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Summary Table of Contents

For courses in Career Development, Job Search Strategies, and Group Dynamics. This brief primer teaches which specific skills matter most for those assuming a leadership role. Readers begin by measuring their current leadership experience and follow a step-by-step method through the chapter sequence which helps extend and refine their leadership insights and techniques. Leadership is discussed in a global context, to help readers succeed in college, career, and personal endeavors.

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Preface	p. v
Surprising Facts About Leaders	p. 1
A Short Book on a Large Topic	p. 2
What Is a Leader?	p. 3
Room for Us All	p. 4
Leadership as Service to Others	p. 6
Where Do Leaders Come From?	p. 7
A Menu of Choices for Leadership Development	p. 8
Assessing Your Leadership Tendencies and Personality Traits	p. 11
The Assessment	p. 12
Your Score	p. 18
Expressing Leadership Vision	p. 21
Where Does Vision Come From?	p. 22
Generating Ideas	p. 24
The Personal Risks of Expressing a Vision	p. 28
Visionary Actions	p. 29
Leadership by Listening	p. 33
The Art of Leadership Listening	p. 35
Why Leaders Often Fail to Listen	p. 40
Keys to Improved Listening	p. 42
What Leaders Gain by Improved Listening	p. 43
Leadership by Building Relationships and Teams	p. 47
Set Aside the Easy Answers	p. 48
Why Do Certain Types of People Bug You?	p. 49
Making Leadership Sense Out of Personality Differences	p. 52
Using Nonverbal Signals to Revolutionize Your Leadership Relationships	p. 53
The Importance of Truthfulness for Leaders and Team Members	p. 60
Leadership by Defining Problems and Reaching Solutions	p. 67
Are You a Theory X or a Theory Y Leader?	p. 68
Do You Practice Leadership by Getting Mad?	p. 70
Do You Walk the Talk?	p. 71
Do You Play Fair with Your People?	p. 72
Are You an Ego-Leader or a Servant-Leader?	p. 73
Leadership by Motivating	p. 75
The Shrinking Power of Money as a Motivator	p. 76
The Involvement Factor	p. 77
Committing to the Involvement Factor	p. 86
Leadership by Delegating Tasks and Responsibilities	p. 89
"Lone Wolf" Leaders	p. 89
Shared Leadership	p. 90
Leadership by Managing Conflict	p. 97
The S.O.P.	p. 98
Language That Encourages Conflict Resolution	p. 102
Learning to Fight the Feeling	p. 103
Leading in the Face of Personal Crisis	p. 104
Preventing Burnout for Team Members	p. 108
Leadership by Supporting and Empowering Participation	p. 115
Participation in Meetings	p. 116
Leading Team Members to Think Well	p. 122
Leading by Supporting Team Knowledge	p. 125
Helping Team Members Respect and See Beyond the Box	p. 128
Index	p. 135
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