The Leader's Tool Kit: Hundreds of Tips And Techniques for Developing the Skills You Need

Cy Charney

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Here's a book for leaders and aspiring leaders who must develop many skills but don't have much reading time to find the particular help they need. The Leader's Tool Kit gives them hundreds of proven techniques presented in bite-sized chunks and arranged in an easy-to-digest format. Readers will find handy checklists and practical advice on topics such as:

• Strategic Leadership (including alliances, change, influencing the future, governance, and sustainability)
• Leading Your People (including coaching, training, mentoring, and retention)
• Performance Leadership (including accountability, innovation, and measurement)
• Life and Career Management (including career development, learning, and values)
• Leadership Fundamentals (including authenticity, decision making, ethics, and problem solving)

Read cover-to-cover or used as a quick reference, The Leader's Tool Kit contains much needed guidance on mastering the skills critical to leadership success.


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"The Leader’s Tool Kit by Cy Charney provides guidance on just about everything a leader needs to know. Read, learn, and enjoy!"

—Ken Blanchard, coauthor, The One Minute Manager and The Secret: What Great Leaders Know—And Do

"The Leader’s Tool Kit offers lots of valuable tips that give you ideas well worth pursuing."

—Ichak Adizes, Ph.D., Founder and Director, The Adizes Institute

 


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Cy Charney is president of Charney and Associates, Inc., a consulting firm specializing in the human dimension of organizational and individual performance improvement. He works internationally with Fortune 500 companies and teaches in the executive programs of five major universities. He is the author of The Instant Manager, The Trainer's Tool Kit, and The Portable Mentor. He lives in Thornhill, near Toronto, Canada.

Preface Acknowledgments Part 1 Leadership Fundamentals 1 Adversity: Coping with Tough Times 2 Authenticity 3 Change 4 Collaboration and Teamwork 5 Communicating for Clarity and Commitment 6 Communicating One-On-One 7 Communicating with Groups 8 Decision Making 9 Democratizing the Workplace 10 Ethics 11 Meetings 12 Mistakes: Turning Adversity into Opportunity 13 Mistakes: When Others Fail 14 Planning 15 Problem Solving 16 Professionalism 17 Teamwork 18 Technology 19 Ten Traits of Great Leaders Part 2 Life and Career Management 20 Balancing Your Life 21 Career Development 22 Learning and Self-Development 23 Learning: Strategies for Senior Executives 24 Life: Living Each Moment to the Fullest 25 Replacing Yourself 26 Setbacks: Overcoming Adversity in Your Career 27 Values: A Personal Approach Part 3 Strategic Leadership 28 Alliances 29 Benchmarking 30 Change: Influencing the Future 31 Communicating with the Board and Other Executives 32 Consultants: Getting Your Money’s Worth 33 Consultants: Maximizing Value for Your Organization 34 Governance: More Than Staying Out of Jail 35 Governance: Structuring the Board of Directors 36 Government: Managing Relationships 37 Integration: Creating a United Organization 38 International Operations 39 Partnerships 40 Partnerships: Going International 41 Partnerships: Managing the Process 42 Reengineering and Downsizing 43 Stakeholders 44 Strategic Planning 45 Strategic Planning: SWOT Analysis 46 Sustainability 47 Sustainability: Evaluating Your Organization 48 Unions 49 Visioning Part 4 Leading Your People 50 Abusive Behavior 51 Coaching 52 Compensation and Benefits 53 Inspiring Others 54 Knowledge Management: Managing Intellectual Capital 55 Leadership Development: Creating New Leaders 56 Leadership Development: Developing Learning Plans 57 Leadership Development: Training 58 Mentoring 59 Motivating Others 60 Rewards and Recognition 61 Retaining High Performers Part 5 Performance Leadership 62 Accountability and Responsibility: Getting the Monkey off Your Back 63 Accountability: Measuring Outcomes 64 Creativity, Innovation, and Continuous Improvement 65 High-Performance Leadership 66 High-Performance Organizations 67 Layoffs 68 Learning Organizations 69 Measurement: The Balanced Scorecard

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