World-class leadership leading yourself, your team, the world and society /

• Main Author: Abe, Tetsuya.
• Corporate Author: World Scientific (Firm)
• Other Authors: Chowdhery, Sachin.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific Pub. Co., c2012.
• Subjects: Leadership.; Industrial management.; Electronic books.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

This book explains four different aspects of leadership namely: self, team, global and social leadership. It also summarizes author's discussions with executives and middle-level employees of different companies in various fields, as well as with university researchers and students. Written in...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction. 1. Strategy for communication. 2. Strategy to build integrity and trust. 3. Strategy for creating relationships. 4. Strategy for change. 5. Strategy for teamwork. 6. Strategy to grow leaders to produce champions. 7. Strategy for building a world-class organizational culture. 8. Strategy for risk-taking. 9. Strategy for quick action and quick decisions. 10. Strategy for creating and implementing a vision
• ch. 1. Overview of leadership. 1. Three waves of change: changes in the business environment from the 20th century to the 21st century. 2. Four levels of leadership
• ch. 2. Self-leadership. 1. What is self-leadership? (WHAT). 2. Why is self-leadership needed? (WHY). 3. How do we put self-leadership into practice? (HOW). 4. The elements of self-leadership. Column
• ch. 3. Team leadership. 1. What is team leadership? (WHAT). 2. Why is team leadership needed? (WHY). 3. The elements of team leadership. 4. Team leadership diagnosis. 5. How do we put self-leadership into practice? (HOW): three actions. 6. Three functions a business person must apply (roles): leadership/managership/playership. Column
• ch. 4. Global leadership. 1. What is global leadership? (WHAT). 2. Why is global leadership needed? (WHY). 3. How do we put global leadership into practice? (HOW). Column
• ch. 5. Social leadership. 1. What is social leadership? (WHAT). 2. Why is social leadership needed? 3. How do we put social leadership into practice? (HOW). Column
• ch. 6. Conclusion. 1. All leadership approaches are connected. 2. To the next era.