Gear-Shifting Leadership: A Manager’s Guide for Developing Effective Leaders, Second Edition

Author:   Leon Cai
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
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9780367802783


Pages:   188
Publication Date:   25 March 2021
Format:   Paperback
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"Drawn from his experience as the executive dean of Wilner Sales and Leadership Institute, Leon Cai shares his proven philosophy and methods for improving leadership skills among middle and high-level managers. Leon is one the top ten most influential trainers in China winning “Honor China Award” and is a leading figure in China’s training and consulting industry. Gear-Shifting Leadership, now in its Second Edition, is a book designed to improve leadership ability of practicing managers and addresses the full spectrum or panorama of what is expected from successful leaders. Managers need to grasp more than just one or two aspects of leadership, but the whole content and complete framework of it. Gear-Shifting Leadership, Second Edition provides the concepts, tools, and examples needed for managers to become effective leaders. Updated with new examples and tools, this second edition of Gear-Shifting Leadership synthesizes dozens of leadership models, and fully displays ""the panorama of leadership."" The author demonstrates the panorama by showing the links and connections between different parts of leadership. The book displays the four gears and nineteen components of leadership managers need to develop. The four gears are: Followership, Face-to-face Leadership, In-Direct Leadership, and Organizational Executive Leadership. • Followership refers to the ability of leaders to win the trust from subordinates, superiors, and counterparts through demonstrative self-management. • Face-to-face Leadership demonstrates the leaders’ ability to drive, encourage, instruct, manage, control, and develop direct subordinates and core teams. It exhibits leaders’ one-on-one leadership abilities targeted at their direct subordinates. • Indirect Leadership shows the leaders’ influence and driving power towards indirect subordinates and the whole team, and it can be defined as the leaders’ role in managing the team as a whole. • Organizational Executive Leadership shows leaders’ acute insight of the dynamic changes in their organizations, and the leaders’ ability to optimize their own approach to managing the team and in so doing, adapt to changes in both the internal and external environment of organizations. The book walks readers through each gear as well as the several components it comprises. Many leadership books have excellent concepts and ways of thinking, but lack practical sheets, models and tools, so that books of this type can only improve leaders themselves and can’t be widely used in their organizations. Gear-Shifting Leadership illustrates the model, tables, evaluation questionnaires, and simplified tools that will make the material in this book practical and applicable."

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Author:   Leon Cai
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   CRC Press
Weight:   0.281kg
ISBN:  

9780367802783


ISBN 10:   0367802783
Pages:   188
Publication Date:   25 March 2021
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

Contents About the Author ................................................................................... ix Preface .................................................................................................... xi Introduction: Four Gears of Leadership Development .... 1 Mid- and High- Level Managers Need More Comprehensive Leadership ...................................... 1 Four Gears of Leadership Development ........................... 2 PART I Followership Chapter 1 Followers and Leaders ........................................................ 9 Why Should Leaders Develop Followership? ................... 9 The Basic Definition and Connotation of Followership ............................................................ 11 Interaction Between Followers and Leaders ................... 12 Chapter 2 Two Cores of Followership .............................................. 19 5Q Model of Leaders’ Self- Management ......................... 20 Seven Laws of Leaders’ Upward Management ................ 24 PART II Face- to- Face Leadership Chapter 3 Four Driving Wheels of Face- to-Face Leadership .......... 33 The Four “Don’t Know” Root Causes of Performance Gap .................................................... 35 Four Driving Wheels of Face- to-Face Leadership .......... 35 Chapter 4 Face- to- Face Leadership— Boundary- Defined Delegation ......................................................................... 41 Form Closed Loops of Execution Through Effective Delegation ................................................ 41 Boundary- Defined Delegation ........................................ 42 Guard Against Anti- Delegation from Subordinates ............................................................ 48 Chapter 5 Face- to- Face Leadership— Inner- Driven Motivation ..... 51 Inner- Driven Motivation versus Material Incentive ...... 51 Four Types of Inner Drive ............................................... 52 Chapter 6 Face- to- Face Leadership— Dual- Track Mentoring ......... 57 Two Major Tracks of Subordinate’s Ability ..................... 57 Forms and Rules of Perfect Coaching ............................. 58 Modes and Principles of Effective Counseling ............... 63 Chapter 7 Face- to- Face Leadership— Preventive Intervention ....... 67 Behavioral Intervention versus Performance Assessment ....................................................................... 67 Five Murphy’s Behaviors in Urgent Need of Intervention ............................................................ 69 Seven Golden Steps of Intervention Interview ............... 71 PART III Indirect Leadership Chapter 8 Three Major Roles of Indirect Leaders ........................... 79 Upgrade from Face- to- Face Leadership to Indirect Leadership ............................................................... 79 WWH Analysis Model of Macro Performance ............... 81 Three Key Roles of Indirect Leaders ............................... 84 Three Performance Indicators of Indirect Leadership ............................................................... 85 Self- Evaluation Form of Five Leadership Roles .............. 90 How Do the Behaviors in the Following Table Match Those of Yours? ........................................... 90 Chapter 9 Enhancement of the Centripetal Force of a Team .......... 97 The 3V Tools of Psychological Contract ......................... 97 Vision Anchor ................................................................... 98 Value Root ....................................................................... 103 Victory Chain ................................................................. 108 Chapter 10 Enhancement of the Executive Force of a Team ........... 113 Three Components of the Executive Force of a Team ............................................................... 113 Absolute Non- Negotiables ............................................. 115 Standard Execution Procedures ..................................... 119 Key Responsibility Matrix .............................................. 128 Chapter 11 Enhancement of the Cohesive Force of a Team ............ 133 Interpersonal Synergy Quotient of a Team ................... 133 Fellowship with Complementary Roles ........................ 137 Informal Group Alliance ................................................ 143 Trust Circle ..................................................................... 149 PART IV Organizational Executive Leadership Chapter 12 Three Dynamic Optimizations of Organizational Executive Leadership ..................................................... 157 Three Dynamic Optimizations of Organizational Executive Leadership ............................................ 159 Dynamic Optimization of Organizational Talent Pool ............................................................ 161 Dynamic Optimization of Decision- Making Modes ...... 166 Dynamic Optimization of Leadership Styles ................ 173 Conclusion: Learning and Practice of Gear- Shifting Leadership ....................................................................... 181 Principle 1: Comprehensive Mastery of Gear- Shifting Leadership ............................................... 181 Principle 2: Weakness Improvement in Gear- Shifting Leadership ............................................... 182 Principle 3: Prioritized Enhancement in Gear- Shifting Leadership ............................................... 183 Principle 4: Preparatory Development of Gear- Shifting Leadership ............................................... 183 Index .................................................................................................... 185

