Breaking the Leadership Mold: An Executive's Guide to Achieving Organizational Excellence - Hardcover

Steeves, Rosie

9780470677667: Breaking the Leadership Mold: An Executive's Guide to Achieving Organizational Excellence

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ISBN 10: 047067766X ISBN 13: 9780470677667

Verlag: John Wiley & Sons Ltd, 2010

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"Breaking the Leadership Mold eloquently reminds us that in the face of short-term market expectations for results growth, modern leaders need the commitment, credibility and foresight to balance the longer-term priority of growing their people also."-Steve Reid, COO, Goldcorp Inc.

"For the corporate executive ready to sustain the effort and achieve the required personal development, Rosie Steeves' wonderful book is an excellent and effective how-to manual for building organizational excellence. It deserves wide readership."-Chuck Edwards, P.Eng., FCIM, Process Engineering Consultant

"Too many companies in North America have an abundance of people in charge but a shortage of leaders. Rosie Steeves, who has been contributing her Leadership Lessons column to Business in Vancouver since 2002, is in the business of building better leaders. Whether you're in need of a leader or aspiring to be one, she's worth a read."-Timothy Renshaw, Managing Editor, Business in Vancouver

"Valuable insights and advice for anyone who is part of an executive team or leads one, and would like to make it work better."-Hugh Harden, VP Operations, Kinder Morgan Canada

"Breaking the Leadership Mold is a fresh perspective with an enlightened view of what it will take to develop an organization and senior management team that will be ready to lead your business to a successful and prosperous future. Enjoy the read, but do more...utilize what you will learn."-Bruce Alexander, President, Raute North America

"A very good read for anyone looking at achieving a better understanding of the evolution of leadership, including a practical breakdown on the do's and don'ts of modern leadership."-Francois Morton, Vice President British Columbia, GENIVAR

Those at the top have a profound impact on the success of their organization. Effective and relevant senior leadership directly translates into an engaged, sustainable and profitable organization. Conversely, leadership that is out-of-touch, externally focused and embedded in paradigms of days gone by leads to employee disengagement, poor morale and ultimately a lack of organizational competitiveness

Unfortunately, sometimes senior leadership is marked by good intent but ineffective practice. Compounded by consultants unwilling to bite the hand that feeds them, and employees unwilling to take the risk of challenging those above them, dysfunctional executive leadership has become many an organization's dirty little secret. Employees know it, but many executives are unaware.

It needn't be this way. Breaking the Leadership Mold is designed to help senior executives and managers respond to the challenges of today, shed outmoded practices and create a work environment that is healthy, engaging, productive and sustainable. Based on the author's extensive research and 35 years' experience in working with local, national and international companies, Breaking the Leadership Mold presents proven strategies to ensure that executives empower, unite and galvanize their managers and employees�and their organization�to enable prosperity and adaptation in a swift-changing environment. As an added bonus, readers will gain access to a personal online leadership assessment, which will give the first indication of whether you have what it takes to lead your organization in today's challenging and complex environment.

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Dr. Rosie Steeves, formerly the executive director of Outward Bound Western Canada and offshore engineer, is the founder and President of Executive Works (www.executiveworks.org), a business dedicated to helping executives create great organizations. Prior to this she was the co-founder and principal of The Refinery, a state-of-the-art leadership development and organizational performance firm. Dr. Steeves has 35 years' experience in the leadership development field, working with both CEOs and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies to pursue aggressive growth strategies and small firms experiencing start-up challenges. A certified executive leadership coach, Dr Steeves has a PhD in Human Development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara and an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University, England

Dr. Rosie Steeves, formerly the executive director of Outward Bound Western Canada and offshore engineer, is the founder and President of Executive Works (www.executiveworks.org), a business dedicated to helping executives create great organizations. Prior to this she was the co-founder and principal of The Refinery, a state-of-the-art leadership development and organizational performance firm. Dr. Steeves has 35 years' experience in the leadership development field, working with both CEOs and senior executives of Fortune 500 companies to pursue aggressive growth strategies and small firms experiencing start-up challenges. A certified executive leadership coach, Dr Steeves has a PhD in Human Development from Fielding Graduate University in Santa Barbara and an MA in Engineering from Cambridge University, England.

