Remarkable Leadership: Unleashing Your Leadership Potential One...

Features

• Cover Type: Hard Cover with 288 pages
• Published by: Jossey-Bass
• Edition: 1st Edition August 17, 2007
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 078799619X
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0787996192
• Book Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 1.1 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

From Publishers Weekly
Predicated on the notion that leaders are not born, but are made and remade and made over again, author and consultant Eikenberry provides a guide to honing leadership skills that's succinct and sensible, demonstrating that leading is as much about listening, asking questions and empowering others as it is about charisma and vision. Thirteen chapters enumerate what remarkable leaders do-"learn continually," "communicate powerfully," "influence with impact," "think and act innovatively," etc.-and how they do it. In hopes of narrowing the gap between those who aspire to remarkability and those who've already achieved it, Eikenberry provides plenty of "Now Steps," exercises for evaluating and improving one's position that can be implemented in short order. Obvious but edifying techniques include storytelling practice, journaling and building a network of well-nurtured relationships. Eikenberry also offers online resources ("Bonus Bytes") tied to specific points in the text, available on the book's web site. A solid leadership primer, this book will instruct, if not exactly inspire, anyone looking to manage others more effectively.
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Product Review
Predicated on the notion that leaders are not born, but are made and remade and made over again, author and consultant Eikenberry provides a guide to honing leadership skills that’s succinct and sensible, demonstrating that leading is as much about listening, asking questions and empowering others as it is about charisma and vision. Thirteen chapters enumerate what remarkable leaders do—"learn continually," "communicate powerfully," "influence with impact," "think and act innovatively," etc.—and how they do it. In hopes of narrowing the gap between those who aspire to remarkability and those who’ve already achieved it, Eikenberry provides plenty of "Now Steps," exercises for evaluating and improving one’s position that can be implemented in short order. Obvious but edifying techniques include storytelling practice, journaling and building a network of well-nurtured relationships. Eikenberry also offers online resources ("Bonus Bytes") tied to specific points in the text, available on the book’s web site. A solid leadership primer, this book will instruct, if not exactly inspire, anyone looking to manage others more effectively. (Sept.) (Publishers Weekly Annex, September 2007)

Reader Reviews
In this volume, Kevin Eikenberry introduces and then explains what he characterizes as a "new model" for leadership development. It is based on five principles best revealed within his narrative, in context. The same is true of the six steps to be considered when devising and then implementing the program he recommends, one that requires an integrated approach. Remarkable leaders are those who "learn continually, champion growth, communicate powerfully, build relationships, develop others, focus on customers, influence with impact, think and act innovatively, value collaboration and teamwork, solve problems and make decisions, take responsibility and are accountable, manage projects and processes successfully, set goals, and then support goal achievement." These are indeed highly desirable core competencies. Eikenberry is convinced (and I wholeheartedly agree) that they should be the deliverables of a leadership development program, one that includes but is by no means limited to formal training. On the contrary, Eikenberry is convinced (and I again wholeheartedly agree) that such leadership must be developed at all levels and within all areas of the given enterprise. That is, leadership development should be an on-going process, all day, every day, during each and every interaction between and among those involved. I especially appreciate Eikenberry's skillful insertion of two reader-friendly devices, "Remarkable Principle" and "Bonus Byte," in dozens of passages throughout the book. They serve two important purposes: They emphasize key points and they facilitate, indeed accelerate periodic reviews of those key points after the book has been read. He suggests three options to those who are about to read the book: "Start with a quick full read, and then decide where to focus; browse quickly, and then decide where to start; [or] start with the skill you are most interested in." My own opinion is that selecting the third option would be ill-advised because, presumably, all readers need to strengthen all of the aforementioned attributes and many (if not most) of them are interdependent. For example, "communicate powerfully, build relationships, [and] develop others" are essential to a "focus on customers" that has "influence with impact." Eikenberry devotes a separate chapter to each of the core competencies. Where to begin after the first three (introductory) chapters? Reader's choice. Those who share my high regard for this book are urged to check out Tom Rath's StrengthsFinder 2.0, Marcus Buckingham's Now, Discover Your Strengths, Ram Charan's Know-How, and Judgment co-authored by Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis. Comment | | (Report this)