First-Time Leader: Foundational Tools for Inspiring and Enabling Your New Team
- 3h 28m
- George B. Bradt, Gillian Davis
- John Wiley & Sons (US)
- 2014
First-time leaders get motivational and planning tools from top executive coaching firms
The First-Time Leader provides basic frameworks, processes, and tools to help first-time leaders and their teams deliver better results faster. Leading is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. Authors George Bradt, Managing Director of PrimeGenesis, and Gillian Davis, Managing Director of AlanKey, show how to achieve these results through the BRAVE acronym: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, Environment. Learn the three stages of team development, and get advice for specific leadership situations including onboarding yourself, onboarding others, and crisis management.
- Offers a way of thinking about leadership and a structure for action to help first-time leaders lead at both overall conceptual and tactical levels
- Includes downloadable tools that are easily adaptable for each leader's specific context
- Contains illustrative examples and stories from a range of experienced leaders and experts to help guide first-time leaders through things they may not have experienced themselves
The First-Time Leader shows new leaders what to do next, later, never, why, and how. It's an indispensable guide for stepping up and inspiring others to come together for success.
About the Authors
GEORGE BRADT has a unique perspective on transformational leadership based on his experience as an executive, consultant, and writer. After two decades in sales, marketing and general management around the world, now he is a Principal of CEO Connection, Managing Director of the executive onboarding group PrimeGenesis, author of a weekly column on Forbes.com and of five books on onboarding including The New Leader’s 100-Day Action Plan.
GILLIAN DAVIS has a new generation’s view on leadership through her work in marketing, recruiting and coaching. After witnessing and experiencing dissatisfied employees leaving their jobs, not because of the role, but because of poor managers, she is now on a mission to help first-time leaders inspire and enable their teams.
In this Book
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Overview: Congratulations! It's Great to be a Leader. You've Earned it. and Your New Job Is Going to Be a Wild Ride
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Take Charge of Your New Team
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The Brave Leadership Success Framework: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitude, Values, Environment
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Environment: Get Clear On Your Mission and Fields of Action
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Values: Align Yourself and Your Team With The Organization's Mission, Vision, and Values—More Or Less
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Attitude: Make Crucial Choices Around Your Team's Strategy, Posture, and Culture
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Relationships: The Heart of Leadership
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Behaviors: How You Get Things Done Through Other People
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With Teams Of Less Than 10 People, Adopt A Start-Up Mind-Set
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Lead Teams of 10 To 20 Like an Extended Family
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If You're Leading More Than 30 People, Hierarchy Is Your Friend
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Notes
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References
