Description
Book SynopsisPrepare your students to lead the future. Discovering Leadership: Designing Your Successprovides a practical, engaging foundation and easy-to-understand framework for individuals to purposefully design leadership. This action-oriented text starts with the self and helps students understand their individual strengths, styles, and skills through numerous reflection opportunities. Next, the text explores the relational aspects of leadership and best practices for motivating and inspiring followers. Finally, the text concludes by examining how leaders can transform their communities and create lasting, positive change. Practical applications and activities in each chapter help students develop their confidence, optimism, resiliency, and engagement. Regardless of your students' background or major, they will gain the knowledge and skills they need to become thoughtful, impactful leaders.
Trade Review"This book teaches students how to literally build their leadership from within and expand it to the world around them to create and manage change. I like that it begins with individual then grows into relationships, others, community, etc." -- Jenny Kuzmic
"Relevant and useful. I thought that Middlebrooks was masterful in conveying an operational definition of leadership. Also, the first chapter provided the reader with a blueprint and foreshadowing of the entire book." -- Gregory Warren
"The contents are well planned, and the content/reading level is appropriate for an undergraduate leadership course. This book includes a greater focus on culture, creativity and decision making." -- Amy L. Everitt
"I discovered a leadership text which discusses the nuances of design thinking and leadership within the context of change/improvement." -- John C. Hill
"Content was condensed and updated to include relevant issues faced during the pandemic, such as supply chain management." -- Cris Wells
"A significant overview view of modern leadership theory and practice in language that is understandable and a format that is interactive and engaging." -- Samuel S. Hemby
Table of ContentsChapter 1: A Framework for Leadership Success: Design and Your CORE™ Module 1: Design Leadership Self Chapter 2: Designing Your Perceptions of Leaders and Leadership Chapter 3: Designing Your Leadership Capacity Chapter 4 Your Why and What for Leading Module 2: Design Leadership Relationships Chapter 5: Your Values and Ethical Actions Chapter 6: Decision-Making Chapter 7: Influence, Power, and Motivation Module 3: Design Others’ Success Chapter 8: Creativity, Problem-Solving, and Idea-Generating Chapter 9: Effective Practices for Leading Others to Success Chapter 10: Utilizing Change Processes Effectively Module 4: Design Culture and Community Chapter 11 Culture Chapter 12 Leading a Team Chapter 13 Designing a Culture that Cares Module 5: Design the Future Chapter 14 Creating a Culture of Innovation Chapter 15: Entrepreneurial Leadership Chapter 16 Systems and Sustainability
