Leadership Basics

This book explains how to sustain lean, or, continuous improvement practices. It introduces the BASICS® lean leadership development path, combining the "human aspect" with published BASICS® lean tools. It lays out the methodology to empower, lead, and drive ongoing improvements in your business. The book includes engaging stories and case studies to demonstrate the effectiveness of shop floor management tactics, including visual management tools, gemba walks, standard work, time analysis, kanban, 5S, and more.

This book is classified and organised into three major headings: personal effectiveness, leadership, and communication. It focuses on interpersonal management skills and explains what it takes to improve how frontline managers and supervisors communicate and relate to their employees and customers.

With the start of the 21st Century, information services around the world are facing a host of challenges and changes unique to this era of exponential technological growth. However, this change is further compounded by the high turnover rate in senior positions. Focusing on leadership, this text—ideal for young, emerging managers and supervisors—guides future leaders in making the appropriate choices and decisions in response to and in anticipation of the competition. Authors G. Edward Evans and Patricia Layzell Ward's vast professional experience in a variety of roles and organizations all over the world serves as a strong basis for the advice presented. Leadership Basics for Librarians and Information Professionals includes data from surveys and interviews of leaders in archives, libraries, and other information services arenas, as well as current literature on leadership from both general management and information services fields. All together this book is a solid starting point for young librarians and information professionals seeking to get ahead of the competition, as well as a helpful reminder for seasoned leaders needing a bit of inspiration.

This practical, straightforward guide presents the basic skills, attitudes, and knowledge needed for successful interprofessional collaboration in healthcare. Collaboration is fundamental to quality healthcare, and many regulatory bodies and accrediting agencies now have standards and benchmarks for interprofessional collaboration. This guide brings together in one volume basic collaboration competencies for healthcare professionals. Teamwork, Leadership and Communication serves both as an introduction for novices and as a refresher for experienced practitioners. It provides exceptional learning support for classes, working groups, and self-study. Topics include: Group dynamics, team structures, decision making, shared leadership, conflict management, communication in small groups, stereotyping, liability and more.

Leadership is a totally natural process, always has been and always will be. Leadership in fact has existed throughout human history. The principle of leadership has been going on since the very beginning of humankind. From the early prehistoric times to the Stone age to the Bronze age to the Iron age to the Middle ages to the Industrial revolution era to the 21st century AD, humankind has evolved thanks to one major element: leadership. The Homo Sapiens species has especially developed the need, the desire and the ability to provide leadership for about the past 200000 years on Earth. Humankind has been on a odyssey, the leadership odyssey, throughout all of its history. The most important things in modern life and in history are, first of all, about leadership. Theres truly nothing new under the sun nowadays. Its so simple and so true. Its really too bad certain management theories of the 20th or 21st century AD havent even taught it. The author is truly convinced that all real leaders in history, especially in recent history, have actually lived by precise rules, unconsciously or consciously, that have enabled them to achieve true global leadership. This book is the result of the authors life experience and research and reveals what the author truly believes are the 33 basic rules to live by on a daily basis in order for active men or women with potential, in any walk of life, to achieve true leadership in the 21st century AD and beyond. LEAD TRULY is an innovative handbook about leadership that clearly explains the 33 basic rules one should live by on a daily basis in order to achieve true leadership in life. No other book until now has presented these main rules altogether and this unique approach or concept will hopefully allow many active men and women around the world to succeed in achieving true leadership. LEAD TRULY is a very practical handbook on leadership, based on experience, and is literally a precious guide for anyone - whatever your level of education - who wants to achieve true leadership and succeed in any walk of life. So lead yourself, lead others and lead organizations according to the 33 basic rules presented in LEAD TRULY and you will definitely achieve true leadership in life! Awaken and develop the true leader in you!

Reflecting the rapidly changing information services environment, the third edition of this bestselling title offers updates and a broader scope to make it an even more comprehensive introduction to library management.

Training for frontline managers and supervisors is being ignored as a business improvement tactic at the worst possible time. As management jobs become increasingly complex, we continue to be inundated with the latest methods for improving job performance, along with less time to sort through all this information. Focused on interpersonal management skills, Leadership Basics for Frontline Managers: Tips for Raising Your Level of Effectiveness and Communication explains what it takes to improve how you communicate and relate to your employees, customers, and bosses. It presents 25 chapters grouped into four categories: Personal Effectiveness, Leadership, Communication, and Your Career. After reading this book, you will better understand: How to deal with information overload The best ways to manage during tough times How to handle difficult co-workers How to run more effective meetings The basics of giving and receiving feedback How to manage your career more effectively Each chapter dissects a different management skill and concludes with a list of bullet points to help you take action immediately. By illustrating key concepts with scenarios drawn from a range of work situations, this book is an ideal reference for: Anyone new to a management position Experienced managers who want to sharpen their leadership skills Managers who find themselves managing a diverse group of employees Because the chapters were written to stand on their own, this book supplies guidance you can easily read in short chunks, a few minutes at a time. While the book draws on contemporary management theory, the bulk of the writing stems from the author's real-world experience as a facilitator, trainer, writer, coach, and program designer in both the private and public sectors.