Leadership for Dummies

Introduction

PART I: What It Takes to Be a Leader
Chapter 1: A Marshal's Baton in Every Soldier's Knapsack
Chapter 2: Remember, They're Not Electing You Dictator for Life
Chapter 3: Building Your Leadership Muscles
Chapter 4: Which Hat Do I Wear? The Roles That Leaders Play

PART II: Leadership Is a Process
Chapter 5: Take the Lead? Me?
Chapter 6: The Missions of the Leader
Chapter 7: The Responsibilities of a Leader

PART III: The Art of Leadership
Chapter 8: What Are the Skills of a Leader?
Chapter 9: Harnessing Your Strengths and Weaknesses
Chapter 10: What about Expectations?
Chapter 11: The Axioms of Leadership
Chapter 12: Managing as a Leader
Chapter 13: Leading When You Aren't Really the Leader

PART IV: Leadership in Everyday Life
Chapter 14: Volunteering Your Time and Skills
Chapter 15: Taking the Lead as a Volunteer
Chapter 16: Everyday Leadership: Training for Real Life
Chapter 17: Leading When You Coach
Chapter 18: Organizing Your Community: Lessons from Saul Alinsky

PART V: Leadership and Vision
Chapter 19: What's a Vision?
Chapter 20: Developing a Vision

PART VI: Team Building
Chapter 21: Why Depend on Teams?
Chapter 22: Creating a Winning Team
Chapter 23: Team Learning
Chapter 24: Spreading Team Knowledge Around
Chapter 25: When Followers Won't Follow
Chapter 26: Can the Situation Be Saved?
Chapter 27: Leading across Cultures

PART VII: The Part of Tens
Chapter 28: Ten Mistakes That Every Leader Makes
Chapter 29: Ten Characteristics of a True Leader
Chapter 30: Ten Ways to Master Leadership Skills

Index
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