Developing Leadership Abilities / Edition 2

by Arthur Bell, Dayle Smith Ph.D.

Overview

“What kind of leader am I? What kind of leader will I become?”

Developing Leadership Abilities, Second Edition was written to help college students get on the fast track to becoming a leader. Providing dozens of practical examples, the book moves quickly while giving an organized, readable, and logical analysis of leadership.

The book offers the following pedagogical tools to help students reach their own leadership potential:

v Insights Boxes–throughout the chapters ensure that key points stand out.

v Your Turn features–give frequent opportunities to record personal experiences, insights, impressions, and questions.

v Meet a Leader— Introduces the reader successful leaders college and career environments.

v Personal Leadership Plan—Helps students hone their skills in the leadership realm.

v Assess Your Approach to Leadership –This brief exercise gives students an opportunity for self-reflection and a mirror on how their own background will affect their leadership qualities.

v Summary–Located at the end of each chapter, reinforces the key points.

The book is brief enough to keep student interest and is based on solid empirical data. The book’s conversational and interactive format answers the q uestions: what makes a leader, what do leaders do, and how do leaders overcome problems?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780137152780
Publisher:	Pearson Education
Publication date:	07/06/2009
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	144
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Arthur H. Bell holds his Ph.D. from Harvard University and is Executive Director of MBA Programs and Professor of Management Communication at the University of San Francisco. He is the author of 47 books on management, communication, language, and literature. He held previous teaching positions at Georgetown University and the University of Southern California.

Dayle M. Smith holds her Ph.D. from the Annenberg School, University of South California. She is Director of the Business Honors Program and Professor of Management at the University of San Francisco. She is the author of 12 books on management theory and practice. She held previous teaching positions at Georgetown University and the University of Southern California.

We encourage you to visit this Blog at www.developingleadershipabilities2e.blogspot.com. The authors will be answering student and faculty questions here as well as adding interesting articles and other pieces on leadership.

Read an Excerpt

We have tried to write a book you will want to read. You should not have to accept boredom on your way to becoming a skilled leader.

To make sure that important points stand out, we have highlighted a series of 69. key insights as they occur in the chapters. To help you gather your thoughts, we have included a brief summary at the end of each chapter.

Above all, we have provided space from time to time in the book for you to record your own experiences, insights, impressions, and questions. These are the "Your Turn" features that distinguish this book from most on your shelf. We envision a partnership of sorts in which we do our best to express current, crucial ideas about leadership and you do your best to respond personally and meaningfully to these ideas. Out of such a partnership, we believe; comes the real value of this book: your opportunity for fast-track development as a leader.

We consider your purchase of this book a privileged invitation for us to participate, however briefly, in your growth as a leader. We accept that privilege with deep seriousness and have worked hard to deliver a book that will serve you well.

Table of Contents

Chapter One: Surprising Facts about Leaders

Chapter Two: Assessing Your Leadership Tendencies

Chapter Three: Expressing Leadership Vision

Chapter Four: Leadership by Listening

Chapter Five: Leadership by Building Relationships and Team

Chapter Six: Leadership by Defining Problems and Reaching Solutions

Chapter Seven: Leadership by Motivating