The CCL Guide to Leadership in Action or Business Race and Politics in British India C 1850 1960

The CCL Guide to Leadership in Action: How Managers and Organizations Can Improve the Practice of Leadership

Author: Martin Wilcox

The Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) is the world’s premier institution devoted exclusively to leadership research and education. For more than three decades, CCL has worked with hundreds of thousands of executives to create practical models, tools, and publications for the development of effective leaders and organizations. This important collection is drawn from CCL’s long-running publication Leadership in Action. The guide examines the skills that you need to successfully give and receive feedback, make use of coaching, work with difference, deal with change, achieve work-life balance, and address the larger issue of expanding the leadership capacity of your organization.

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Martin Wilcox and Stephen Rush are two editors from the Center for Creative Leadership, the world's premier leadership research and education institution. In The CCL Guide to Leadership in Action, they have compiled the best articles from CCL's bimonthly magazine, Leadership in Action, to show leaders how they can improve their work. Featuring the work of 38 leadership experts, their book describes a plethora of ways leaders can develop leadership skills, lead effective change, and build a healthy society. Copyright © 2004 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

Table of Contents:

	Foreword
	Preface : ideas into action
	Acknowledgments
	List of contributors
1	Skills for leaders	3
	Making the connection : leadership skills and emotional intelligence
	Through a new lens : a talk with Margaret J. Wheatley
	Redefining accountability : a talk with Peter Block
	Nine keys to good leadership
2	How to deal with change	35
	Leading Transition : a talk with William Bridges
	Getting a grip on conflict
	After the storm : leading in the wake of a crisis
	Adaptability : what it takes to be a quick-change artist
3	How to work across cultures	73
	Getting the message : how to feel your way with other cultures
	Global managing : mastering the spin of a complex world
	One prescription for working across cultures
4	Feedback and coaching	99
	Leadership through feedback : helping subordinates succeed
	Three keys to effective feedback
	A winning recipe for working with a coach
5	Striking a balance	125
	Throwing the right switches : how to keep your executive career on track
	Putting some life into your leadership
	Stress takes a toll on leaders
6	What is leadership development?	153
	The third way : a new source of leadership
	The missing link : organizational culture and leadership development
	Leading together : complex challenges require a new approach
7	Creating the leadership pipeline	181
	Ending the board game : new leadership solutions for companies
	The ins and outs of selecting successful executives
	Finding success at succession
8	The leadership context is diversity	205
	Telling the untold story : a conversation with Stella M. Nkomo
	X Marks the spot : developing and retaining emerging leaders
	Across the divide : grasping the black experience in corporate America
9	Creating teams that work	235
	Making sure that a team is the right way to go
	The right start : a team's first meeting is key
	Cultivating teams
10	The long view for organizational success	259
	Strategic command : taking the long view for organizational success
	Index	271
	About the Center for Creative Leadership	281

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Business, Race, and Politics in British India, C. 1850-1960

Author: Maria Misra

This study examines the political, racial, and economic attitudes of an important group of British businessmen in India. In explaining the reasons for their decline, Misra casts new light on British colonial society and makes an important contribution to the current debate on the role of race and culture in the erosion of British imperial power.