. The authors' audience consists of companies in mature industries struggling to grow - and to grow in a sustainable manner.

Inspired by examples such as General Motors, Clarke American, and Cardinal Health, Slywotzky and Wise mix their own thoughts with others floating around the world of business ideas to come up with a strategy they call "demand innovation". I agree that typical product innovation, while retaining value, is far from the final word in achieving growth. The authors' demand-centric approach instead focuses on the customer's context in using a product or service, and satisfying that with the company's intangible wealth - customer contacts, business models, technical expertise, human capital.

If you are like most customers, you have no trouble finding any number of innovative products. Your wish-list of new stuff is probably making your bank balance very nervous. Yet the experience of finding, buying, using, getting support, and other issues that surround the product itself can create enormous frustration. Slywotzky and Wise do us the favor (as businesses and customers) of bringing together a set of opportunities to grow by helping customers reduce complexity and by helping businesses make better decisions and reach their market faster - often a newly uncovered or created market. Some of the methods for companies are ensuring operational excellence, treating growth as a systematic discipline, developing lots of small ideas and a few big ones, mandating growth at the operating level, securing high-level support for growth initiatives, and building your capabilities through acquisitions and alliances.

You may not find many of these ideas to be radically new, but that's no reason to ignore this book. The authors have done a fine job of gathering diverse elements of new-growth practices and putting them in a sensible framework of "demand innovation". Keep this book on the shelf next to you and pull it down next time you get that not-so-fresh feeling about your business and your markets.

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Beyond Leading and Managing: Nursing Administration for the Future by Particia S. Yoder-Wise and Karren E. Kowalski

Absolutely wonderful book for Nurse Mangers

Beyond Leading and Managing: Nursing Administration for the Future
Patricia S. Yoder-Wise , and Karren E. Kowalski
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Beyond Leading and Managing focuses on real life stories and anecdotes about the practice of nursing administration. It highlights key information such as advanced administrative theory, financial decisions, quality control, working with external groups and individuals, planning strategically, and creating new opportunities within the profession. Theory boxes, case studies, and current literature and research located both in the book and on the Evolve website help the reader grasp the key points, remember them and think about the practicality of the content in the real world of leading in healthcare organizations.

Customer Reviews:

Beyond Leading and Managing: Nursing Administration for the Future by Particia S. Yoder-Wise and Karren E. Kowalski.......2006-04-12

Both of the authors are Fellows in the American Academy of Nursing and are the outstanding leaders in nursing that that indicates. There are 12 well qualified contributing authors and 22 storytellers who are leaders in nursing administration and education. There are 23 chapters of need- to-know information about such important topics as theories of administration, legal and ethical issues, caring, communications, team development, leadership, coaching, technology, finances and marketing, personnel development, relationships within and outside of the organization, regulation and quality control, and future of nursing administration. Chapters start with an appropriate and inspiring quote. Chapters have subtitle headings for easy identification of the content. They are supplemented with boxes, figures, and tables to help illustrate the content. The more traditional content of the chapter ends with a summary, key points, a literature box reviewing an important publication and contemplations to consider application of the content. That is followed by stories contributed by leaders in nursing. The chapter reference list is at the end of all of that. The leader stories are a unique and strong part of this book. The book was written to build on the foundations in Leading and Managing in Nursing but can be used as a supplement to any nursing administration or health care administration book. It is appropriate for graduate nursing students.

Absolutely wonderful book for Nurse Mangers.......2006-04-06

This is one of the most helpful and interesting nursing books to come out in the last several years. All my friends (nurses at least) will be getting this for Christmas, birthdays, etc. Pat Yoder-Wise was recently voted 'Outstanding Teacher' by the graduate students at her university. Her book is equally outstanding.

In the Arms of Elders: A Parable of Wise Leadership and Community Building

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Rethinking elder care
Enthusiastically recommended.

