The Leadership Crash Course: A 6-Step Fast-Track Self-Development Program [Paperback]

Paul Taffinder (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2000

A unique guide to one of the hottest topics in business today, designed for busy managers and executives who need to develop strong leadership skills - now.

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About the Author

Paul Taffinder is an Associate Partner at Andersen Consulting. Formerly a director of Coopers & Lybrand until 1998, he joined Andersen Consulting to concentrate on helping clients with the leadership of complex change. Following a Master's degree and then PhD in organizational psychology - and what he describes as "a mercifully brief career in the mining industry" - he turned his attention to organizational research and consultancy, becoming passionately interested in the shape of corporations to come and the importance of the socio-psychological driving forces that underlie the world of business. His first book The New Leaders looked specifically at the role of leadership and change, an area in which he has years of in-depth experience consulting internationally. A provocative speaker at international conferences, he is emerging as one of the foremost thinkers on the psychology of organizational change, tenaciously challenging uncritical management orthodoxy, raising the ambition of business leaders, and is now the winner of the prestigious MCA prize. You can e-mail Paul Taffinder at: [e-mail] The Wiley web-site address is: www.wiley.co.uk

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Kogan Page Business Books; 1st edition (April 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0749431423
• ISBN-13: 978-0749431426
• Product Dimensions: 0.5 x 6.8 x 8.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,876,420 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Dr. Paul Taffinder is the founder and Managing Partner of Taffinder Consulting, specializing in CEO advice on strategy, leadership and organizational performance. A recognized expert on leadership and organizational behavior, he advises top executives of Global 500 companies on large-scale change and specializes in CEO-led transformation. His 20-year consulting career has spanned a broad range of industries, including aerospace, automotives, electronics, energy, financial services, insurance and media.

Dr. Taffinder has also written extensively about leadership and change, beginning with his first book, The New Leaders (Kogan Page), in 1995. His second book, Big Change (Wiley), won the prestigious Business Management Book of the Year Award in 1999 for what the judges called his inspirational approach to corporate transformation. The first edition of his latest book, The Leadership Crash Course (Kogan Page, 2000), was republished in seven languages, and a new, significantly revised second edition was released in March 2006.

In addition to writing, he speaks regularly at conferences and to the press. His views have been quoted in leading publications such as The New York Times, Fortune, the International Herald Tribune, the Financial Times, The Times, The Times Educational Supplement, The Independent, The Observer, The Guardian and Industry Week. Broadcast interviews have aired on BBC Business News, Bloomberg Television, European Business News (EBN), BBC Radio and Capital Radio, among other stations.

Prior to founding Taffinder Consulting, Dr. Taffinder was a Partner at strategy firm Marakon Associates as well as Mercer Delta. Before that, he was a Partner at Accenture, where he led the Organization and Change Strategy practice in the UK. Previously, he held a number of management roles in the mining and professional services industries. Dr. Taffinder is also a Chartered Psychologist and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society as well as a Visiting Professor at Goldsmiths College, University of London and sits on the Advisory Board of the University's Prospect & Innovation Unit.

Education
B.A. (Honors), Masters and Ph.D. degrees in Organizational Psychology, Witswatersrand (Wits) University in Johannesburg.