The Prepared Mind of a Leader: Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems
Thinking to stay ahead of change In a complex business climate, people need to make informed decisions and learn how to think flexibly. A leader's most important asset is the ability to sense changes in the environment and adapt to them quickly. The Prepared Mind of a Leader presents an original and effective way to think more flexibly about innovation, strategy, change, and problem solving. It helps leaders anticipate challenges and prepare for both the intended and unintended consequences of change by laying out a program for developing, maintaining, and mobilizing eight key skills: Observing, Challenging, Reflecting, Reasoning, Imagining, Deciding, Learning, and Teaching. These skills provide a framework that the thoughtful leader or manager can use to approach issues of strategy, innovation, and more. Chapters feature interactive tools that will help readers develop each of the key skills. Bill Welter (Bartlett, IL) is President of Adaptive Strategies, a consulting firm focused on helping clients in a wide range of industries to deal with change. Jean Egmon (Wilmette, IL) is Director of the Complexity in Action Network and on the faculty at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.
Format:Hardcover
Language:English
ISBN:0787976806
ISBN13:9780787976804
Release Date:October 2005
Publisher:Jossey-Bass
Length:304 Pages
Weight:0.30 lbs.
Dimensions:1.1" x 6.4" x 9.1"
Customer Reviews
3 ratings
Prepared Leader
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
We are all leaders in our own way. Egmond and Welter provide a practical yet challenging path to help us take this learned skill to the next level. A good read for those willing to reflect upon and challenge their own leadership style with the thought that some new thinking might make them more effective.
Thought provoking and a real call to action!
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 18 years ago
I enjoyed the book, both for the insight it provided and the way that questions were asked. This style forced me to think about the issues and reflect on their meaning to my business life. This is a great book to take on your next airline flight....it will make the time go by quickly.
Here's Something New
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 19 years ago
Most corporate training teaches you what to think. This book teaches you how to think. And how important a skill it is these days, with change coming at breakneck speed and uncertainty at a decades-long high. Above all, "The Prepared Mind" outlines a systematic approach to thinking, even with regard to such seemingly unsystematic activites like imagining. The book is chock-full of theoretical principles and insights, so, unless you have a background in educational theory and psychology, don't expect to breeze through it and magically turn yourself into a Prepared Mind leader. This is information that should be absorbed slowly and reflectively. I found it very helpful to pause often and remember situations where the thinking principles really applied. Bottom line: Opportunities are hard to come by these days. A leaders who is prepared will find them and organize his/her company to exploit them.
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