Leaders Who Lead Successfully: Guidelines for Organizing to Achieve Innovation

by Teruni Lamberg

Overview

This book will help readers develop their leadership skills by drawing from a higher purpose to find passion to lead purposefully and creatively. Team leaders will learn how to identify a problem from a 360-degree perspective to meet the needs of the customer and how to select a diverse team that can work synergistically together to innovate. This process involves matching expertise to project and project to expertise. Successful leaders acquire a combination of knowledge and experiences help them make better decisions. Dr. Lamberg also provides strategies for growing as a leader and for making decisions so that project goals and team members’ expertise align to create optimal conditions for thinking and productivity.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781475841343
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	04/05/2018
Pages:	120
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Dr. Teruni Lamberg is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Nevada. She has held many leadership positions and was the Principal Investigator of the Nevada Mathematics Project.

Table of Contents

PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION: WHY STUDY LEADERSHIP?
CHAPTER 1: HOW TO BUILD AN ACTION PLAN
CHAPTER 2: HOW TO ASSEMBLE AN INTERDISCIPLINARY TEAM TO SOLVE A PROBLEM
CHAPTER 3: HOW TO CAPITALIZE ON TEAM EXPERTISE
CHAPTER 4: HOW TO CREATE CONDITIONS TO GENERATE INNOVATIVE IDEAS
CHAPTER 5: MOVING FORWARD
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Editorial Reviews

As we turn the corner from the Information Age to what is arguably the Innovation Age, Dr. Lamberg’s book serves as a vital signpost on our road to the future.

Scott L. Bailey

Lamberg’s book is powerful and practical for educators! It is full of ideas on how to create a Leadership team/system that inspires and motivates others to make a difference.

Jill Ross

Finding ways to inspire teams to work in creative ways is often challenging. How can you provide structure and room to inspire ingenuity? This book provides ideas for working with teacher leaders, district level teams, work with stake-holders and re-think ways to build space for new ideas.

Denise Trakas