52 Leadership Lessons: Timeless Stories for the Modern Leader - Softcover

Stewart, John Parker

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1774582201 ISBN 13: 9781774582206

Verlag: Page Two Press, 2021

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Stories to inspire and drive successful leadership

From the creators of the award-winning LEAD NOW! Leadership Development Model, 52 Leadership Lessons uses the power of storytelling to illustrate and illuminate essential leadership principles for success.

In 52 short, easily digestible true stories and parables from nature, history, and business, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of the 21 essential leadership dimensions in the LEAD NOW! Model, with accompanying tips and reflection exercises to help you apply these lessons in your leadership. Discover:

- How prescribed burns in the world's forests relate to today's leaders who desperately need strategic planning
- What a spider trapped in the space shuttle can teach skills essential for today's leaders faced with managing change
- What baboons and impalas can tell us about how successful teamwork?
- What the discovery of penicillin can tell us about the vital skills needed for results-driven innovation - And 48 more!

To be used as a standalone handbook, or as a companion text to other titles in the LEAD NOW! Series—including 52 Leadership Gems and LEAD NOW!—52 Leadership Lessons is a book you’ll return to again and again for inspiration, guidance, and enjoyment on your leadership journey.

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John Parker Stewart is the founder and CEO of Stewart Leadership, which he started in 1980. He is globally recognized as a leadership coach, consultant, educator, speaker, and team performance specialist. Under his guidance, Stewart Leadership is recognized internationally for its feedback assessments, training tools, and solid, results-focused coaching services designed to guide teams and individuals to adapt, grow, and reach new levels of performance. John has coached and trained tens of thousands of leaders worldwide including CEOs, presidents, military, government, and business leaders resulting in significant, measured improvement in individual and team performance.John began his undergraduate studies at the University of Colorado, finished his bachelor's degree at Brigham Young University, and earned his master's degree in organizational communication where he wrote his thesis at Parliament in London. He began his doctoral work and teaching at Michigan State University, and continued doctoral studies under management guru Peter Drucker in executive performance and leadership at Claremont Graduate University. John started his career managing leadership and management development for 86,000 employees at Lockheed Corporation. He was selected "National Trainer of the Year" by the American Society for Training & Development (ASTD). In addition to training and coaching all levels of management at Kennedy Space Center over an eight-year period during the high-pressure space shuttle program, John has worked with Citibank, Chevron, Lockheed Martin, Toshiba, CSL-Hong Kong, Xerox, GM, Kaiser Permanente, Telstra, US Department of Energy, Shell, and other government agencies and commercial firms. John has published several articles, manuals, workbooks, and the three-book award-winning Stewart Leadership Series. The first edition of his title book, Lead Now! A Personal Leadership Coaching Guide for Results-Driven Leaders, won the National Indie Excellence Award for the best leadership book published over the last five years. His 52 Leadership Lessons is also nationally recognized. John's latest book is titled Mastering the Art of Oral Presentations, published by John Wiley & Sons. This book is an essential tool for oral teams seeking to win government contracts, as well as a valuable guide for presenters in any field. John lives with his wife, Debra, near Portland, Oregon, and has four sons and sixteen grandchildren.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Page Two Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2021
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1774582201
• ISBN 13: 9781774582206
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 252
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