In the Arms of Elders: A Parable of Wise Leadership and Community Building
William H. Thomas
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A doctor's visionary tale about a place where the wisdom of the elders offers timeless moral lessons. The fact that elders contribute significant guidance and knowledge to their relationships is exemplified throughout the book. The importance of community and value of elders being at the core of that community are strong messages of the story.

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Rethinking elder care.......2007-02-13

Reviewed by Joe Graham for Reader Views (1/07)

Most of us have visited nursing homes and have been sad and depressed at the frail, unhappy people that we have seen there. We feel bad for the people who are in the home whether they are friends or family and we hope that a similar fate will not be part of our future. Thomas, in "In the Arms of Elders," attempts to change the way we think about the elderly with what he calls "A Parable of Wise Leadership and Community Building."

The book tells the fictional story of a young couple, medical professionals, Bill and Jude who think they have all the answers about how to deal with the elderly. On a vacation, they are shipwrecked on a mysterious island named Kallimos, and they are forced to rethink the way they think about the elderly. With wise council and stories, two of the elder residents of the island, Hannah and Haleigh help Bill and Jude adjust to life on Kallimos.

In her first lesson, Hannah teaches them that the three plagues of the elderly are loneliness, helplessness and boredom. Does that sound very much like the atmosphere of most nursing homes? Then Hannah goes on to teach them that "Elders exist because they show us how to make a community. As we give to them, they give to us their wisdom, their experience, their affection. When we come together to meet their needs, we learn how to live as human beings."

After a year on the island, Bill and Jude are washed back into their life in the Other World and at this point the parable ends and Thomas talks about the changes that can and should be made in nursing homes. With his wife, he has created a different kind of world for people living in nursing homes called The Eden Alternative. His Eden Alternative philosophy is currently in practice in every state in the U.S. and all over the world. The Green House, another project of the author is a new way of looking at elderly care and it "is inspired by the richness of close personal relationships and the healing power of community."

I would recommend the book to anyone who thinks that there must be something better than most nursing homes that run rampant with the three plagues of loneliness, helplessness and boredom. Thomas gives the reader a great deal to consider but he does it in a very loving, comforting way. After reading the book, most readers will be curious to find out more about the Eden Alternative and The Green House and the author provides a list of contact information and web sites.

Thomas and his wife are in the forefront of a movement to change the face of elder care as we currently know it and hopefully the changes will be in place as the baby boom generation finds itself in need of that care. We can only hope that the love and respect for elders and for keeping them a vital part of the community that Thomas espouses in "In the Arms of Elders" will be the norm in elder care in the years to come.

Enthusiastically recommended........2006-11-06

Written by medical doctor and internationally recognized authority on longevity William H. Thomas, In The Arms of Elders: A Parable of Wise Leadership and Community Building is part memoir, part parable, and part fictional novel about a marooned young couple who become part of a new society organized through elders, then who must apply the wisdom they have gleaned to find their own place in life when they go home once more. A contemplative narrative about the ups and downs of life, and the leadership that comes tempered from experience, In the Arms of Elders is absorbing from cover to cover. Enthusiastically recommended.

Strategic Leadership and Educational Improvement (Published in association with The Open University)

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Strategic Leadership and Educational Improvement (Published in association with The Open University)

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ASIN: 0761940588

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This book is an essential resource for providers and students of postgraduate level courses in educational management and leadership development for head teacher induction programs. It is also suitable for use on short courses and for practitioners occupying or aspiring to leadership roles in schools, colleges and other educational organizations.

This book is part of the three-volume series, Leading and Managing for Effective Education. The series provides high quality readings on key contemporary issues including:

Leadership, values and contextual influences
Leadership preparation
Strategy and managing change
Organizational effectiveness
Improvement and accountability
Leading and managing people and teams

Think Before You Speak: A Complete Guide to Strategic Negotiation

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Waste of time
Useful But Takes Work

Think Before You Speak: A Complete Guide to Strategic Negotiation
Roy J. Lewicki , Alexander Hiam , and Karen Wise Olander
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Think Before You Speak

