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Five-Star Leadership The Art and Strategy of Creating Leaders at Every Level

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ISBN-10: 047132728X

ISBN-13: 9780471327288

Edition: 1997

Authors: Patrick L. Townsend, Joan E. Gebhardt

List price: $37.00
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This guide to developing leadership qualities draws on the proven training techniques and principles developed by the U.S. military. It illustrates that leadership is a behaviour, not a position and invites everyone to work to instil this belief.
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Book details

List price: $37.00
Copyright year: 1997
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated
Publication date: 4/12/1999
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English

Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Leadership At Every Level
The Quality Revolution
Frederick Taylor Revisited
A Laboratory for Leadership
Where Management and Leadership Part
Cosmic Views of Leadership
A Lifetime of Leadership
Benchmarking in Camouflage
Overcoming Ambivalence
America's Finest Citizen-Soldier
The Basis of Military Leadership
Relationships between the Ranks
Making Leadership Happen
Military Leadership and Quality
Dr. Deming and Military Leadership Theory
A Vision for the Future
Building A Strong Foundation: Followership
Guidelines for Followership
Coming to Terms with Followership
The Interaction between Leadership and Followership
What Leaders Must Do
Taking Stock Before Taking Steps
Making Full Use of the Lists
Leadership in Twenty-Five Words or Less
Fourteen Leadership Traits
Eleven Leadership Principles
Mastering the Gesture
Prescription for Progress: Initiative
That Critical First Step
The Fraternal Triplets: Industry, Innovation, Self-Confidence
A Leader's Guide to Encouraging Initiative in Others
More Ideas for Making Initiative Commonplace
Staying the Course: Character, Virtue, Ethics
Virtue in the Twenty-First Century
Love and Leadership
Ethical Behavior in Practice
Publish or Perish
Relating to Others: Communications, Motivation, Counseling
Practical Aspects of Information Flow
Listen Down and Speak Up
Making (and Taking) Opportunities to Communicate
Creating a Climate of Motivation
Personally Influencing Others
Making it Work
Authoritarian, Participative, and Delegative Leadership
The Middle Management Dilemma
Leadership and Teams
Discipline--The Right Way
An Example of Discipline: Driving to Succeed
Measurements and Leadership
Tools of the Trade
A Case Study in Measurement
Measuring Leadership
Passing the Torch
Looking for an Ideal Curriculum
Looking for an Ideal Instructor
Mentoring: Teach and Trust
Postscript: And That's All They Wrote ...
What's So New about Total Quality Leadership?
Lists, Lists, and More Lists ...
USMC Counseling Program Student Handout
The Subordinate: The Art of Followership
Love and Leadership
Bibliography
Index