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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452681203321

Autore

Berard Jocelyn

Titolo

Accelerating leadership development [[electronic resource] ] : practical solutions for building your organizations potential / / Jocelyn Berard

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ontario, : Jossey Bass, 2013

ISBN

1-118-46473-7

1-118-46472-9

Edizione

[1st edition]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (322 p.)

Disciplina

658.4/092

Soggetti

Leadership

Leadership - Evaluation

Executive ability

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Accelerating Leadership Development: Practical Solutions for Building Your Organization's Potential; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: The Business Performance Framework; Part 1: Leadership and Succession; Chapter 1: The Leadership Success Profile; THE CRITICAL COMPONENTS; Competencies (What I Can Do); Knowledge (What I Know); Experience (What I Have Done); Personality Traits/Motivation (Who I Am); THE BUCKET LIST; COMPETENCIES, EXPERIENCE AND KNOWLEDGE; Competencies; Experience; Knowledge; THE IMPORTANCE OF PERSONALITY; LAST THOUGHTS ON WHAT IT TAKES; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

Going beyond Core Personality Traits Competencies; Knowledge and Experience; Chapter 2: Identifying Leadership Potential; PREDICTORS OF SUCCESS FOR FUTURE LEADERS; 1. Cognitive Complexity and Capacity; 2. Drive and Achievement Orientation; 3. Learning Orientation; 4. Personal and Business Ethics; 5. Motivation to Lead; 6. Social and Emotional Complexity and Capacity; A MEETING OF MINDS; DO WE TELL THEM OR NOT?; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Leadership Potential; Cognitive Complexity and Capacity; Drive and Achievement Orientation; Learning Orientation; Personal and Business Ethics; Motivation to Lead



Social and Emotional Complexity and Capacity Chapter 3: Diagnosing Development Needs; 1. THE MULTI-RATER SURVEY; 2. KNOWLEDGE AND EXPERIENCE INVENTORY; 3. THE HOGAN PERSONALITY ASSESSMENT TOOLS; THE IMPORTANCE OF SELF-AWARENESS; WHAT YOU KNOW, WHAT OTHERS KNOW; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Personality and Leadership; Self-Knowledge and Managerial Development; Chapter 4: Prescribing Development Solutions; THE IMPORTANCE OF SHOWING UP; DELIBERATE PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT; LEARN WHILE YOU WORK, WORK WHILE YOU LEARN; STAYING ON TRACK; INFORMAL LEARNING; Communities of Practice; Action Learning

Informal Learning WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Prescribing Development Solutions; Individual Leader Development; Chapter 5: Ensuring and Reviewing Development; CREATE LEARNING TENSION; IMPLEMENTATION AND REVIEW; 1. Establish Accountability for the Execution of Development Plans; 2. Develop and Implement Follow-Up Processes; 3. Define and Implement the Communication Plan; 4. Develop a Leadership Dashboard and Succession Activities Using Lead and Lag Measures; 5. Plan and Execute Reviews of High Potentials' Development and Incorporate Lessons Learned; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY

Identification and Development of High Potentials Part 2: Leadership in Action; Chapter 6: Leaders as Coaches; COACHING AND ACCOUNTABILITY; EXECUTIVE, MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS COACHING; COACHING IN ACTION; THE COACHING PROCESS; 1. Initiate; 2. Clarify; 3. Explore; 4. Act; ESTABLISH NEXT STEPS; ESTABLISH ACCOUNTABILITIES; WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY; Leader Development; On Coaching; Key Practice 1: Effective managerial coaches will clarify the results/performance outcomes that are truly needed or desired from junior managers

Key Practice 2: Effective managerial coaches provide honest, ongoing, balanced performance feedback to junior managers

Sommario/riassunto

Proven strategies and innovative solutions for developing and retaining successful leaders Many organizations today are facing a crisis of leadership. As the Baby Boomer generation exits the workforce, companies are struggling to find qualified leaders to fill critical roles. Accelerating Leadership Development offers solutions for leadership development, management, and retention from award-winning development firm Global Knowledge.  Accelerating Leadership Development provides a proven model to help companies develop high-potential employees with the competencies and knowledge capital to ass



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910787093903321

Autore

Crawford Walt

Titolo

Big-deal serial purchasing : tracking the damage / / Walt Crawford

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chicago, Illinois : , : ALA TechSource, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

0-8389-5927-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (53 p.)

Collana

Library Technology Reports : Export Guides to Library Systems and Services, , 0024-2586 ; ; Volume 50, Number 4

Disciplina

025.2832

Soggetti

Acquisition of serial publications - United States - Costs

Acquisition of serial publications - United States - Cost effectiveness

Acquisition of serial publications - United States - Costs - Evaluation

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Big-Deal Serial Purchasing: Tracking the Damage; Contents; Chapter 1: Tracking the Damage; Short-Term Win, Long-Term Problem?; The Big Deal and the Damage Done; Inclusion; Dollars and Percentages; Typical Tables and Graphs; Substantial Changes; The Big Picture, 1996-2012; The Comparable Picture, 2002-2012; All 2,594 Libraries; Definitions; Major Changes; Skimming the Cream; Notes; Chapter 2: Libraries by Size; Larger Libraries; Smaller Libraries; Summary; Note; Chapter 3: Libraries by Sector and Two-Year Colleges; Sector 1: Public Four-Year and Above

Sector 2: Private Nonprofit Four-Year and AboveSector 3: Private For-Profit Four-Year and Above; Sector 4: Public Two-Year; Sector 5: Private Nonprofit Two-Year; Sector 6: Private For-Profit Two-Year; Summary; Notes; Chapter 4: Universities and Four-Year Colleges in General; CC 15: Doctoral/Research Universities-Extensive; CC 16: Doctoral/Research Universities-Intensive; CC 21: Master's Colleges and Universities I; CC 22: Master's (Comprehensive) Colleges and Universities II; CC 31: Baccalaureate Colleges-Liberal Arts; CC 32: Baccalaureate Colleges-General

CC 33: Baccalaureate/Associate's CollegesSummary; Notes; Chapter 5: Specialized Institutions; All of Them; CC 51: Seminaries; CC 52: Medical Schools; CC 53: Other Health Profession Schools; CC 54: Engineering



and Technology Schools; CC 56: Art, Music, and Design Schools; Brief Notes on Other Classifications; Notes; Chapter 6: What Can Be Done?; Transparency in Pricing; Transparency in Costs; Working with Faculty; Moving Away from Pat Answers; Moving toward Open Access; Scholarly Societies and the Support of Scholarship; Libraries as Journal Publishers; Turning Down the Big Deal; More Money!

Is Flat Books Spending Enough?Spending per Capita; Supplemental and Additional Data; Notes

Sommario/riassunto

The "Big Deal" looked like a good deal, a true win-win. But while the Big Deal has lowered the rate of serial price inflation, for many libraries the pricing remains unsustainable.