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Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

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The reader will gain an understanding of the following from this book:
● Attributes of effective leader
● Different roles of leader
● Impact of setting and context on leaders choices
● Integration of ethics into best practices
● Trends influencing the evolution of leadership in the 21st century

 

 

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Leadership Essentials You A... by Vibrant Publishers

Bibliographic Details

Pages: 200 pages

Paperback (ISBN): 9781636510316

eBook (ISBN): 9781636510323

Hardback (Color): 9781636510330

Trim Size: 5.5” x 8.5”

Category: Business & Economics

Author: Dr. Carrie A. Picardi

Description

Learn what it takes to be a strong leader who can guide any team to success!

Have you ever wanted to know how to become the type of person that others look to for guidance? In Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted to Know, you will learn what it takes to be a strong leader who can guide any team to success.

Driven by the latest research on leadership, this straight-forward guide breaks down not only the traits of highly effective leaders, but also how to use those traits in a variety of situations. You do not need to be in a leadership position to benefit from the lessons detailed in this book. Aside from defining the concepts of leadership and motivation, the book explores the best practices of effective leadership and the core competencies of influential leaders. It also offers insight into real-world challenges that have been faced--and overcome--by thriving organizations. With chapter summaries, quizzes, and online resources to reinforce concepts, Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted to Know is a power-packed resource that will guide you towards becoming a better leader.

About the Author

Dr Carrie A. Picardi, Ph.D., is an industrial/organizational psychologist with over 20 years of professional experience in human resource management, as a research analyst and consultant, and in academia as a tenured professor of management. She has led initiatives in the areas of leadership development, assessment center design and deployment, job analysis, talent acquisition and retention, compensation and total rewards, learning and development, performance management, and employee engagement.

About the Series

The Self-Learning Management Series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons and covers every aspect of business, from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations across any and every industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, and standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter.

Editorial Reviews

Dr. Picardi has produced a helpful handbook for those who aspire to leadership positions in their organizations. It is a careful blend of theory, practice, and examples. Leadership concepts are concisely presented and the book is easy to read. The chapters on situational and contingency leadership and leading a thriving organization by themselves make this book a worthwhile read.

- Dr. Mark Koscinski Assistant Professor of Accounting Practice

 

The capacity of Leaderhip is the most important ingredient to organizational well-being and success. Leadership is a philosophy of use of power, a set of learnable, observable competencies, skills and behaviors. Anyone can develop themselves as a leader. You become a leader when people choose to follow you. There is no topic that has been written about as extensively. The newly authored, Leadership Essentials, offers the reader a wonderful smorgasbord of all things leadership. It is a perfect way to begin your leadership studies.

- Leslie Yerkes, President, Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc.

 

While the world is combatting Covid-19 and, as a consequence, facing one of its worst health and financial crises, strong leadership is now required more than ever before at all levels and in all countries. Dr. Picardi’s work has arrived during a perfect storm exposing learners and practitioners of leadership to the essential aspects of leadership. There is much confusion in both the academic literature and popular press as to what constitutes ‘good and effective’ leadership. Dr. Picardi’s book takes the reader back to the basics and unpacks the many mysteries of this popular topic. This book covers the key concepts of leadership and makes a strong and timely contribution to a more comprehensive understanding of contemporary leadership.

- Prof. Dr. Franco Gandolfi, Georgetown University


This book is an important source of information on a topic which is ever more important in today's rapidly changing world where leadership is not an option for organizations to be able to navigate successfully and remain competitive.

This book represents an important guide for anyone who wishes to understand what are the key principles of leadership and to also better understand how they can improve their own leadership skills.

- Dr David Forgaty, Enterprise Marketing Analytics Leader at Evernorth Corporation

 

A book that really does what it says on the tin. The Essentials of Leadership are truely covered as the author takes the reader on a journey through the recognised theoretical concepts and ideas in a way that makes then both interesting and relevant. It is good to see that the influence of power is not forgotten and that ethical leadership is considered at a time when many leaders are being faced with demonstrating their ability to create value for society as much as value for their shareholders. An essential title for any leader's bookshelf and one that adds true value to the associted discourse on Leadership Practice and its role in organisational success.

- Dr. Gary Ramsden, Lincoln International Business School

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Manas Suple
Book Review

Leadership essentials was so helpful in enhancing my leadership abilities. The book is interactive with quizzes and summary at the end which was quite helpful. It explains the key principles of leadership quite well.

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Bob Milner CEO TerBo Enterprises & MRH Automotive
Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

Dr. Picardi creates a monolithic learning path that enhances the students potential for success by building a model that is inclusive in all facets of both the leader and leadership within its role. Her focus on building the mindset, character and traits of a leader as foundations of a leaders styles and role of impact; creates a platform for the students journey of understanding how a leader influences teams and an organizations performance. Her sequitur of the leader and leadership model is comprehensive to the point of filling the lacuna of leadership pedagogy and learning. As a recognized leader in business and entrepreneurship higher education, I recommend this book to anyone teaching a leadership course. It is one of the few leadership books I have read that has such a impactful journey of discovery and learning for the benefit of the student.

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Robert Batiste, PhD Assistant Professor, Embry Riddle Aeronautical University, Capella University
Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

Reading the title for the first time, I thought, What are the Leadership Essentials? As if reading the readers mind, Dr. Picardi uses the first 87 pages to explain her list. By the time I was done reading what they meant, I was drawn to read more of the text. Where can I find the best leader or a list of leadership essentials?

One of the aspects defining Leadership essentials is the list in sections 1-10 of the text. It describes the essential for the 21st Century. The
author shares relevant literature on these essentials of: innovation,vision, inner variables, inspiration, and communication. All along this thought-provoking book, Dr. Picardi pulls together of some wellknown management experts and CEOs and integrates their sayings and thoughts together to emphasize the importance of leadership, and leadership essentials.

Once she is done with the support and understanding of Leadership Essentials, the author delves into leading the Thriving Organization. Here, she explains why transformational leaders are so important in todays work environments in contrast to transactional roles.

The book brings together some well-said business decision making dos and donts from the already-been-there-done-that management/ leader experts and founders. Overall, this is a well-researched book,and an essential read for the managers, leaders, executives, and entrepreneurs who wish to see the success in their decisions. Or, it is just for the rest of us who want to be more successful some day!

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Leslie Yerkes, President, Catalyst Consulting Group, Inc.
Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

The capacity of Leadership is the most important ingredient to organizational well-being and success. Leadership is a philosophy of use of power, a set of learnable, observable competencies, skills and behaviors. Anyone can develop themselves as a leader. You become a leader when people choose to follow you. There is no topic that has been written about as extensively. The newly authored, Leadership Essentials, offers the reader a wonderful smorgasbord of all things leadership. It is a perfect way to begin your leadership studies.

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Dr David Forgaty, Enterprise Marketing Analytics Leader at Evernorth Corporation
Leadership Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

This book is an important source of information on a topic which is ever more important in todays rapidly changing world where leadership is not an option for organizations to be able to navigate successfully and remain competitive.

This book represents an important guide for anyone who wishes to understand what are the key principles of leadership and to also better understand how they can improve their own leadership skills.