The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams [Hardcover]

John D.W. Beck (Author), Neil M. Yeager (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 18, 2001 | ISBN-10: 0891061606 | ISBN-13: 978-0891061601 | Edition: 2nd Edition

In this new edition, Beck and Yeager provide managers and team leaders with a proven approach to getting results and motivating people that has been tested and refined in more than 10 years of use with Fortune 500 companies as well as smaller organizations.

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Reader friendly, immensely practical, well illustrated. Illuminating! A great read for anyone trying to live the 7 Habits at work. -- Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

From the Publisher

Amidst the sound and fury of today's constantly changing and always uncertain business world, leadership and teamwork are essential for success. Since the release of the 1st edition over seven years ago, much has changed in the marketplace. For example, consider the transformation of the global economy, dot-coms come and go, merchandising companies transformed into "click and mortar" entities, financial services firms gobbling each other up, industrial giants consolidating at a dizzying rate, the heightened competition for technologically savvy professionals, and the arrival of Gen X as a demographic force. It's easy to see how the ability to attract, develop, and retain talent has become an even more formidable leadership task than it was when the world was simpler and more predictable.

Fortunately THE LEADER'S WINDOW explains that the key to taming this beast called 21st-Century Business is unlocking the formidable power of the L4 System, a set of strategies for assessing leadership style and developing the skills needed to become a more effective leader.

High-praise and endorsements have come from Stephen R. Covey, author of "The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People;" Ramani Ayer, Chairman and CEO, The Hartford Financial Services Group; Joshua Boger, Chairman and CEO, Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.,; J. Kevin Schmidt, Vice President, Human Resources, Saint-Gobain Abrasives-North America; Jack D. Orsburn, author of "Self-Directed Work Teams;" and many more.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 288 pages
• Publisher: Nicholas Brealey Publishing; 2nd Edition edition (September 18, 2001)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0891061606
• ISBN-13: 978-0891061601
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.3 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #675,745 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Should be on every leader?s bookshelf., July 11, 2003

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Leo E. Walsh "ebraynz" (Mentor, Oh United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams (Hardcover)

I have applied the Blanchard-Hersey Situational Leadership model for years with much success. The book I relied on, "Management of Organizational Behavior," was good but, being an MBA level text, was more theoretical than "how-to." The only other book I have seen on Situational Leadership is "Leadership and the One-Minute Manager," which was the exact opposite: Too simple.

This book combines the textbook's rigor with "One-Minute-style," easy to understand case studies to bring the model to life. Further, it is a how-to manual, which teaches you how to lead effectively using the model. You will learn: The development and intervention cycles, how to avoid being a "Leave `em alone, the zap `em" style manager, and how to properly empower a team, keeping control while simultaneously freeing people. You accomplish this by carefully modulating your relating and task-oriented behaviors in response to your report's motivationand skill. A proper match between employee readiness and a manager's approach generally leads to a more productive, harmonious work place.

This book is a classic. Along with the aforementioned text written by Paul Hersey and Ken Blachard (Of "One Minute Manager" fame), this book and Aubrey Daniels' behavioral modification how-to book, "Bringing the Best Out Of People" should be on every leader's bookshelf

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A great "visual" for teaching Situational Leadership., February 11, 1999

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This review is from: The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams (Paperback)

Leadership styles, communication styles, coaching for performance, and situational leadership are very important philsophies in our Telcom Industry. We use The Leader's Window as part of our leadership development courses and find it very practical, application's based, and an effective training tool that aligns with our training programs. Even though it is dated 1994, the concepts are timeless.

8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great down-to-earth practitioner's guide, November 21, 1998

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This review is from: The Leader's Window: Mastering the Four Styles of Leadership to Build High-Performing Teams (Paperback)

This book is great reading for anyone who is trying to make sense of their role as a leader. It first sets out 4 clear leadership styles, and then marries the styles simply to 4 different types of business situations. What I loved about this book was the simplicity, which helped me do two things: first thoughtfully apply the concepts to analyze my past experiences, and second, to use it effectively in my interactions with my teams.