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Leadership Implosion: Failure to Change = Failure to Thrive
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 1, Beard and Weiss identify several causes for leadership failures, focusing on executives who have been recently promoted into their role. These failures include the inability of leaders to move into strategic-thinking roles, identify priorities, move from working in the business to working on it, relinquish control of some tasks, and engage colleagues. At the end of the chapter, the authors provide four tips for avoiding leadership implosion, which include migrating to leadership, changing your vision, changing your focus, and making the relational leap. -
Knowing the Business: Moving from Passenger to Driver
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 2, the authors highlight the importance of understanding your business's strategy to guaranteeing its success. They identify three business issues that leaders should understand in order to most effectively lead their organizations: understanding a company's business model, translating strategy into tactics, and measuring success. They go in-depth on each business issue, outlining cases that illustrate the issues and behaviors/practices that leaders can use to show that they understand them. -
Setting a Vision: Avoiding the Fog of Tomorrow
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 3, the authors describe a leader's responsibility to set goals for their organization and guide it to achieve them. They outline different leadership responses to this challenging role in the form of the timid leader, the overbearing leader, and the goldilocks leader. They write that effective leaders are able to harness several keys to successful vision development: managing feelings, collaborating, setting agendas, working on the strategy, and managing outcomes. They then describe effective leaders as acting as periscopes for their organizations, constantly surveying markets and other external factors. They continue to describe specific ways to set a corporate vision and communicate this vision to both internal and external stakeholders. -
Effective Delegation: Trusting Others Not to Steal Your Wallet
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 4, the authors describe ways leaders can effectively delegate responsibilities to maximize productivity and develop subordinates. They identify the obstacles leaders face as they decide to delegate responsibilities. They first instruct leaders to assess their team in order to effectively delegate and then go over what prevents leaders from delegating even when they want to/know how and what successful delegation looks like. -
Difficult Conversations: Business Issues and Performance Discussions
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 5, the authors discuss business issues and ways to address them. They separate these issues into three categories: minor annoyances, issues that affect business performance but are neither illegal nor a violation of regulatory statutes, and issues that put the business at risk. They describe each case and the increasing accountability that employees have to report and discuss them as they become more serious. They outline considerations that employees must make before reporting an issue and provides ways to weigh the risks and benefits. They define three managers that ineffectively approach performance discussions: the shirker, the pleaser, and the bruiser. -
The Talent Expedition
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 6, the authors discuss hiring practices. They provide ways to decide whether to hire externally or internally and outline the most common mistakes that managers make when hiring. They then provide a step-by-step guide to conducting a search process, hiring, and giving the new hire a good start in the company. They highlight the different qualities millennials are bringing to the workplace and instruct companies to adjust their hiring practices accordingly. -
The Disciplines of Communication: Maximizing Impact and Productivity
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 7, the authors describe communication as essential when working with others but recognize that it is something that many cannot do well. They outline three types of people who get communication wrong: the sparse communicator, the excessive communicator, and the poor communicator. They also lay out five rules for effective communication they argue everyone should follow. These rules include reviewing and organizing the information you deliver into clear "types" of messages, using language that gets your point across, taking into account the audience of your message, choosing an appropriate delivery method, and confirming that the right people receive and understand your message. They conclude with descriptions of scenarios in which communication is not appropriate. -
The Person in the Mirror: Overcoming Questions about Your Competence
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 8, the authors discuss insecurity, highlighting that even the most successful people have issues with their self-confidence. They write that people who struggle with insecurity have some of the same patterns of thought in common: they discount their success, measure themselves against others, and look to please others. The authors outline four types of insecure leaders, characterized by their coping mechanisms: narcissistic leaders, avoidant leaders, dependent leaders, and obsessive leaders. They then provide concrete ways for leaders to develop their self-confidence. -
Designing Your Future
The DNA of Leadership: Creating Healthy Leaders and Vibrant Organizations is a 9-chapter book published by Business Expert Press in 2017 and written by professional coaches Myron Beard and Alan Weiss. It is the result of the authors' work with thousands of executives; Beard and Weiss reviewed these executives and identified what is needed for high levels of success. They provide readers with powerful and practical ways to change their behavior in order to become outstanding leaders. Each chapter has a "Coach's Corner" that outlines the lessons of the chapter and challenges executives to identify behaviors they need to change to become better leaders. The book then encourages readers to create "Personal Goal Plans" to achieve their goals. In Chapter 9, the authors discuss ways to yourself motivated in achieving your goals. They highlight the importance of setting goals and provide guidance on how to determine your goals and translate them into a plan. They then provide an example of a client's Personal Goal Plan.