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Author:   Len Sperry ,  Harry Levinson
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Brunner-Routledge
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.20cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.498kg
ISBN:  

9781583910832

ISBN 10:   1583910832
Pages:   237
Publication Date:   05 July 2002
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

"Foreword Acknowledgments Introduction Part I:The Effective Executive Leader 1. Profiles of Leadership Effectiveness Three Basic Premises About Leadership Effectiveness The Nature of Executive Leadership The Value-Added Benefits of Executive Leadership Patterns of Leadership Effectiveness Concluding Note 2. Leadership Models and Research Contributions From Leadership Models and Theories Contributions From Qualitative Research Contributions From Quantitative Research Competentcies of Effective Executive Leadership The Need for an Integrative Model of Executive Leadership An Integrative Model of Leadership Effectiveness Concluding Note 3. Leadership Skills and Competencies Skills, Knowledge, Talents, and Competencies Leadership Skills Leadership Talents Leadership Competencies Leadership Competencies in the Leader Profiles Concluding Note 4. Personality and Leadership Styles Character and Leadership Personality Styles of Executives Executive Personality Styles by Level of Function Leadership Styles of Executives Concluding Note 5. The Context of Leadershp Contextual Components Impacting the Executive Organizational Dynamics: Organizational Subsystems Organizational Dynamics: Developmental Stages Highly Effective Organizations Concluding Note Part II:Strategies for Maximizing Productivity and Health 6. Assessment Strategies Executive Profiling Assessing Leadership Skills and Competencies Leader Styles Assessment Assessing Situation: Organizational and Family Dynamics Assessing Synchronism or ""Fit"" Pre-Intervention Strategy Executive Profiling: A Case Report Concluding Note 7. Intervention Strategies Organizational Consultation Leadership Development Executive Policy Advisement Executive Consultation Executive Coaching Executive Counseling Executive Health Promotion Concluding Note 8. Executive Coaching Strategies Viewpoints and Definitions of Executive Coaching Executive Coaching, Consultation, and Counseling Economic Benefits of Executive Coaching The Practice of Coaching Three Basic Types of Executive Coaching Concluding Note 9. Executive Counseling Strategies Executive Counseling, as Distinct from Consultation and Coaching Executive Counseling with Dual-Career Couples Work-Focused Psychotherapy Concluding Note 10. Executive Consultation Strategies Executive Consultation as Distinct from Coaching and Counseling Types of Executive Consultation Evaluation in Executive Consultation Personal Advisement in Executive Consultation Concluding Note 11. Executive Health Strategies The Impact of Executive Health on Corporations Health Issues of Executive Women A Model of Executive Health Positive Psychology and Executive Health Consulting on Executive Health Noncerns Concluding Note Appendix A: Leadership Skills and Competencies Appendix B: Personality Styles in Executives by Level of Functioning Index"

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Dr. Sperry is a leader in the use of character assessment in the executive selection process. Overall, I think that Effective Leadership is a winner! An especially attractive aspect of Effective Leadership is the focus on female executives and executive character. -- Paul Lloyd, Ph.D., President, Lloyd & Associates, and Past President of the APA Society of Consulting Psychology It is an interesting and intriguing book to read... This author knows his subject and loves it! This is more than just another book on executive coaching; it acknowledges and integrated other practices of promoting and enhancing executive health and performance. -- Maureen E. White, Assistant Director, University of San Francisco, Sacramento Regional Campus

Dr. Sperry is a leader in the use of character assessment in the executive selection process. Overall, I think that Effective Leadership is a winner! An especially attractive aspect of Effective Leadership is the focus on female executives and executive character. <br>- Paul Lloyd, Ph.D., President, Lloyd & Associates, and Past President of the APA Society of Consulting Psychology <br> It is an interesting and intriguing book to read... This author knows his subject and loves it! This is more than just another book on executive coaching; it acknowledges and integrated other practices of promoting and enhancing executive health and performance. <br>-Maureen E. White, Assistant Director, University of San Francisco, Sacramento Regional Campus <br>

"""Dr. Sperry is a leader in the use of character assessment in the executive selection process. Overall, I think that Effective Leadership is a winner! An especially attractive aspect of Effective Leadership is the focus on female executives and executive character."" -- PaulLloyd, Ph.D., President, Lloyd & Associates, and Past President of the APA Society of Consulting Psychology ""It is an interesting and intriguing book to read... This author knows his subject and loves it! This is more than just another book on executive coaching; it acknowledges and integrated other practices of promoting and enhancing executive health and performance."" -- Maureen E. White, Assistant Director, University of San Francisco, Sacramento Regional Campus"

Author Information

Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D., has served as a senior executive and has consulted with executives throughout the U.S. and abroad for over thirty years. He has designed and implemented leadership development programs for several corporations and has taught and directed a graduate program in health leadership. Among his publications are over one hundred articles and chapters on executives and workplace dynamics and four books on working with executives and organizations.

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