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Breaking the Leadership Mold eloquently reminds us that in the face of short-term market expectations for results growth, modern leaders need the commitment, credibility and foresight to balance the longer-term priority of growing their people also.
Steve Reid, COO, Goldcorp Inc.

For the corporate executive ready to sustain the effort and achieve the required personal development, Rosie Steeves' wonderful book is an excellent and effective how-to manual for building organizational excellence. It deserves wide readership.
Chuck Edwards, P.Eng., FCIM, Process Engineering Consultant

Too many companies in North America have an abundance of people in charge but a shortage of leaders. Rosie Steeves, who has been contributing her Leadership Lessons column to Business in Vancouver since 2002, is in the business of building better leaders. Whether you're in need of a leader or aspiring to be one, she's worth a read.
Timothy Renshaw, Managing Editor, Business in Vancouver

Valuable insights and advice for anyone who is part of an executive team or leads one, and would like to make it work better.
Hugh Harden, VP Operations, Kinder Morgan Canada

Breaking the Leadership Mold is a fresh perspective with an enlightened view of what it will take to develop an organization and senior management team that will be ready to lead your business to a successful and prosperous future. Enjoy the read, but do more . . . utilize what you will learn.
Bruce Alexander, President, Raute North America

Executive teams with a desire to create a highly-functioning organization would do well to read this book. Within it, you will find a thorough reflection on the many challenges and aspirations we all share to be effective and respected leaders.
Gerald W. Grandey, Chief Executive Officer, Cameco Corporation

A very good read for anyone looking at achieving a better understanding of the evolution of leadership, including a practical breakdown on the do's and don'ts of modern leadership.
Francois Morton, Vice President British Columbia, GENIVAR

An insightful, clear guide for any executive seeking to develop more collaborative, effective leadership skills to increase organizational success.
Heather Conway, CEO

In today's financially driven business environment, this book is a good reminder of other skills essential for sustainment of the organization. It's the quality of the leader that transforms good intention into positive action and turns a group of people into a team.
Jan Marston, Vice President, Customer Care, Human Resources & Operations Governance, Terasen Gas

This is vintage Rosie Steeves! A must-read for senior executives.
Mike Marasco, CEO, Plenary Investments

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Those at the top have a profound impact on the success of their organization. Effective and relevant senior leadership directly translates into an engaged, sustainable and profitable organization. Conversely, leadership that is out-of-touch, externally focused and embedded in paradigms of days gone by leads to employee disengagement, poor morale and ultimately a lack of organizational competitiveness.

Unfortunately, sometimes senior leadership is marked by good intent but ineffective practice. Compounded by consultants unwilling to bite the hand that feeds them, and employees unwilling to take the risk of challenging those above them, dysfunctional executive leadership has become many an organization's dirty little secret. Employees know it, but many executives are unaware.

It needn't be this way. Breaking the Leadership Mold is designed to help senior executives and managers respond to the challenges of today, shed outmoded practices and create a work environment that is healthy, engaging, productive and sustainable. Based on the author's extensive research and 35 years' experience in working with local, national and international companies, Breaking the Leadership Mold presents proven strategies to ensure that executives empower, unite and galvanize their managers and employees-and their organization- to enable prosperity and adaptation in a swift-changing environment. The net result will be a work environment that is healthy, engaging, productive and sustainable.

Breaking the Leadership Mold offers 20 principles grouped in five parts. The first two parts focus on the individual and explore the challenges of senior leadership, presenting strategies for determining how your leadership skills measure up and how to improve and expand on where you stand. Part 3 shows how to shape and develop your top team while Part 4 does the same for the organization as a whole. Part 5 pulls together disparate concepts and looks towards actions today that will help plan for the future. When implemented, these 20 principles will ensure that not only is there effective communication throughout the organization, from top to bottom and bottom to top, but also that employees and executives alike contribute to their full potential. The net result- the organization wins on every measure.

As an added bonus, readers will gain access to a personal online leadership assessment, which will give the first indication of whether you have what it takes to lead your organization in today's challenging and complex environment.

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