shopping cart
Powell's 2010 Puddly Awards
Call us:  800-878-7323 HELP
McAfee SECURE helps keep you safe from identity theft, credit card fraud, spyware, spam, viruses and online scams.
Original Essays | December 24, 2009

Richard Wiseman: IMG The New Science of Rapid Change



Want to improve your life? Perhaps lose weight, find your perfect partner, or obtain your dream job? Try this simple exercise... Close your eyes and... Continue »
  1. $16.80 Sale Hardcover add to wish list

Ships free on qualified orders.
Add to Cart
$24.95
New Hardcover
Ships in 1 to 3 days
Add to Wishlist
Qty Store Section
3 Burnside Business- Management
25 Local Warehouse Business- Writing
25 Remote Warehouse Business- Writing

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World

by Ronald Heifetz

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World Cover

Synopses & Reviews

Book News Annotation:

Authors Heifetz, Linsky, and Grashow, all principals in Cambridge Leadership Associates, an international development firm, provide tools and tactics designed to help individuals develop the skills needed to provide leadership for change in a variety of settings. The authors take advantage of the contacts and their years of experience to incorporate stories, anecdotes, and examples from business and public life to illustrate how to diagnose and sharpen leadership strengths and weaknesses and improve effectiveness. They offer readers suggestions for understanding issues, motivations, and environments and for identifying their true roles and scope of authority. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Synopsis:

When change requires you to challenge people's familiar reality, it can be difficult, dangerous work. Whatever the context?whether in the private or the public sector?many will feel threatened as you push though major changes. But as a leader, you need to find a way to make it work.

Synopsis:

A hands-on, practical guide, "Practice of Adaptive Leadership" contains stories, tools, diagrams, cases, and worksheets to help managers develop their skills as leaders who are able to take people outside their comfort zones and address the toughest challenges.

Product Details

ISBN:
9781422105764
Subtitle:
Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
Author:
Heifetz, Ronald
Author:
Heifetz, Ronald
Author:
Linsky, Marty
Author:
Heifetz, Ronald A.
Author:
Grashow, Alexander
Publisher:
Harvard Business School Press
Subject:
Leadership
Subject:
Organizational change
Publication Date:
April 2009
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Illustrations:
Y
Pages:
326
Dimensions:
9.48x7.30x1.14 in. 1.54 lbs.

Other books you might like

  1. $14.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list

    A Sense of Urgency

    John P Kotter
  2. $15.95 Used Hardcover add to wish list
  3. $10.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  4. $6.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list
  5. $4.50 Used Mass Market add to wish list

    Flicker

    Theodore Roszak
  6. $2.50 Used Trade Paper add to wish list

Related Aisles

  • back to top

Powell's City of Books is an independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, that fills a whole city block with more than a million new, used, and out of print books. Shop those shelves — plus literally millions more books, DVDs, and eBooks — here at Powells.com.