The Leadership Pocketbook
- 35m
- Fiona Elsa Dent
- Management Pocketbooks
- 2003
Written for leaders at all levels - strategic, organisational and team level - The Leadership Pocketbook explains how to inspire, influence, deal with change and achieve objectives. Illustrated throughout, the book adopts a practical approach, setting out the principles of leadership, the role of the leader, the skills required for effective leadership and the key challenges facing leaders in today's business environment.
Its author, Fiona Dent, is Director of Faculty Development at Ashridge where she is also Programme Director for the Influencing Strategies and Skills Programme. She has over 20 years' experience as a management developer.
A focus of the book, described by the author as 'perhaps the most necessary skill for any leader', is self-awareness - to know yourself, to realise what your leadership strengths and weaknesses are and when you must continue to develop.
About the Author
Fiona is Director of Executive Education and a member of the Management Team at Ashridge; Director of the Influencing Strategies and Skills Programme and the Creating Working Relationships Programme. Fiona works with a range of clients managing and developing a variety of leadership and personal skills programmes.
She has over 25 years experience as a management developer, trainer and coach, and is particularly interested in helping individuals to grow and develop across a wide range of leadership, relationship, interpersonal and personal skills.
She has worked at Ashridge for 19 years and prior to this worked in a number of organisations in various management development and training roles. Fiona runs her own consultancy.
In this Book
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The Nature of Leadership
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The Leader in Today’s Business Environment
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Key Skills and Competences
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Leadership and You
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Leaders and Followers
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Leaders and Teams
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Leaders and Vision
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Leaders and Influence
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Leaders and Change
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Final Thoughts
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