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You're a genius : using reflective practice to master the craft of leadership / Steven S. Taylor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Human resource management and organizational behavior collectionPublisher: New York, New York (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) : Business Expert Press, [(c)2015.]Edition: First editionDescription: 1 online resource (183 pages) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781631572951
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleLOC classification:
  • HD57.7
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Contents:
1. The meta craft of leadership: reflective practice -- 2. Where leadership happens: the social world -- 3. Lack of leadership moments: analyzing interactions -- 4. The genius of self-protection -- 5. Working on your own leadership: practice experiments -- 6. Taking the lead: intervening into dynamics -- 7. The leadership journey: being curious -- 8. Becoming the leader you want to be -- 9. Working on your craft: an example -- 10. The how, what, and why of leadership -- References -- Index.
Abstract: If you want to be good at any art form, you have to master the craft. Artists spend years mastering their craft and then their whole lives working on that craft. The same is true for professional athletes. If you want to practice the art of leadership really well, you have to master the craft of leadership. What is the craft of leadership? The simple answer is that in the same way that woodworking is the craft of working with wood in order to make things and glass blowing is the craft of working with glass to make things, leadership is the craft of working with other humans in order to do something. While we have probably been trained in our primary craft, whether that is in medicine, the arts, engineering, or some other discipline, the craft of interacting with others, the craft of working together is usually taken for granted. It is something we know how to do simply because we are humans and human beings are social animals--we cooperate, collaborate, and compete with each other all the time. We manage to muddle through, sometimes with pretty good results, sometimes with not very good results, but we are not masters because we have not pursued mastery of the craft of interacting with others. This is a "how-to" book for learning the techniques of reflective practice in the action science and action inquiry traditions in order to develop and practice that craft. The book explains how to use various tools, such as the Ladder of Inference, the Learning Pathways Grid, and the Change Immunity Map, for offline reflection and active experimentation in order to develop and practice the craft of leadership.
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1. The meta craft of leadership: reflective practice -- 2. Where leadership happens: the social world -- 3. Lack of leadership moments: analyzing interactions -- 4. The genius of self-protection -- 5. Working on your own leadership: practice experiments -- 6. Taking the lead: intervening into dynamics -- 7. The leadership journey: being curious -- 8. Becoming the leader you want to be -- 9. Working on your craft: an example -- 10. The how, what, and why of leadership -- References -- Index.

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If you want to be good at any art form, you have to master the craft. Artists spend years mastering their craft and then their whole lives working on that craft. The same is true for professional athletes. If you want to practice the art of leadership really well, you have to master the craft of leadership. What is the craft of leadership? The simple answer is that in the same way that woodworking is the craft of working with wood in order to make things and glass blowing is the craft of working with glass to make things, leadership is the craft of working with other humans in order to do something. While we have probably been trained in our primary craft, whether that is in medicine, the arts, engineering, or some other discipline, the craft of interacting with others, the craft of working together is usually taken for granted. It is something we know how to do simply because we are humans and human beings are social animals--we cooperate, collaborate, and compete with each other all the time. We manage to muddle through, sometimes with pretty good results, sometimes with not very good results, but we are not masters because we have not pursued mastery of the craft of interacting with others. This is a "how-to" book for learning the techniques of reflective practice in the action science and action inquiry traditions in order to develop and practice that craft. The book explains how to use various tools, such as the Ladder of Inference, the Learning Pathways Grid, and the Change Immunity Map, for offline reflection and active experimentation in order to develop and practice the craft of leadership.

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