Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings
About this ebook
Wondering how the most accomplished leaders from around the globe have tackled their toughest challenges? Now you can find outwith Lessons Learned. Concise and engaging, each volume in this new series offers 12-14 insightful essays by top leaders in business, the public sector, and academia on the most pressing issues they’ve faced. The contributors share surprisingly personal anecdotes and offer authoritative and practical advice drawn from their years of hard-earned experience.
The series launches with three volumes, each of which centers on a timely topic:
· Leading by Example: Discover the secrets to leading effectivelyfrom top executives at KPMG Worldwide, Quest Diagnostics, Virgin Galactic, and other giants.
· Managing Your Career: Find out how to identify and achieve the career you wantfrom exceptional leaders at McKinsey & Company, Lloyds TSB Group, Heidrick & Struggles, among others.
· Managing Change: Learn how to lead major transformation effortsfrom successful change champions at Philips Lighting, JPMorgan Chase, Coca Cola Company, and other top firms.
A crucial resource for today’s busy executive, Lessons Learned gives you instant access to the wisdom and expertise of the world’s most talented leaders.
The series launches with three volumes, each of which centers on a timely topic:
· Leading by Example: Discover the secrets to leading effectivelyfrom top executives at KPMG Worldwide, Quest Diagnostics, Virgin Galactic, and other giants.
· Managing Your Career: Find out how to identify and achieve the career you wantfrom exceptional leaders at McKinsey & Company, Lloyds TSB Group, Heidrick & Struggles, among others.
· Managing Change: Learn how to lead major transformation effortsfrom successful change champions at Philips Lighting, JPMorgan Chase, Coca Cola Company, and other top firms.
A crucial resource for today’s busy executive, Lessons Learned gives you instant access to the wisdom and expertise of the world’s most talented leaders.
LanguageEnglish
PublisherHarvard Business Review Press
Release dateAug 2, 2007
ISBN9781422162088
Related to Leading by Example
Related ebooks
How I Learned to Let My Workers Lead Managing Your Career Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The New Rules Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5What Were They Thinking?: Unconventional Wisdom About Management Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How Managers Make Things Happen Rating: 1 out of 5 stars1/5The Exceptional Middle Manager: How to Think Smarter, Build High-Performance Teams, and Advance Your Career in Today's Workplace Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCEO Logic: How to Think and Act Like a Chief Executive Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Future-Proof Workplace: Six Strategies to Accelerate Talent Development, Reshape Your Culture, and Succeed with Purpose Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsSilver Lining: Your Guide to Innovating in a Downturn Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Control in an Age of Empowerment Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Ethics Without the Sermon Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow CEOs Can Fix Capitalism Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsEarth, Inc.: Using Nature's Rules to Build Sustainable Profits Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5High Performance with High Integrity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Leading Teams: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges Rating: 2 out of 5 stars2/5How Management Teams Can Have a Good Fight Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings11 Rules for Creating Value in the Social Era Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Director's Manual: A Framework for Board Governance Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHow to Run a Meeting Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Big-Bang Disruption Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The End of Corporate Imperialism Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Seven Steps to Leading a Gender-Balanced Business Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsReinforcements: How to Get People to Help You Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsDeveloping Employees Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Peter F. Drucker Reader: Selected Articles from the Father of Modern Management Thinking Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsExecuting Innovation: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsInside CEO Succession: The Essential Guide to Leadership Transition Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsCommitted Teams: Three Steps to Inspiring Passion and Performance Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Becoming a New Manager: Expert Solutions to Everyday Challenges Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5
Management For You
Company Rules: Or Everything I Know About Business I Learned from the CIA Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 12 Week Year: Get More Done in 12 Weeks than Others Do in 12 Months Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Principles: Life and Work Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: 30th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Coaching Habit: Say Less, Ask More & Change the Way You Lead Forever Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Emotional Intelligence Habits Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5How to Get Ideas Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Five Dysfunctions of a Team: A Leadership Fable, 20th Anniversary Edition Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Out of Our Minds: Learning to be Creative Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Strategy Skills: Techniques to Sharpen the Mind of the Strategist Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Difficult Conversations (HBR 20-Minute Manager Series) Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5MBA Notes: Course Notes from a Top MBA Program Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Ideal Team Player: How to Recognize and Cultivate The Three Essential Virtues Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 4 Disciplines of Execution: Revised and Updated: Achieving Your Wildly Important Goals Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The 12 Week Year (Review and Analysis of Moran and Lennington's Book) Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Advice Trap: Be Humble, Stay Curious & Change the Way You Lead Forever Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Advantage: Why Organizational Health Trumps Everything Else In Business Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Managing Oneself Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5How to Work with (Almost) Anyone: Five Questions for Building the Best Possible Relationships Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Reviews for Leading by Example
Rating: 1 out of 5 stars
1/5
1 rating0 reviews
Book preview
Leading by Example - Fifty Lessons
LESSON ONE
The Importance of a Visible Leader
Will Whitehorn
President, Virgin Galactic
ONE OF THE IMPORTANT lessons I’ve gained from working for Virgin for eighteen years is that having a strong leader in a business is incredibly important and much underestimated in large, corporate organizations—somebody who’s prepared to take the heat for things and let the buck stop with him.
I remember Richard Branson being interviewed on Radio Five Live, which is a BBC radio station in the UK, several years ago. He was talking about some of the problems that Virgin Trains had had, not due to our own fault but down to something at Railtrack. We’d had a problem with a train that got stuck, but we hadn’t dealt with it very effectively. He went on the radio to talk about this, and he said, "We messed up; it was completely our fault; I take full responsibility for it. We’re obviously looking at not doing it again in the future, but there’s no point in hiding from the fact that we’ve got to do this better if we’re going to make this business
Enjoying the preview?
Page 1 of 1