Personal Leadership : Taking Control of Your Work Life

John Baldoni

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First-time managers are gripped by two overriding emotions: the thrill of being in charge, and the terror of being in charge. First-time managers want to do what is right for themselves, their people, and their organization, but all too often they do not have the resources to help them.

Now they do!

Personal Leadership: Taking Control of Your Work Life provides skill-building information that first-time managers can use to become leaders.

Accessible and easy to scan, this book combines insightful profiles of leaders in action with practical essays on leadership skills such as vision, planning, communication, recognition, and supervision.

Featuring an easy-to-use, high-impact graphic format, Personal Leadership delivers hard-hitting, real-world tips on how to become the leader that others will respect, trust, and follow.

To help leaders develop their skills, Personal Leadership features: Self-Assessments to assess personal leadership attributes Action Planners to develop personal leadership skills

Among the leaders featured in Personal Leadership are:These include:
• Jac Nasser, former CEO and president, Ford Motor Company
• Red Berenson, University of Michigan two-time NCAA championship hockey coach
• Jill Ker Conway, author and former president of Smith College
• Skip LeFauve, retired president of Saturn Corporation
• Janette Jackson, elementary school principal
• David McKinnon, CEO, Molly Maid
• Rick Snyder, president, Avalon Investments
• Members of the Wolverine Battalion, U.S. Army
• Eleanor Josaitis, executive director of the nonprofit service agency, Focus: HOPE

Personal Leadership, Taking Control of Your Work Life features instructional essays and practical action planners on 10 key leadership attributes:
• Character
• Vision
• Strategy
• Time Management
• Communications
• Recognition
• Emotional Intelligence
• Change Leadership
• Reflection
• Supervision

John's new book drives a fresh approach to personal leadership.

—John M. Renfro, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, Gateway, Inc.

His insights into the importance of conviction, character, and compassion are right on the mark.

—Don J. Debolt, President and COO, International Franchise Assoc.

For nearly 20 years, executives from entrepreneurial startups to Fortune 100 companies have turned to John Baldoni to help them develop their communications, learning and leadership skills. The author of two books on management, Personal Leadership, Taking Control of Your Work Life and 180 Ways to Walk the Leadership Talk, he has written more than three dozen articles, essays and commentaries on leadership.

When Baldoni is not advising clients, or consulting on management development at the University of Michigan, he takes his message on the road and to the airwaves.

A graduate, with honors, from the University of Michigan's Master's program in organizational behavior and adult instruction, Baldoni is also holds degrees from Georgetown University and London International Film School. He uses all parts of this diverse background to design programs that make learning exciting and effective. He combines straight-forward speaking with a variety of tools including videos, games, simulations, guest lectures and participant materials.

	Prologue	vii
Part 1	HOW I CAN LEAD
1	What is Personal Leadership?	3
2	Defining Leadership Character	15
3	Creating a Leadership Vision	25
4	Developing a Leadership Strategy	35
5	Maximizing Time to Lead	45
6	Communicating Leadership	55
7	Recognizing the Contributions of Others	67
8	Demonstrating Leadership Emotions	75
9	Learning to Be a Change Leader	87
10	Reflecting on Leadership	97
11	Supervising and Leading Others	105
	Summary	113
Part 2	HOW OTHERS LEAD
12	Jac Nasser: Leadership In Motion	121
13	Red Berenson: Portrait of a Coach as a Leader	133
14	Jill Ker Conway: Leading Forward by Looking Back	145
15	Skip LeFauve: Leadership of the Whole	151
16	Janette Jackson: Leadership in School	159
17	David McKinnon: Relationship-Based Leadership	169
18	Rick Snyder: Leader as Teacher	177
19	Wolverine Battalion: Shaping Leaders of Tomorrow	185
20	Eleanor Josaitis: Leadership in Depth	195
	Acknowledgements	205
	Notes	207
	Index	215

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