The Prepared Mind of a Leader (PDF)
Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems
(Sprache: Englisch)
Thinking to stay ahead of change
In a complex business climate, people need to make informeddecisions and learn how to think flexibly. A leader's mostimportant asset is the ability to sense changes in the environmentand adapt to them quickly. The...
In a complex business climate, people need to make informeddecisions and learn how to think flexibly. A leader's mostimportant asset is the ability to sense changes in the environmentand adapt to them quickly. The...
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Thinking to stay ahead of change
In a complex business climate, people need to make informeddecisions and learn how to think flexibly. A leader's mostimportant asset is the ability to sense changes in the environmentand adapt to them quickly. The Prepared Mind of a Leader presentsan original and effective way to think more flexibly aboutinnovation, strategy, change, and problem solving. It helps leadersanticipate challenges and prepare for both the intended andunintended consequences of change by laying out a program fordeveloping, maintaining, and mobilizing eight key skills:Observing, Challenging, Reflecting, Reasoning, Imagining, Deciding,Learning, and Teaching. These skills provide a framework that thethoughtful leader or manager can use to approach issues ofstrategy, innovation, and more. Chapters feature interactive toolsthat will help readers develop each of the key skills.
Bill Welter (Bartlett, IL) is President of Adaptive Strategies,a consulting firm focused on helping clients in a wide range ofindustries to deal with change. Jean Egmon (Wilmette, IL) isDirector of the Complexity in Action Network and on the faculty atthe Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
In a complex business climate, people need to make informeddecisions and learn how to think flexibly. A leader's mostimportant asset is the ability to sense changes in the environmentand adapt to them quickly. The Prepared Mind of a Leader presentsan original and effective way to think more flexibly aboutinnovation, strategy, change, and problem solving. It helps leadersanticipate challenges and prepare for both the intended andunintended consequences of change by laying out a program fordeveloping, maintaining, and mobilizing eight key skills:Observing, Challenging, Reflecting, Reasoning, Imagining, Deciding,Learning, and Teaching. These skills provide a framework that thethoughtful leader or manager can use to approach issues ofstrategy, innovation, and more. Chapters feature interactive toolsthat will help readers develop each of the key skills.
Bill Welter (Bartlett, IL) is President of Adaptive Strategies,a consulting firm focused on helping clients in a wide range ofindustries to deal with change. Jean Egmon (Wilmette, IL) isDirector of the Complexity in Action Network and on the faculty atthe Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
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Introduction: Chance Favors the Prepared Mind. PART ONE: OUR FOUNDATION AND FRAMEWORKS. 1. The Only Foundation We Have. 2. Frameworks for Intentional Preparation. PART TWO: THE SKILLS OF PREPARED MIND LEADERSHIP. 3. Observing: Seeing Beyond the Obvious. 4. Reasoning: Moving from the Known to the Undetermined. 5. Imagining: Envisioning the Future Before It Arrives. 6. Challenging: Pushing for Higher and Deeper Thinking. 7. Deciding: Choosing with Consequences in Mind. 8. Learning: Keeping a Developmental Mind-Set. 9. Enabling: Exercising Leadership from the Outside In. 10. Reflecting: Looking Backward, Forward, and Inward. 11. Conclusion: Preparing for Tomorrow. Notes. Acknowledgments. About the Authors. Index.
Autoren-Porträt von Bill Welter, Jean Egmon
Bill Welter is the managing director of Adaptive Strategies(MindPrep.com), a firm specializing in business education andconsulting. He has more than thirty-five years of varied military,engineering, consulting, and teaching experience.Jean Egmon is a faculty member in managerial economicsand decision sciences at the Kellogg School of Management atNorthwestern University and director of the Complexity in ActionNetwork at Northwestern. She is also the president of Third Angle,Inc. (Third-Angle.com)
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Bill Welter , Jean Egmon
- 2005, 1. Auflage, 304 Seiten, Englisch
- Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
- ISBN-10: 078798194X
- ISBN-13: 9780787981945
- Erscheinungsdatum: 26.09.2005
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