The Offsite : A Leadership Challenge Fable.

By: Thompson, Robert HContributor(s): Kouzes, James MMaterial type: TextTextSeries: J-B Leadership Challenge: Kouzes/Posner SerPublisher: New York, NY : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2008Copyright date: ©2008Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (206 pages)Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780470229132Subject(s): Leadership | ManagementGenre/Form: Electronic books.Additional physical formats: Print version:: The Offsite : A Leadership Challenge FableDDC classification: 658.4092 LOC classification: HD57.7.T4674 2008Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: Arrivals -- Chapter 1: The Revolution Begins -- Chapter 2: I'm Perfect -- You're Perfect -- Chapter 3: The Lone Stranger -- Chapter 4: The Games Begin -- Part Two: Connections -- Chapter 5: Yoda Is My Gardener -- Chapter 6: Light My Fire -- Chapter 7: Suck or Succeed -- Chapter 8: Pyramids Amid Denial -- Part Three: Sessions -- Chapter 9: It's No Secret -- Chapter 10: A Grenade for Your Thoughts -- Chapter 11: The Perfect Fall -- Chapter 12: Practice Makes Perfect -- Chapter 13: Burn Baby Burn -- Chapter 14: To Dream, Perhaps -- Chapter 15: Our Never-Ending Story -- Chapter 16: A Rope -- A Hope -- Chapter 17: Fire Away! -- Chapter 18: The Brainstory -- Chapter 19: Embrace the Struggle -- Chapter 20: What's Real Matters! -- Part Four: Separate Ways -- Chapter 21: Success Is Assured -- Chapter 22: The Perfect Choice -- Acknowledgments (Gratitude) -- The Author -- EULA.
Summary: Drawing on the leadership theories in the management classic The Leadership Challenge, Robert Thompson effortlessly incorporates these ideas into a fable of leadership and growth. Based on a company's three-day offsite meeting, we follow this tale of transition through the eyes of two former rival pharmaceutical companies creating a joint sales strategy. The characters ultimately learn how to adopt the five practises that form the Leadership Challenge: Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart. The book also explores the dynamics of a company off-site and addresses the fears and concerns participants may have especially around 360 degree feedback, the key component of the Leadership Challenge model and workshops. For anyone preparing to attend a leadership training off-site, human resource professionals or trainers planning an offsite, leadership developers, program planners, or for professionals looking to hone their leadership skills, this book will be an invaluable resource and a succinct introduction to The Leadership Challenge.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Part One: Arrivals -- Chapter 1: The Revolution Begins -- Chapter 2: I'm Perfect -- You're Perfect -- Chapter 3: The Lone Stranger -- Chapter 4: The Games Begin -- Part Two: Connections -- Chapter 5: Yoda Is My Gardener -- Chapter 6: Light My Fire -- Chapter 7: Suck or Succeed -- Chapter 8: Pyramids Amid Denial -- Part Three: Sessions -- Chapter 9: It's No Secret -- Chapter 10: A Grenade for Your Thoughts -- Chapter 11: The Perfect Fall -- Chapter 12: Practice Makes Perfect -- Chapter 13: Burn Baby Burn -- Chapter 14: To Dream, Perhaps -- Chapter 15: Our Never-Ending Story -- Chapter 16: A Rope -- A Hope -- Chapter 17: Fire Away! -- Chapter 18: The Brainstory -- Chapter 19: Embrace the Struggle -- Chapter 20: What's Real Matters! -- Part Four: Separate Ways -- Chapter 21: Success Is Assured -- Chapter 22: The Perfect Choice -- Acknowledgments (Gratitude) -- The Author -- EULA.

Drawing on the leadership theories in the management classic The Leadership Challenge, Robert Thompson effortlessly incorporates these ideas into a fable of leadership and growth. Based on a company's three-day offsite meeting, we follow this tale of transition through the eyes of two former rival pharmaceutical companies creating a joint sales strategy. The characters ultimately learn how to adopt the five practises that form the Leadership Challenge: Model the Way Inspire a Shared Vision Challenge the Process Enable Others to Act Encourage the Heart. The book also explores the dynamics of a company off-site and addresses the fears and concerns participants may have especially around 360 degree feedback, the key component of the Leadership Challenge model and workshops. For anyone preparing to attend a leadership training off-site, human resource professionals or trainers planning an offsite, leadership developers, program planners, or for professionals looking to hone their leadership skills, this book will be an invaluable resource and a succinct introduction to The Leadership Challenge.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2018. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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