Ingredients of Leadership [Audio CD]

James E. Lukaszewski (Author), ABC (Author), APR (Author), Fellow PRSA (Author), CCEP (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 11, 2007

If you're a leader, work with leaders, or want to have impact on leaders and leadership, this professional development CD is for you. Besides the big title, what makes a leader a leader? How do we help leaders lead? What s the nature of the personal power leaders seem to have? Can you get some? Can you give some? One common feature of all leaders is the gut-level desire to transform an organization how the organization thinks, works, and achieves goals. Top-level leadership is (or wants to be) the transforming force that energizes people and organizations. The crucial step in both becoming a leader and helping others become leaders is mastering your agenda understanding what you're about. This step is also about building a thorough understanding of how leaders lead and thinking in terms of the specific behaviors that move organizations and people into the future. Helping others become extraordinary individuals is essential because leaders are extraordinary people. That's the payoff. For most of us, even those already in leadership positions, much of what we do is learned on-the-job, every day. What behaviors, attitudes, and expectations keep this daily on-the-job training process moving forward for the benefit of others as well as for ourselves? The question every leader repeatedly asks is, How can I effectively move the organization forward in some incremental way, every day? When loyalty is at a premium, and markets and workplaces seem unstable, what is that force that can bring focus and forward momentum to leadership and the organization? There are critical behaviors that important people, successful executives, and true leaders use to move people and processes forward. These behaviors are the key ingredients of leadership. The more of these ingredients leaders take to heart, teach, and expect of others, the more power the leaders will have to achieve their own objectives as well as to help others achieve theirs. Listen and learn from Jim Lukaszewski, an acknowledged teacher of leaders. Most of his practice involves helping leaders learn how to be better, and working with outstanding individuals who want to become extraordinary people. During this 52-minute program, Jim shares what he teaches leaders to help them grow. He provides powerful and interesting insights into how leaders become leaders and how you can help that process occur. He also talks about several key areas of leadership building: 1. Mastering your own agenda 2. The downsides of leadership 3. Leadership failure habits 4. The commitment of leaders 5. The virtues of leadership 6. The ingredients of leadership 7. How to know you re making a difference Jim will help you understand the key the ingredients of leadership during this intensive and energetic presentation. The titles of the tracks on this CD are: 1. Introduction 2. Use Positive Language 3. Be Constructive 4. Be Prompt 5. Be Outcome Focused 6. Be Reflective 7. Be Pragmatic 8. Be a Yes Person 9. Focus on the 5% 10. Be a Finisher 11. Positive Incremental Improvement 12. It's Up to You 13. Questions Leaders Ask 14. Achieving Success

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About the Author

James E. Lukaszewski (loo-ka-SHEV-skee) advises, coaches, and counsels the men and women who run large corporations and organizations. The bulk of his practice is in the Western Hemisphere, although he helps clients in most parts of the world. He is an expert in managing and counteracting tough, touchy, sensitive corporate communications issues. He is frequently retained by senior management to directly intervene and manage the resolution of corporate problems and bad news. The situations he helps resolve often involve conflict, controversy, community action, or activist opposition. The fastest growing portion of his practice involves civil and criminal litigation. His clients will tell you that he is a pragmatist and straight shooter. He is a teacher, thinker, coach, and friend with the unique ability to help executives look at problems from a variety of principled perspectives. He teaches clients how to think through and strategize in new ways and to take appropriate, highly focused, ethically appropriate action. He is one of the few who can and truly does coach CEOs. He is a prolific author (several books, hundreds of articles), lecturer (corporate, college and university), trainer, counselor, and public speaker. His 1992 book, Influencing Public Attitudes: Strategies that Reduce the Media s Power, remains a classic work in the field of direct communication. More recently, the Public Relations Society of America published his 4-volume Executive Action Crisis Communication Management System: War Stories and Crisis Communication Strategies, An Anthology; Crisis Communication Planning Strategies, A Workbook; Crisis Communication Plan Components and Models: Crisis Communication Management Readiness; and Media Relations During Emergencies, A Guide. Since 1994, he has published 25 monographs on critical communication subjects. He is an internationally recognized speaker on crisis management, ethics, media relations, public affairs, and reputation preservation and restoration. Visiting his Web site, www.e911.com, is like attending the University of Crisis Management. An accredited member of the International Association of Business Communicators (ABC) and the Public Relations Society of America (APR), Mr. Lukaszewski is a member of the PRSA's College of Fellows (Fellow PRSA) and Board of Ethics & Professional Standards. He is recognized by the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics as a Certified Compliance and Ethics Professional (CCEP) and is a member and speaker for ASIS International (American Society for Industrial Security). He is a civilian advisor to several federal agencies. He lectures annually at the U.S. Marine Corp's East Coast Commander's Media Training Symposium and was the second recipient of its Drew Middleton Award. He is affiliated with New York University's School of Continuing and Professional Studies, a guest lecturer at Columbia University, and a member of the Ancell School of Business Dean's Advisory Council, Western Connecticut State University. He is the recipient of Ball State University's 2004 National Public Relations Achievement Award, 2004 Patrick Jackson Award for Distinguished Service to PRSA, 2005 PR News Lifetime Achievement Award, 2006 Lloyd B. Dennis Distinguished Leadership Award, and named 2007 Minnesota Metropolitan State University Alumnus of the Year and 2007 Practitioner of the Year by the Southern New England chapters of the PRSA. His biography is listed in Marquis Who s Who in America, and included in Contemporary Legends of Public Relations, a book published by Grand Valley State University in 2007. His name also appeared in Corporate Legal Times as one of 28 Experts to Call When All Hell Breaks Loose, and in PR Week as one of 22 crunch-time counselors who should be on the speed dial in a crisis.

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: The Lukaszewski Group Inc. (June 11, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1883291488
• ISBN-13: 978-1883291488
• Product Dimensions: 4.8 x 4.5 x 0.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 ounces
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,008,846 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)