Leadership Training Activity

Leadership Training Activity
50 Exercises for Building Effective Leaders
By Lois B.Hart & Charlotte S.Waisman

"Leadership development is self-development. The quest for leadership is first an inner quest to discover who you are. That is clearly the premise of this wonderful collection of developmental activities. They guide learners on that fascinating journey of self-awareness and self-confidence that can only come from experiencing something in themselves for themselves.”
----- from the foreword by James M. Kouzes, co-author, The Leadership Challenge

When it comes to preparing a new generation of leaders, trainers have their work cut out for them. In addition to being a critical competency in itself, the task of leadership necessarily involves mastering a whole host of other skills... and it’s up to you as a trainer to keep participants engaged and active throughout the learning process.

The Leadership Training Activity Book is a collection of engaging, sure-fire exercises based on the best, most up-to-date learning theory for preparing the leaders of tomorrow. The book features easily adaptable modules designed for beginning to advanced skill levels, short or long sessions, and large or small groups. You’ll find the perfect training exercises to help new and experienced leaders improve their understanding of crucial topics such as:

•Trust.
•Values.
•Networking.
•Conflict Resolution.
•Diversity.
•Negotiation.
•Listening skills.
•Mentoring.
•Vision.
•Communication... and more

The Leadership Training Activity Book provides trainers with a wide range of activities to help teach and apply the most critical leadership competencies participants need, enabling you to develop and liberate the leadership qualities learners already have within themselves. It is a unique collection of proven exercises that will elicit the best from those who wish to lead.

About the Author:

Lois B. Hart, Ed.D. is the founder and Executive Director of the Women’s Leadership Institute. The author of many books and tapes, she has over 30 years’ experience as a trainer and was named the Colorado Woman Leader of Excellence. She lives in Denver, Colorado.

Charlotte S. Waisman, Ph.D. is a specialist in communication and interpersonal skills, and is Director of Human Resources at Ischemia Technologies. She lives in Evergreen, Colorado.

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The Psychology of Leadership: New Perspectives and Research (Lea's Organization and Management)

The Psychology of Leadership: New Perspectives and Research (Lea's Organization and Management)
By David M. Messick (Editor), Roderick M. Kramer (Editor)

"...the collected offerings in this volume reveals the juxtaposition of excellent explanations of very good and very bad leadership....highly recommended book, especially to graduate students searching for a good dissertation idea."
—Journal of Psychology

"Dave Messick and Rod Kramer, two of the world's great social scientists, have used their good judgment to put together a fascinating group of scholars who bring truly unique and important insights into a critical topic facing society--leadership! The topic of leadership is viewed as critical to effective organizations, yet has frustrated academics for decades. This book offers new hope by attacking leadership in profoundly new ways. For example, Marshall Ganz's article on 'Why David Sometimes Wins' addresses the fascinating topic of how to lead without formally defined power. His arguments are creative, and provide ideas outside of the typically defined management arena. This is really interested, and taught me things that I have never read in the leadership area before."
—Max H. Bazerman, Jesse Isador Straus Professor
Harvard Business School

"At this point in time, when there is a leadership void in many organizations, this book will become a prime resource for understanding leadership. This collection of essays provides insights for leadership scholars to refine their understanding of what leaders really do and how they impact organizational success. These essays also provide insights for the practicing leader that will help them identify ways to change their behavior to become more effective. The Psychology of Leadership is unique in that it advances both theory and practice--it's a must have book for anyone interested in leadership."
—Robert Duncan
Michigan State University

"The Psychology of Leadership: New Perspectives and Research edited by Professors David Messick and Roderick Kramer is a superlative study of the nature of leadership, the effectiveness of leadership, and most critically, the consequences for people who are placed in positions of leadership. The essays contained in this three-part approach provide both stunning insights into the nature of leadership while also leaving the reader with a holistic view of the academic literature. Two themes of this book should resonate with both academics and business leaders: that leadership is not equally important in all circumstances, and that leaders can occasionally be affected by their power in undesirable ways...
This book should be recommended reading for anyone interested in understanding the important phenomenon of leadership; professors Messick and Kramer have made a remarkable impact on the study of a subject that is gaining a great deal of attention from the media, management schools and boardrooms."
—Dean Dipak C. Jain
Sandy and Morton Goldberg Professors of Entrepreneurial Studies

Book Description:
Leadership scholars have identified a host of approaches to the study of leadership. What are the personal characteristics of leaders? What is the nature of the relation between leaders and followers? Why do we perceive some people to be better leaders than others? What are the circumstances that evoke leadership qualities in people? Can leadership be taught? And so on. The contributions to this book examine these important questions and fall into three categories: conceptions of leadership, factors that influence the effectiveness of leadership, and the consequences and effects of leadership on the leader. All in all, the chapters of this volume display part of a broad spectrum of novel and important approaches to the study of the psychology of leadership. We hope that they are equally useful to those who are or would be leaders and to those who study the topic. As recent events have served to remind us, it is too important a topic to be ignored by psychologists.

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Develop Your Leadership Skill

Develop Your Leadership Skill
# Publisher: Kogan Page (March 15, 2007)
# Language: English
# ISBN-10: 0749449195
# ISBN-13: 978-0749449193

Review
"Authoritative and wise." -- Warren Bennis "University of Southern California"

Book Description
Best-selling author and leadership expert John Adair brings his stimulating insights into leadership into his most accessible book to date. Full of exercises and checklists, "Develop Your Leadership Skills" provides the tools to recognize and develop leadership qualities, acquire personal authority and master core leadership functions, including planning, communicating and motivating. Suitable for anyone who wishes to improve their leadership skills, this guide distills the essence of Adair's teaching and offers a framework for becoming an effective leader.

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