Think Before You Speak takes you through the entire negotiation process in all its variations and contexts, both in business and everyday life. By preparing you to think clearly and strategically, this invaluable guide gives you an edge that will help you to achieve success while maintaining the best possible relations with those opposing you. Here's an outline of how Think Before You Speak leads you through the strategic negotiation process:

CHAPTER & TOPIC

Overview/Plan
Assess Your Position
Assess Other Party
Analyze Context
Selecting a Strategy
Competition
Collaboration
Other Strategies
Building Collaboration
Resolving Conflict
Third Party Help
Communicating
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Multiple Parties
Global Negotiation
Improving Negotiation

STEP IN PROCESS

ANALYZE STRATEGIC ISSUES
SELECT A STRATEGY
INITIATE THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS
MANAGE THE NEGOTIATION PROCESS
OBTAIN OUTCOMES AND LEARN FROM THE EXPERIENCE

Practical, authoritative, and comprehensive, Think Before You Speak gives you the tools to handle any negotiation with confidence.

Customer Reviews:

Waste of time.......2004-05-19

If you're in the same industry as me don't waste your time buying or reading this book! If you're in another idustry, state or country it will be the most valuble knowledge you will ever gain.

Useful But Takes Work.......2000-11-16

This book provides a framework for negotiation. It seems to be in line with the Harvard "Getting to Yes" model. The implementation requires some effot, but seems to reflect the latest thinking on the subject. I highly recommend this book for anybody who wishes to negotiate from a framework rather than winging it. Some of the material is obscure and somewhat mechanical in the interaction process it describes. But with effort, it can be incorporated into your business knowledge.

Coaching for Christian Leaders: A Practical Guide (TCP Leadership Series)

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Introduction to Coaching For Christian Leaders
Great book that delivers what it promises!
Pragmatic Leadership in the Post Modern Era
title not clearly descriptive
This is a Practical Guide

Coaching for Christian Leaders: A Practical Guide (TCP Leadership Series)
Linda J. Miller , and Chad W. Hall
Manufacturer: Chalice Press
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ASIN: 0827205074

Book Description

Centering totally on the nature and ministry of Christian coaching, Miller and Hall provide an overview of the growth and development of coaching and its application to Christian ministry. They show core coaching skills and essential and supporting coaching skills. The core skills of focused listening and asking powerful questions reappear throughout the book as the authors demonstrate in real life situations how to use them.

Miller and Hall draw on the experiences and writings of other authors to share the most important models a new coach can use while emphasizing the ways to create a relationship with a client and the absolute importance of doing everything to maintain that relationship in trust and integrity.

Customer Reviews:

Introduction to Coaching For Christian Leaders.......2007-10-02

Linda Miller and Chad Hall have produced a helpful introduction to Christian coaching. The strength of the book lies in its balance of explaining coaching skills, benefits, and uses of coaching in Christian ministry.

The "how to" section is roughly half the book (70 pages). These chapters introduce 8 basic coaching skills, with Listening and Asking Precise Questions getting the most coverage. The teaching is correct, helpful, and up to professional standards (Miller is an ICF Master Certified Coach working for The Ken Blanchard Companies). However, the book suffers the same fate as so many introductions: There's not enough "how to" for someone to pick up the book and significantly improved their ability to coach. (The best Christian "how to" coaching book is Leadership Coaching: The Disciplines, Skills, and Heart of a Christian Coach.)

Practical examples throughout the book demonstrate the benefits of coaching in a wide variety of settings and from a variety of helping roles. In fact, the unique contribution that Coaching For Christian Leaders makes is the summary of how to use a coaching approach in different leadership roles (leading, visioning, managing, and shepherding), and in church ministry.

Many authors and readers have trouble translating the formal coach-coachee relationship to a more spontaneous, informal relationship of using coaching skills in everyday interactions. Here Miller and Hall excel. They take the longest chapter (26 pages) to outline coaching in the church. They give a page or two to a coaching approach to:
+ Preaching
+ Sacraments
+ Prayer
+ Building Community with One Another
+ Spiritual Growth
+ Spiritual Friendships
+ Ministry Teams
+ Service to Those in Need
+ Evangelism
The cumulative effect is a beautiful picture of how coaching skills can be used in everyday interactions in the church to empower and draw out the potential of people.

