An innovative framework for enhancing leadership skills in any situation
Businesses today have a vital need to create individuals who can positively and progressively fill leadership roles at every level of their organizations. An award-winning leadership practitioner, Peter J. Dean has developed an exclusive method that shows how every interaction and every encounter holds opportunities for leadership. Leadership for Everyone provides the knowledge, tools, and advice to produce "everyday, everywhere" leaders who influence each situation in which they're involved as they reinforce organizational effectiveness and productivity.
Managers and development professionals will learn how to move beyond simple employee supervision to develop self-directed teams that share positive ideas and goals while working beyond the status quo. The seven learnable skills in the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. MethodTM are:
Businesses today have a vital need to create self-directed employees--individuals who can positively and progressively fill leadership roles at every level of their organizations. But where will all these leaders come from? Award-winning leadership practitioner Dr. Peter Dean asserts that wherever interaction exists, so does the opportunity for leadership. Employees who share positive intentions, creative ideas, and laudable goals or who express insights that allow others to work beyond the status quo are, according to Dean, "everyday, everywhere leaders" who can and should be tapped due to their remarkable potential.
Leadership for Everyone reveals how you can become such an influencer, mentor, and teacher, regardless of your title or position. Dean explains why leaders exist at all levels of the company--from the shop floor to the boardroom--and gives you a proven framework for asserting yourself as a leader in any situation. Whether you communicate with coworkers, managers, suppliers, or customers, Dean shows you how to practice leadership with every interaction, providing tools and advice you can use immediately to expand your influence and improve your leadership abilities.
Based on Dean's popular L.E.A.D.E.R.S. MethodTM, which he developed during his many years of leadership study and experience, Leadership for Everyone reveals seven critical skills you must possess to perform as a true leader:
Listen to learn
Empathize with emotions
Attend to aspirations
Diagnose and detail
Engage for good ends
Respond with respectfulness
Speak with specificity
Dean presents guidelines for honing these skills through everyday practice in your actions and conversations. This will enable you to have greater influence in all the spheres of your life--both at work and at home--and prepare you to accept and attract more responsibility. Dean also offers you solutions and tactics to reinforce the effectiveness and productivity of your organization.
The L.E.A.D.E.R.S. MethodTM takes courage, honesty, the ability to keep your own ego needs at bay--and persistent commitment. By meeting these challenges, Leadership for Everyone is guaranteed to lead you to success.
An innovative way to enhance leadership skills in any situation
Regardless of rank, title, or station in life, anyone can be a leader. That's the assertion of Dr. Peter Dean, award-winning leadership practitioner. Today's organizations demand self-directed employees at every level--leaders that can work for them--and this book holds the key to developing and enhancing leadership abilities in any situation.
Based on Dean's popular, proven L.E.A.D.E.R.S. MethodTM, Leadership for Everyone gives you the techniques and tools to master seven essential skills that will enable you to become an "everyday, everywhere" leader. You'll see how to seize the potential in any and every interaction to lead, positively and authentically. You'll influence each situation in which you're involved as you reinforce organizational effectiveness and productivity. And you'll share positive ideas and goals while working beyond the status quo.
Become a proactive contributor to any effort or team
Harness the power of interpersonal relationships
Confront, analyze, and work through any situation
Create a mentoring, non-threatening environment for colleagues
Fulfill your company's strategic vision
About the Author
Peter J. Dean, Ph.D., holds the O. Alfred Granum Chair in Management at The American College, where he is an award-winning associate professor of management and leadership. The author of numerous papers and the recipient of several awards for teaching excellence from Wharton and Penn State, among others, Dean is an active consultant who has worked with such companies as Rockwell International., DuPont, Motorola, Sprint, and Johnson & Johnson.
Peter J. Dean, Ph.D. heads Leaders By Design™, the men's leadership development and executive coaching division of The Leader's Edge™. With over 30 years of national and international experience in the industry, Peter bases his executive coaching and consulting on current reviews of literature and research from the ever-expanding field of leadership development and the best practices in character development and executive coaching. Leaders By Design helps male executives recognize and understand the intricacies inherent in global leadership and dealing with change across cultures and sub-cultures.
