Executive intelligence : the leader's edge / Irving H. Buchen.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Buchen, Irving H., 1930-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Executive ability.

Intellect.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (423 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Md. : Rowman & Littlefield, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Executive Intelligence zeros in on leadership smarts and notes that in all lists compiled by leadership experts, head hunters, and boards of directors the one and only trait that appears in all is intelligence.

Contents:

Defining leadership intelligence

How smart do CEOs have to be?

Only superman or God need apply

Fred Smith and tough intelligence : learning to lead

Intuitive intelligence : mastering the leadership of forecasting

Downsides of visioning : misguided use of the future

Applying intelligence

The emergence of the reciprocal leader : the intelligence of managing and leading networks

The leadership of leadership experts to be

Navigating leadership taxonomies : 5 choices, 5 directions

Leadership demise : paranoia and excesses

Leadership applications of "multiple intelligence" (MI)

Network intelligence and network science

Spotting and developing cross-breeds

Paradigm shift leadership : perils and pitfalls

Basic leadership types : "transformational intelligence"

The profile of the transformational leader

Transformational intelligence

Transformational leaders as CLOs

Foresight of transformational leaders

Transformational coaches : stretch and transition training "transactional intelligence"

The conversations of horizontal leaders

Problem collaboration : the scenario methodologies of horizontal leaders "integrative intelligence"

The intersector leader

The ideology of convergence "innovative intelligence"

Innovation mantra

Innovation prep : CEO conversations "anticipatory intelligence"

Futurizing as the magic bullet

The science fiction model

Anticipatory coaching

Anticipatory intelligence at work : trend testing as future insurance

Overcoming future avoidance

Hybrid intelligence : circular, cyclical and convergent.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

979-82-16-30919-2

1-283-31029-5

9786613310293

1-61048-079-1

OCLC:

759037152