Currently, Coaching For Christian Leaders the best introduction to coaching from a Christian perspective, although the subtitle, "A Practical Guide," is going too far.

If you're looking for a well-rounded book to introduce Christian coaching, this is it.

Great book that delivers what it promises!.......2007-06-29

This practical guide is just that! Linda and Chad provide great background for Christian coaching as well as practical examples to help bring the concepts to life.

Pragmatic Leadership in the Post Modern Era.......2007-06-27

Linda Miller and Chad Hall have taken lessons from their Corporate and Church leadership experience and created an easy read with much practical advice for those who wish to provide meaningful leadership to their organiations/ministries. Anyone who is wrestling with how best to apply coaching to the leadership role should read this for process and practice coaching.

title not clearly descriptive.......2007-06-27

Well, it is a good read, but not quite the 'practical guide' to coaching I had expected. As a coach, the title, etc. caught my eye as just what it said it was - a practical guide to coaching. I expected a book geared for coaches (or potential coaches). Instead, the book seems like it can't quite make up its mind whether it's written for them or for those simply searching for a coach or wondering what good a coach might be.

This is a Practical Guide.......2007-06-27

What a wonderfully clear and helpful book on the subject of coaching from a Christian perspective. Something seems to be missing from the process of taking new believers on the journey of spiritual maturity. Perhaps what has been missing is the element of coaching. Miller has, from her vast experience, written a very helpful book for the Christian seeking to understand the wonderful help coaching can bring to that process. This book is helpful, engaging and well written.Christ -centered Coaching: 7 Benefits for Ministry Leaders (TCP Leadership Series)

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Wise Leadership
Could have been titled, "Proverbs for Leaders!"
Practical and Insightful

Wise Leadership
Linda A. McLyman
Manufacturer: Michigan State University Press
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Wise Leadership.......2005-07-28

Having particpated in some of Linda McLyman's leadership sessions, I was excited to read her new book. Linda presents 8 fundamental behaviors that underlie wise leadership.

Wise Leadership is simply written, yet it is to the point presenting the values and actions that comprise each leadership behavior. I find the discussions and examples are real and powerful insights into evolved leadership.

I now carry with me the 8 fundamental behaviors as a reminder of my personal goals to ehance my leadership style. I have this book sitting on my desk as an easy reference guide when I feel the need for some leadership inspiration! This is a book that I practice and am sharing with my peers and employees.

Could have been titled, "Proverbs for Leaders!".......2005-06-27

Wise Leadership is a must read for anyone in a leadership position or who aspires to be a leader. This book is a very easy read, filled with great thoughts and ideas, some of which may stop you dead in your tracks! This isn't the "same old, same old." This isn't just about leadership, it's about "wise" leadership!

Practical and Insightful.......2005-06-05

Linda McLyman's Wise Leadership reflects her deep commitment to both the practical side of leadership and the emotional/spiritual aspects of the issue. Her voice is authentic, compassionate and no-nonsense, reflecting her vast experience and knowledge. I loved this book for its willingness to be useful, thought-provoking and inspirational. I read it at one sitting and I have picked it up since to re-read and re-consider.

The Wise Fool's Guide to Leadership: Short Spiritual Stories for Organizational and Personal Transformation

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The Wise Fool's Guide to Leadership: Short Spiritual Stories for Organizational and Personal Transformation
Peter Hawkins
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Provides 84 hilarious and penetrating stories that will make you rethink the way you do business and, indeed, live your life.

The Dynamics of Legislation: Leadership and Policy Change in the Congressional Process (Jossey Bass Public Administration Series)

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The Dynamics of Legislation: Leadership and Policy Change in the Congressional Process (Jossey Bass Public Administration Series)
Charles R. Wise
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