Synopses & Reviews
ExpressExec is a unique business resource of one hundred books. These books present the best current thinking and span the entire range of contemporary business practice. Each book gives you the key concepts behind the subject and the techniques to implement the ideas effectively, together with lessons from benchmark companies and ideas from the world's smartest thinkers.
ExpressExec is organised into ten core subject areas making it easy to find the information you need:
01 Innovation
02 Enterprise
03 Strategy
04 Marketing
05 Finance
06 Operations and Technology
07 Organizations
08 Leading
09 People
10 Life and Work
ExpressExec is a perfect learning solution for people who need to master the latest business thinking and practice quickly.
Synopsis
Fast track route to mastering effective leadership styles
Covers the key areas of leadership styles, from developing a style to suit the situation and organizational type to cross-cultural issues and the new interest in 'servant leadership'
Examples and lessons from some of the world's most successful leaders, including David Simon and John Browne, Konosuke Matsushita and Herb Kelleher, and ideas from the smartest thinkers, including Manfred Kets de Vries, Ed Schein, Gareth Jones and Bob Goffee, Ken Blanchard and John Adair
Includes a glossary of key concepts and a comprehensive resources guide
About the Author
TONY KIPPENBERGER worked for seventeen years at the Financial Times. After ten years in senior level management development he established the Centre for Strategic Business Studies in 1993. He is a former editor of The Antidote.
Table of Contents
Introduction to Express Exec
Introduction
What are Leadership Styles?
Evolution of Leadership Styles
The E-Dimension
The Global Dimension
The State of the Art
In Practice
Key Concepts and Thinkers
Resources
Ten Steps to Making Leadership Styles Work
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Acknowledgements
Index