Peter has consulted and coached for Shire, DuPont, Merrill Lynch, Unisys, Microsoft, Johnson & Johnson, BMS, IBC, Rohm & Haas, AstraZeneca, GlaxoSmithKline, Enzon Pharmaceuticals, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Lockheed-Martin, Oak Ridge National Laboratories, National Security Agency, American Airlines, US Department of Energy, PECO Energy, Wilmington Trust, General Motors, Motorola University, Holiday Inn, Woodlawn Trustees Inc, Wawa, Lincoln Financial, ARAMARK, University of the Sciences in Philadelphia, and U.S. Trust. Dr. Dean worked in Europe and Asia for 8 years and has lectured, consulted and/or coached in 14 countries.
Dr. Dean's articles have been published in the Journal of Business Ethics, Human Resource Development Quarterly, Performance Improvement Quarterly, Performance Improvement Journal, Quarterly Review of Distance Education, Australian Journal of Educational Technology, Financial Times, Philadelphia Business Journal, Wealth and Retirement Planner, and GAMA International Journal.
For 15 years he was a lecturer in Communication, Ethics and Leadership at The Wharton School and the Fels Center of Government both at The University of Pennsylvania. Also, Peter held the O. Alfred Granum Chair in Management at The American College in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania where he was a Management and Leadership professor and ran the MSM in Leadership graduate degree program. In addition, he has been on the faculty at Fordham University, University of Tennessee, Pennsylvania State University, and the University of Iowa. Peter holds his Ph.D. in Learning Psychology and Human Resources Management from the University of Iowa and a MS degree in Organizational Dynamics from the University of Pennsylvania.
He was Editor in Chief of Performance Improvement Quarterly from 1996 to 2002. In 1994, he edited the book Performance Engineering at Work; co-authored an instructional manual for the book Managing Business Ethics; co-edited four books in the Performance Improvement Pathfinder series in 1997; and co-edited The Physician's Essential MBA. He co-authored the book Philosophy and Practice of Learning, Performance and Change in 2001 and authored Leadership for Everyone published by McGraw-Hill in 2005. His newest book, Breaking Into the Boys' Club, came out in May 2009.
Peter has taught courses in business strategy and environment, business ethics, psychology, anthropology, managerial communication, organizational change leadership, sociology, social problems in cities, systems of human resource development, performance improvement and technology, human relations, organizational learning, educational psychology, and qualitative and quantitative research methodologies.
Peter was the recipient of the 1999 Excellence in Teaching Award at The Wharton School; the 1999 Outstanding Faculty Member for the Physician Executive MBA Program offered on the internet by the University of Tennessee; the 1995 MBA Core Curriculum Cluster Teaching Award at The Wharton School; and the 1993 Excellence in Teaching Award at Penn State University at Great Valley.
This review is from: Leadership for Everyone: How to Apply The Seven Essential Skills to Become a Great Motivator, Influencer, and Leader (Hardcover)
This author is thoughtful, research oriented and very human. His comments are supported by his research and his life experience, both of which are very impressive. I loved the book and feel it should be a must read for everyone wanting to improve their skills. He expands the view of leadership to include how we react and respond to all people not only as "leader" in our job titles but how we can conduct ourselves as a leader in a multitude of roles. Great book.
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Last semester I had the fortunate opportunity to meet and get to know Dr. Dean through a class, and I found his book truly insightful. As a student, I look for books that will teach me concise, solid concepts that I can put to use the very next day. Leadership for Everyone fits this description perfectly.
There is a chapter representing each concept of the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. method and each chapter is broken down into smaller sections. Really important points are bulleted, so when you open a page, the things you need to take away are staring right at you. Although I had to read this book for a class, I have found myself referring back to it even after the class ended. One of the chapters that stands out in my mind especially is 'Speak with Specificity'. Other books I have read of a similar genre seem to overlook the importance of clear communication, and Dr. Dean breaks it down really well in this chapter. It is a simple concept, but it makes a huge difference in the way people perceive a leader and the outcomes that follow.
In a sentence: It's an easy read (just nine chapters) that leaves you with a lot to reflect on and a set of tools to become a better leader.
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As a college student, this book gave me the guidance that I needed to develop my leadership skills. Leadership development training is something that as an upcoming professional, I will carry with me throughout my career. "Leadership for Everyone" is written in a well organized way that is easy to understand. It provides real world examples that allow the reader to reflect on their own personal interactions. After you finish this book you will find yourself using the seven essential skills of the L.E.A.D.E.R.S. method each and everyday.
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