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Record Nr.

UNINA9910463838703321

Autore

Flanagan Tim A. <1955->

Titolo

Leading forward : successful public leadership amidst complexity, chaos, and change / / Tim A. Flanagan and John S. Lybarger ; cover design by Michael Cook

Pubbl/distr/stampa

San Francisco, California : , : Jossey-Bass, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-45374-3

1-118-45376-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (258 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

LybargerJohn S. <1956->

CookMichael

Disciplina

352.23/6

Soggetti

Leadership

Strategic planning

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"With Online Assessment"--Cover.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Prologue -- Introduction -- Agile learning capability -- Adept with ambiguity -- Adroit at thinking strategically -- Ambitious drive to excellence -- Public service assessment and personal leadership development plan -- Epilogue and acknowledgments -- Appendix a: four themes and five independent factors -- Appendix b: suggested reading -- References -- About the authors -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

Explains the four dimensions of effective leadership for leaders in the public sphere There is a wealth of advice available for corporate leaders, but little in the way of leadership guidance for those in government agencies. Leading Forward fills that gap by providing a development framework and assessment tool based on the four dimensions of effective leadership-empowerment, fairness, leaders, and supervisors. These four dimensions are critical competencies that leaders must develop in order to succeed now and in the future. Based on years of working with agency leaders at