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Leslie L. Kossoff (Author)
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August 17, 1999
Executive Thinking stands alone as the book that shows how any executive, manager, supervisor, or team leader today can create or communicate his or her vision, then develop the organizational systems and structures needed to gain commitment, establish alignment, and ensure success for themselves, their employees, and their organization.

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Kossoff, a consultant whose firm specializes in executive development, presents her thesis on executive thinking, which she defines as "the human and organizational manifestation of the executive's dreams, goals, and vision." To her, "dreams" are detailed, exquisite, tangible pictures of what the organization can, should, and will be, and "vision for the corporation" is an active concept, real and tangible, strategically based and task supported. Successful executives ensure that others see and understand the dreams and vision and lead the organization to transforming them into reality. The dreams must be shared, and everyone must become involved as an active participant. Kossoff's concept of dreams includes knowledge, experience, and observation of other organizations to determine which organizations the executive admires or does not admire and why. We learn that executives need to develop "dreaming" skills in order to make them a habit of their leadership. Teaching executive thinking to corporate management is the author's business, and this book can serve as an infomercial for her services. Mary Whaley

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Dreams: The Key to Leadership In this compelling essay on leadership, author Kossoff offers the deceptively simple thesis that an organization draws its life and breath from the dreams of its chief executive. For many, dreaming connotes time-wasting pondering of unrealistic or impractical goals and ideas. For Kossoff, dreaming is what separates managers from leaders. It is, as she explains in the first part of the book, at the heart of executive thinking. As Kossoff leads the reader through conviction, commitment, and collaboration, she reveals the traps (and solutions) that lie on the path to the dream. Executive Thinking marks a return to the book-length essay form of business writing. There are no anecdotes involving famous people or case studies of "disguised" corporate clients. Readers will only find straightforward, insightful advice on what it takes to inspire an organization. -- Executive Book Summaries, December 1999

Kossoff does an admirable job of breaking the approach [executive thinking] into three generally discrete, manageable pieces. Her message is right, and at times it's even moving. Kossoff puts a spin on the concept of trust that is particularly enlightening. Executive Thinking offers a useful alternative model for reviewing senior leadership approaches and effectiveness. -- HR Magazine, December 1999

Kossoff has greatly enriched the management literature with this book. For any manager who has ascended to the top and now has a snazzy title to go along with that promotion, Kossoff has written the "user's manual" to go along with the new organization chart. Thus, the only manager who can lose in the future is the one who pretends to know what executive thinking is all about. The only manager who can be held back by this book is the one who refuses to read it. -- Management General, September 1999

Product Details

  • Hardcover: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing (August 17, 1999)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0891061347
  • ISBN-13: 978-0891061342
  • Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.4 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 8.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #937,888 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Leslie L. Kossoff grew up in Beverly Hills - where she learned early on that all is never as it seems. That knowledge has served her well in her work as an internationally renowned confidential advisor to executives, entrepreneurs and Boards. With a client list that ranges from start-ups to Sony, Leslie has helped industry leaders grow the businesses they always envisioned - but could never quite achieve.

The author of two books, over 100 articles in publications such as FT and IBD, and her blog, Obtuse Angles, Leslie, who is known for her direct, immediately implementable advice, her honesty and her prescience, is now bringing her focus to eGuides and Working Papers for Leadership Quantified, a new ePublishing venture.

As well, she is the author of "Unexpected Beauty: Death, Transcendence and the Five Gifts for Living Your Life" - a very personal story of her experience during the last days of her mother's life.

When not working, Leslie spends as much time as possible in Paris - where she is committed to mastering the art of the French "pfff" and shrug. The language? That's a different story.

 

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Wow! What a Book!, March 30, 2000
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This review is from: Executive Thinking: The Dream, the Vision, the Mission Achieved (Hardcover)
As a chiropractor, nutritionist, author, lecturer and parent, I have had to relate to a variety of people--employees, collegues, independent contractors, patients, students and children.

In EXECUTIVE THINKING, Leslie Kossoff has shown the dynamics of my own thinking, the dynamics of these relationships, and most importantly, how to utilize this information.

Anyone alive should read this book. It applies to every aspect of one's life. I cannot recomment it highly enough. Buy it, read it and integrate its principles into all aspects of your life.

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A coherent, engaging, exploration of executive thinking, September 8, 1999
This review is from: Executive Thinking: The Dream, the Vision, the Mission Achieved (Hardcover)
Leslie Kossoff has written a coherent, engaging, book that makes the topic of executive thinking of vital interest to practitioners yet accessible to the general public. Businesses, schools, health care, even government services, can be helped by leaders who understand and practice characteristics of executive thinking so carefully and brilliantly explained in this book. I have held top executive positions in my more than 40 years in public education. I have been a principal, a superintendent of schools, a college dean, and a US commissioner of elementary and secondary education in Washington, DC. During the last ten years, I served as a university professor in a doctoral program on educational leadership. I marvel at the grasp of the executive role and its challenges shown in this book. If I had come across it earlier, I would have used it in my courses as required reading.
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3.0 out of 5 stars A Solid Effort!, March 19, 2001
This review is from: Executive Thinking: The Dream, the Vision, the Mission Achieved (Hardcover)
Remember the old Broadway song, "You gotta have a dream, or how you gonna have a dream come true?" This is the executive version. Author Leslie L. Kossoff maintains that executives must have - and must clearly and enthusiastically articulate - a dream of what a company can be in order to get everyone else in the company excited, aligned and active. As an executive (or as a climber of that ladder), you may find this a pretty reasonable introduction to leadership, though it could also sound fairly simplistic. Kossoff offers a few non-specific examples, either citing news stories or alluding to individual executives, but primarily she tells us how she thinks successful executives should behave. Like the content, the book's tone also is a little reminiscent of a show tune -not too challenging and enjoyable to hum - but its attitude is sincere. We at getAbstract recommend this refresher as a philosophical pep talk that reminds executives how their approach to their jobs affects the realization of their dreams.
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