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Leading forward : successful public leadership amidst complexity, chaos, and change / Tim A. Flanagan and John S. Lybarger ; cover design by Michael Cook.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Flanagan, Tim A., 1955-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leadership.
- Strategic planning.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (258 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco, California : Jossey-Bass, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Explains the four dimensions of effective leadership for leaders in the public sphere There is a wealth of advice available for corporate leaders, but little in the way of leadership guidance for those in government agencies. Leading Forward fills that gap by providing a development framework and assessment tool based on the four dimensions of effective leadership-empowerment, fairness, leaders, and supervisors. These four dimensions are critical competencies that leaders must develop in order to succeed now and in the future. Based on years of working with agency leaders at
- Contents:
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Agile learning capability
- Adept with ambiguity
- Adroit at thinking strategically
- Ambitious drive to excellence
- Public service assessment and personal leadership development plan
- Epilogue and acknowledgments
- Appendix a: four themes and five independent factors
- Appendix b: suggested reading
- References
- About the authors
- Index.
- Notes:
- "With Online Assessment"--Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-118-45374-3
- 1-118-45376-X
- OCLC:
- 862575356
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