Leadership - Arthur Cannon - Bog

Welcome to Leadership: Influential Leadership Skills for Mastering Business Communication, Management Conversations and Team Building.Instead of page after page of describing the chemical reactions that go on inside our brains when we communicate or age old textbook jargon, this comprehensive book cuts out the filler in order to deliver actionable information that you can start using today. Every page contains relevant information ready to apply and the reader is actively encouraged to add to the information contained and use it to develop their own personal techniques and style. The book was designed to be read cover to cover, however if a certain chapter is of particular interest to you please feel free to jump ahead, for instance skip to the Influential Phrases section if you're looking to get a pay rise today. Each section goes into depth on a different topic. They are arranged as to build upon each other towards the final chapter, which will explain how to put everything together and which leadership styles and methods of communication work best in what situation.The high level material throughout this book will help you to understand what both superiors and team members require from a leader and how to manage and guide these expectations towards preferential outcomes every time. The book comprises of models, strategies and tactics that reach across various topics and subjects that can either be used individually, or combined to assert your ideas and direct interactions with any number of different people in any given situation. This book is mainly framed inside the working environment but whether you are a football coach, sales manager, financial advisor or entrepreneur this book has information relevant to your day to day business interactions and when used correctly, it will greatly enhance your production and progression within your chosen field.This book is focused on your experience and should be integrated with what you already know, with the aim of gaining greater influence within your workplace and industry alike. Follow the exercises and decision making models included and you will find an added confidence in both your delegating and management skills.Understand and learn how to coach the best results out of others through Systematic Thinking, understanding and feedback, whilst increasing any team's functionality and productivity with the proven outcome management techniques explained within Managing Outcomes. The Chapters Influential Phrases You can use today and Quick Fire Tactics You can use today were designed to, at a glance provide useful tips and techniques on the most effective ways of asking questions, making requests and delegating.Your team is your most important resource. Their unique skills and values will contribute to group outcomes in ways that may often appear random. But through self and team development you will begin to recognise the patterns within the system, sense coming events and know the proper communication and management styles to use in order to successfully influence the situation towards your desired outcome. Do not be at the whim of your surroundings; harness, strengthen and perfect your communication, influence and decision making skills and become the most powerful leader you can be.