Lead like a guide : how world-class mountain guides inspire us to be better leaders / Christopher I. Maxwell, PhD ; foreword by Rodrigo Jordan, PhD, Mt. Everest and K2 Expedition Leader.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Maxwell, Christopher I.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Mountaineering guides (Persons).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (161 p.)

Distribution:

London : Bloomsbury Publishing (UK), 2024

Place of Publication:

Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, [2016]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Discover the leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides and see how developing and applying these principles can help you reach for the highest summits in work-and in life. This intriguing approach to business and personal success introduces six leadership strengths of world-class mountain guides: demonstrating social intelligence; adopting a flexible leadership style; empowering others; facilitating the development of trust; managing risk in an environment of uncertainty; and seeing the big picture. The premise is that these same strengths provide a valuable model in the workplace and other networks, whether one is already in a leadership position or aspiring to get there. The result of more than a decade of research combined with the author's personal experience, the book explains how mountain guides coach people to reach for their highest goals in the most challenging environments, often enabling them to far exceed what they imagined possible. The same principles can be applied in business and elsewhere. To set readers on the right path, the author explains six strengths of guides, incorporating interviews and quotes from guides and expedition participants to illustrate leadership lessons and show how they can be successfully used off the slopes. The book also provides a checklist of action steps readers can follow to foster skill development.

Contents:

Cover ; Advance Praise for Lead Like a Guide; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright; Epigraphs; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; One: Boots on the Ground: Developing leaders through challenging expeditions ; Two: Vertical: Leveraging social skills and uncertainty ; Three: Exum Mountain Guides: Leadership and excellence in the home of American mountaineering ; Four: The Making of a Guide: Leadership lessons from Patagonia and the Grand Teton ; Five: Guides Are Socially Intelligent: The importance of building and maintaining positive relationships

Six: Guides Are Adaptable: Using the right leadership style at the right time Seven: Guides Empower Others to Reach Their Own Summits: Providing the space for growth and development ; Eight: Guides Facilitate the Development of Trust: Reliability in the face of contingent outcomes ; Nine: Guides Manage Risk in an Environment of Uncertainty: Finding the balance between risk and safety ; Ten: Guides See the Big Picture: The meaning of the journey ; Eleven: Leading Like a Guide: One expedition participant's experience in the workplace ; Notes; Index; About the Guides; About the Author

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9798400677526

9798216109761

9781440844171

1440844178

Publisher Number:

10.5040/9798400677526