{"product_id":"firsttime-leader-9781118828120","title":"FirstTime Leader","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFirst-time leaders get motivational and planning tools from top executive coaching firms\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe First-Time Leader\u003c\/i\u003e provides basic frameworks, processes, and tools to help first-time leaders and their teams deliver better results faster. Leading is about inspiring and enabling others to do their absolute best, together, to realize a meaningful and rewarding shared purpose. Authors George Bradt, Managing Director of PrimeGenesis, and Gillian Davis, Managing Director of AlanKey, show how to achieve these results through the BRAVE acronym: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitudes, Values, Environment. Learn the three stages of team development, and get advice for specific leadership situations including onboarding yourself, onboarding others, and crisis management.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a way of thinking about leadership and a structure for action to help first-time leaders lead at both overall conceptual and tactical levels\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes downloadable tools that are easily adapta\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgments xi  \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Getting Started 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Overview: Congratulations! It’s Great to Be a Leader. You’ve Earned It. And Your New Job Is Going to Be a Wild Ride 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart I: Getting Started 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart II: Build Your BRAVE Leadership from the Outside In 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePart III: Leading Small, Medium, and Large Teams 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Take Charge of Your New Team 11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMoving into Your First Leadership Role from Outside 11\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 2.1: Onboarding Risk Assessment 13\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 2.2: BRAVE Onboarding 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGetting Promoted to Your First Leadership Role from Within 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: Take Charge of Your New Team 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 The BRAVE Leadership Success Framework: Behaviors, Relationships, Attitude, Values, Environment 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBehaviors: How You Get Things Done through Other People 35\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eRelationships: The Heart of Leadership 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAttitude: Make Crucial Choices around Your Team’s Strategy, Posture, and Culture 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues: Align Yourself and Your Team with the Organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values—More or Less 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnvironment: Get Clear on Your Mission and Fields of Action 36\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBuilding up the BRAVE Leadership Framework from the Outside In 37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Build Your BRAVE Leadership from the Outside In 39\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Environment: Get Clear on Your Mission and Fields of Action 41\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eUnderstand Context 42\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 4.1: 5Cs Situation Analysis Guidelines 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlign around an Interpretation of the Situation Assessment 47\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 4.2: SWOT 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 4.3: Profi t Pools 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMake Clear Choices around Where to Play and Where Not to Play 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 4.4: Where to Play Choices 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: Where to Play 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 5 Values: Align Yourself and Your Team with the Organization’s Mission, Vision, and Values—More or Less 59\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Secret of Happiness 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLink between Happiness and Purpose 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMission 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 5.1: Mission 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVision 63\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 5.2: Vision 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eValues 64\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 5.3: Values 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCoherence 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: What Matters 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 6 Attitude: Make Crucial Choices around Your Team’s Strategy, Posture, and Culture 69\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStrategy 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 6.1: Strategic Planning 73\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 6.2: Business Plan Elements 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePosture 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 6.3: Posture Mapping 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCulture 77\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 6.4: Culture Assessment 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: How to Win 83\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 7 Relationships: The Heart of Leadership 85\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCommunication Frameworks 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.1: Communication Planning 93\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.2: Writing Guidelines 98\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.3: BRAVE Meeting Management 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.4: Press Interview Management 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Hire Great People 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.5: Recruitment Methods Analysis 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.6: Recruiting Brief 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.7: Job Requirement Checklist 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.8: Candidate Sourcing 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.9: Interview Guide 122\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.10: Interview Debrief Form 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.11: Reference Inquiry Authorization Form 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.12: Reference Inquiry 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBringing New Hires into the Team 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.13: Offer Closing Process 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.14: Announcement Cascade 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.15: Accommodation Checklist 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.16: Assimilation Checklist 132\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.17: Acceleration Checklist 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging People Who Are Doing Well—and Not So Well 136\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.18: Career Planning 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.19: Development Plan 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.20: SMART Goals 141\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.21: Team Charter 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.22: People Management Tools 145\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.23: Managing Behavior 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.24: Performance Assessment 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 7.25: Succession Planning 151\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: How to Connect 153\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 8 Behaviors: How You Get Things Done through Other People 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDelegating, Innovating, and Negotiating 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.1: Innovation Guidelines 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.2: Negotiating 162\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSales and Marketing 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.3: Purchase Funnel 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.4: Strategic Selling 165\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.5: BRAVE Creative Brief 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOperating Processes 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.6: Senior Management Trip Planning 169\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.7: Milestone Management 173\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.8: Quarterly Cadence 177\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBRAVE Crisis Management 178\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTool 8.9: Crisis Management 100-Hour Action Plan 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: What Impact 186\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Leading Small, Medium, and Large Teams 187\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 9 With Teams of Less Than 10 People, Adopt a Start-Up Mind-Set 189\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy the Way You Lead Today Is Going to Be Inadequate Tomorrow 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSolve a Problem Shared by Many 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAssemble a Team of Like-Minded Individuals with Diverse Strengths 192\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLock in Values 194\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: Start with Environment and Values 199\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 10 Lead Teams of 10 to 20 Like an Extended Family 201\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat Matters 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Win 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eManaging the Evolution of Your Start-Up’s Corporate Culture 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhy Culture Matters Today 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Building Blocks of the Vocus Culture 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSustaining and Building Culture 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTeam Expansion 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePeople Management and Operating Practices 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFeedback 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: Evolve Attitude 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 11 If You’re Leading More Than 30 People, Hierarchy Is Your Friend 205\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWork on the Organization 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnabling Practices 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbedding Operational Practices 206\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eVision and Values 207\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSummary: Team Evolution 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 209\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbout the Authors 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 217\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"John Wiley \u0026 Sons Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49406930026839,"sku":"9781118828120","price":17.09,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781118828120.jpg?v=1730497592","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/firsttime-leader-9781118828120","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}