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The US is still trying to figure out how China got to do an end-run around US management theory and practice. In this book Gear-Shifting Leadership, author and business leader Leon Cai, who lives in Shanghai, sets out leadership and management as seen by leaders who have only known fast, aggressive growth and the ability to overcome obstacles that would fell almost all of us. Ted Prince, founder and CEO of Perth Leadership Institute Using practical models, tools and examples, Gear-Shifting Leadership shows how to successful apply a broad array of proven management techniques. The reader will leave with an interrelated framework to navigate management and leadership challenges. Robert Calvin author of Entrepreneurial Management and Sales Management -- both part of The McGraw-Hill Executive MBA Series My friend, Mr. Leon Cai, has absorbed many strong leadership lessons from international speakers whom he worked with. I believe that the best lessons from Western teachers have been assimilated by Leon Cai into a coherent master structure tailored for audiences all over the world. I applaud Leon Cai's work and urge students of leadership to take advantage of the broad-based wisdom in his book. Larry Donnithorne, author of The West Point Way of Leadership


The US is still trying to figure out how China got to do an end-run around US management theory and practice. In this book Gear-Shifting Leadership, author and business leader Leon Cai, who lives in Shanghai, sets out leadership and management as seen by leaders who have only known fast, aggressive growth and the ability to overcome obstacles that would fell almost all of us. Ted Prince, founder and CEO of Perth Leadership Institute Using practical models, tools and examples, Gear-Shifting Leadership shows how to successful apply a broad array of proven management techniques. The reader will leave with an interrelated framework to navigate management and leadership challenges. Robert Calvin author of Entrepreneurial Management and Sales Management -- both part of The McGraw-Hill Executive MBA Series My friend, Mr. Leon Cai, has absorbed many strong leadership lessons from international speakers whom he worked with. I believe that the best lessons from Western teachers have been assimilated by Leon Cai into a coherent master structure tailored for audiences all over the world. I applaud Leon Cai's work and urge students of leadership to take advantage of the broad-based wisdom in his book. Larry Donnithorne, author of The West Point Way of Leadership


The US is still trying to figure out how China got to do an end-run around US management theory and practice. In this book Gear-Shifting Leadership, author and business leader Leon Cai, who lives in Shanghai, sets out leadership and management as seen by leaders who have only known fast, aggressive growth and the ability to overcome obstacles that would fell almost all of us. Ted Prince, founder and CEO of Perth Leadership Institute Using practical models, tools and examples, Gear-Shifting Leadership shows how to successful apply a broad array of proven management techniques. The reader will leave with an interrelated framework to navigate management and leadership challenges. Robert Calvin author of Entrepreneurial Management and Sales Management -- both part of The McGraw-Hill Executive MBA Series My friend, Mr. Leon Cai, has absorbed many strong leadership lessons from international speakers whom he worked with. I believe that the best lessons from Western teachers have been assimilated by Leon Cai into a coherent master structure tailored for audiences all over the world. I applaud Leon Cai’s work and urge students of leadership to take advantage of the broad-based wisdom in his book. Larry Donnithorne, author of The West Point Way of Leadership


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"Leon Cai is a global partner of Perth Leadership Institute and represents Perth in Shanghai, China. He is also the Dean as well as Chief Consultant of Wilner Sales & Leadership Institute. Leon was once ranked among the top ten most influential Chinese trainers and was the winner of the ""Honor China Award"". He was recommended by the Discovery Channel of CCTV (Central TV station of China) as a leading figure in China’s training and consulting industry. Leon Cai graduated from Fudan University, a top-level university in China. He had been a management consultant in a renowned consulting firm and a senior marketing director in a fortune 500 company before starting his career as a trainer, speaker and writer. He was certified as ""writer of the year"" by Enterprise Management Publishing house as well as China Fortune Press. Leon Cai is the author of many bestsellers in China. Besides Gear-shifting Leadership, he has also published Key Controlling Points of Sales Management; Soft Negotiation; Blue Marketing, Red Sales; Left -Hand Service, Right-Hand Sales; and Strategic Selling."

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