Reality Based Leadership Self Assessment

The Self-Assessment that helps participants transform themselves into Reality-Based Leaders Based on Cy Wakeman's popular book Reality Based Leadership, the Reality Based Leadership Workshop conveys her candid, humorous approach to organizational dynamics. The Reality Based Leadership model challenges traditional practices and conventional wisdoms in leadership and focuses on Five Core Competencies: reality based thinking organizational alignment capitalizing on change driving results accountability. This Self-Assessment takes participants in the Reality Based Leadership program through the process of examining themselves in relation to the model and begins their journey into becoming Reality-Based Leaders, capable of liberating and inspiring others. Companion to the Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Helps participants examine themselves in relation to Five Core Competencies: reality based thinking, organizational alignment, capitalizing on change, driving results, and accountability Can be used independently to assess leaders' skills This Self-Assessment is the first step in the journey of transforming oneself into a Reality-Based Leader, with the ability to liberate and inspire others. Please note, this is an 8-page self-assessment to be used as part of the Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Training Package.

Leadership strategies grounded in reality and focused on results Recent polls show that 71% of workers think about quitting their jobs every day. That number would be shocking-if people actually were quitting. Worse, they go to work, punching time clocks and collecting pay checks, while completely checked out emotionally. In Reality-Based Leadership, expert Fast Company blogger Cy Wakeman reveals how to be the kind of leader who changes the way people think about and perceive their circumstances-one who deals with the facts, clarifies roles, gives clear and direct feedback, and insists that everyone do the same-without drama or defensiveness. Filled with dynamic examples, innovative tools, and diagnostic tests, this book shows you how to become a Reality-Based Leader, revealing how to: Uncover destructive thought patterns with yourself and others Diffuse drama and lead the person in front of you Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves Equipped with a facts-based, confident approach, you will free yourself from the frustrations you face at work and transform yourself into a Reality-Based Leader, with the ability to liberate and inspire others.

The workbook that helps participants transform themselves into Reality-Based Leaders Based on Cy Wakeman's popular book Reality Based Leadership, the Reality Based Leadership Workshop conveys her candid, humorous approach to organizational dynamics. The Reality Based Leadership model challenges traditional practices and conventional wisdoms in leadership and focuses on Five Core Competencies: reality based thinking organizational alignment capitalizing on change driving results accountability. This Workbook provides exercises and information that walks participants through the stages of the workshop and imbues them with the values and techniques for being reality-based leaders. Companion to the Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Helps participants understand the principles of Reality-Based Leadership and focus on Five Core Competencies: reality based thinking, organizational alignment, capitalizing on change, driving results, and accountability Conveys strategies for bolstering one's ability to lead grounded in reality Enables participants to develop an action plan for leveraging leadership efforts to create an environment of peace, sanity, and results in the workplace As a result of the sessions, and the guidance offered by the Participant Workbook, leaders will return to their workplaces equipped with a facts-based, confident approach, able to free themselves from the frustrations they face at work and transform themselves into a Reality-Based Leader, with the ability to liberate and inspire others.

The New York Times bestselling author of Reality-Based Leadership rejects the current fad of "engaging" employees and the emotional drama of "meeting their needs"--returning leadership to leaders and productivity to businesses. For years now, leaders in almost every industry have accepted two completely false assumptions--that change is hard, and that engagement drives results. Those beliefs have inspired expensive attempts to shield employees from change, involve them in high-level decision-making, and keep them happy with endless “satisfaction surveys” and workplace perks. But what these engagement programs actually do, Cy Wakeman says, is inflate expectations and sow unhappiness, leaving employees unprepared to adapt to even minor changes necessary to the organization’s survival. Rather than driving performance and creating efficiencies, these programs fuel entitlement and drama, costing millions in time and profit. It is high time to reinvent leadership thinking. Stop worrying about your employees’ happiness, and start worrying about their accountability. Cy Wakeman teaches you how to hire “emotionally inexpensive” people, solicit only the opinions you need, and promote self-awareness in your whole team. No Ego disposes with unproven HR maxims, and instead offers a complete plan to turn your office from a den of discontent to a happy, productive place.

