Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Part 1 Communication -- Chapter 1 Listen Like Leitha -- Liking -- Eyes, Empathy, Encouragement (Oh My!) -- ''In the Moment,'' ''I Am Not the Focus'' -- Time and Take Notes -- Head and Heart -- Another Time -- Chapter 2 Speaking with Influence -- The Power of Speech -- The Audience and You -- Influence through Stories -- The Power of Visualization -- A Speech Outline -- Are You Nervous? -- You Are the Message -- Four Steps to Successful Speaking -- Chapter 3 The Importance of Questions -- Don't Answer Your Own Questions -- Open-Ended versus Closed-Ended Questions -- Part 2 Leading Teams -- Chapter 4 The Abdication of Accountability -- Sue You! -- Wall Street . . .No Accountability -- Chapter 5 Building a High-Trust Team -- The Power of Teamwork -- Building Trust -- Why We Join Teams -- Team Building-Life or Death -- Chapter 6 Leading in Any Position -- You . . . a Person of Influence, a Leader -- Chapter 7 Leading the Entitlement Generation -- Who Is Generation Y? -- Managing Generation Y -- Part 3 Productivity -- Chapter 8 Prioritize for Productivity -- Four Corners of Productivity -- Chapter 9 Fourth Quarter Living Decision Making -- What's It All About? -- Chapter 10 The Power of Focus -- What Are You Burning? -- Focus and Food -- Focus and Technology -- Part 4 Personal Development -- Chapter 11 Finding Strength in Silence -- Leading with Silence -- The Art of Thinking -- Chapter 12 Rewards of Self-Discipline -- Leaders and the Military -- About the Author.

Establish trust with your team by developing a clear decision-making strategy Do you have the opportunity to focus on each decision you make? Chances are, you don't. All too often, our choices are rushed and relationships are strained by not thinking clearly or communicating properly. We are all responsible for our own productivity. To be a strong leader, our challenge is to find creative ways to be productive and speak with influence. In Leadership by Choice, author Eric Papp looks at key strategies for leaders to excel not just through ability and smarts but connecting with others and establishing strong decision-making skills. The best leaders develop a system for reflecting on ideas and hold themselves accountable for their choices. Leadership by Choice provides you with applicable ideas in an entertaining manner with stories and pictures for all the areas in which you lead. Loaded with actionable strategies and compelling ideas, Leadership by Choice offers a new road map for becoming a leader people want to follow.

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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.