The key to understanding how your manager calculates your real value—and how to boost it More than anything else, you need to understand exactly how your employer evaluates you, and your annual performance review doesn't tell the whole story. In The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace, Cy Wakeman shows how to calculate how your true value to your organization by understanding your current and future potential against your "emotional expense"—the toll your actions and attitudes take on the people around you. With Cy's clear, straight-to-the-point advice, you can confront and reduce your emotional costliness, become an invaluable member of your team, and even learn to love your job again. Reveals a formula for measuring your current performance, future potential, and the biggest detractor, your emotional expense Shares real-world advice for quickly boosting your value and becoming a highly-valued, sought after employee and teammate Builds on the lessons in Reality-Based Leadership, Cy Wakeman's first book for leaders and managers The Reality-Based Rules of the Workplace is the essential guide for boosting your value, owning your career, and becoming the kind of employee no organization can afford to lose.

Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Facilitator's Guide Want to ditch the drama, restore sanity to your workplace, and turn excuses into results in your organization? The Reality-Based Leadership Workshop shows leaders how to restore peace to the workplace so there is time to focus on the bottom line. Infused with Cy Wakeman's winning style, this lively workshop opens your leaders' eyes to the unproductive ways they spend their time at work helps them gain new perspectives of themselves as employees, and then shows them how to apply these lessons to become better leaders of their direct reports. Based on Cy Wakeman's popular book Reality-Based Leadership, the Workshop Facilitator's Guide set includes everything you need to conduct a winning program that conveys Wakeman's candid, humorous approach to leadership. Using the Reality-Based Leadership model will challenge your participants to discard traditional practices and conventional wisdoms in leadership and instead conserve the energy lost in drama and turn excuses into results by developing the five most valuable competencies in your teams: Reality-based thinking; Organizational alignment; Capitalizing on change; Driving results; and Accountability. During the workshop participants will learn what it takes to Uncover destructive thought patterns within themselves and others Diffuse drama and lead the person in front of them Stop managing and start leading, empowering others to focus on facts and think for themselves The workshop gives you the tools to take participants through the program and prepare them to return to their workplaces equipped with the facts-based, confident approach of a Reality-Based Leader, capable of liberating and inspiring others. The Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Facilitator's Guide set includes the following components Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Facilitator's Guide with flash drive Reality-Based Leadership Workshop Participant Workbook Reality-Based Leadership Self-Assessment The workshop is designed as a daylong session. The material can also be used for one-hour "lunch-and-learn" modules or for previous participants to refresh their knowledge of Reality-Based Leadership.

Two leadership consultants identify three keys to being a more effective leader: knowing your strengths and investing in others' strengths, getting people with the right strengths on your team, and understanding and meeting the four basic needs of those who look to you for leadership.

People can learn how to lead. This was the position John H. Zenger and Joseph R. Folkman took when they wrote their now-classic leadership book The Extraordinary Leader—and it’s a fact they reinforce in this new, completely updated edition of their bestseller. When it was first published, The Extraordinary Leader immediately attracted a wide audience of aspiring leaders drawn to its unique feature: the extensive use of scientific studies and hard data, which served to demystify the concept of leadership and get readers thinking about the subject in a pragmatic way. Now, Zenger and Folkman revisit the subject to address leaders’ most pressing concerns today. The result is an up-to-date, essential leadership guide for the twenty-first century that includes: Late-breaking research on the psychology of leadership New information on leading in a global environment A breakthrough case study on measuring improved leadership behavior Studies revealing the importance of follow-through The Extraordinary Leader is a remarkable combination of expert insight and extensive research. The authors analyzed more than 200,000 assessments describing 20,000 managers—by far the most expansive research ever conducted for a leadership book. Zenger and Folkman have created the leadership book of the ages. The Extraordinary Leader explains how to build leadership skills that will take you and your organization to unimagined success.