The 60 Second Leader. Everything You Need to Know About Leadership, in 60 Second Bites

190 Pages·2007·0.99 MB·English

by  Phil Dourado

Table of Contents

Title Page
Copyright Page
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR
Introduction

PERSONAL (SELF) LEADERSHIP

1. The 60 Second Leader and … - FAILURE

Forgive and remember. When Jack blew up the plant. The Tripping Point.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Leading by example

2. The 60 Second Leader and … - INTUITION

How George Soros makes investment decisions and how Kjell Nordstrom’s
dad finds fish.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Branson and gut leadership … or how an
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3. The 60 Second Leader and … - DECISIONS

Intuition and decisions. Not what but when. Decision markets.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Unexpected leaders

4. The 60 Second Leader and… - CONNECTION

Leadership is personal. Mass personalization. And Death came third.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Ikea’s ten-minute leader
5. The 60 Second Leader and … - LUCK

The gorilla and the basketball. Can you make your own luck?
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Covey on turning janitors into leaders

6. The 60 Second Leader and … - OPTIMISM

Confronting reality. The one and the many. Lead or led. Faith and fate.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Why your mood is so important

LEADING THE ORGANIZATION
7. The 60 Second Leader and … - STRATEGY

The one thing you need to know about strategy … and horses.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Leadership is allowing ordinary people to be
extraordinary

8. The 60 Second Leader and … - COMPETITION

Refuse to compete. The blue and the red. Protect your advantage.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Muhammad Yunus’ Blue Ocean Strategy

9. The 60 Second Leader and … - ACTION

To do or to be. A decision is not action. The six obstacles to action.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Ricardo Semler on why your recruitment doesn’t
work

10. The 60 Second Leader and … - EXECUTION

The great un-idea. The language of action. Three core processes.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Collins, Roddick, red flags and red letters
11. The 60 Second Leader and … - MANAGEMENT

Manager or leader? Which are you expected to be?
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Michael Eisner’s Gong Show

12. The 60 Second Leader and … - CHANGE

Built to change. Idealistic versus naturalistic change. Epiphanies.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: How to trigger epiphanies

LEADING PEOPLE
13. The 60 Second Leader and … - QUESTIONS

Why leading by asking questions beats leading by telling.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Leading change by asking questions

14. The 60 Second Leader and … - ATTENTION

Who’s the spotlight on? You or them?
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Abe Lincoln’s folded piece of paper

15. The 60 Second Leader and … - STORIES

You have three stories to tell. Here’s what they are.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Making people part of the story

16. The 60 Second Leader and … - MOTIVATION

The three things people want. You are the incentive scheme.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Handy on motivation

17. The 60 Second Leader and … - ENGAGEMENT
You don’t want loyalty. The sixth discipline. The one-firm firm.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Buckingham on engagement

18. The 60 Second Leader and … - TARGETS

Look in the mirror. The Otis Redding problem. Unplanned success.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: What can’t yet be measured doesn’t get done

DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP
19. The 60 Second Leader and … - INNOVATION

The essential tension. Fast second. Mandate innovation.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: The Accidental Innovator - the power of the
prepared mind

20 The 60 Second Leader and … - CULTURE

Culture change: ten things you can do. All culture is local.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Participative leadership

21. The 60 Second Leader and … - LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE

The layer of clay. Pyramids are tombs. ‘Middle-up-down’ change
A 60 Second Leader Tale: True leaders feel their customer’s pain

22. The 60 Second Leader and … - CUSTOMERS

‘They serve like we lead.’ Prosumption. The new Golden Rule.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Leaders on the frontline

23. The 60 Second Leader and … - FRONTLINE LEADERSHIP (1)
Where should leaders be? Out in the business
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Community of purpose

24. The 60 Second Leader and … - FRONTLINE LEADERSHIP (2)

Why most leadership fails. Distributed leadership. Go make footprints.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Sam Walton’s rules

GREAT LEADERSHIP
25. The 60 Second Leader and … - EGO

The problem with heroes. The Icarus paradox. Bad to great?
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Who’s more important: you or me?

26. The 60 Second Leader and … - HUMILITY

Weak is the new strong. A community of purpose. The qualities of
greatness.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Gorbachev and humility

27. The 60 Second Leader and … - FEAR

What people fear. When John Kotter was scared. The opposite of fear.
A 60 Second Leader Tale: ‘You are capable of great things’

28. The 60 Second Leader and … - LOVE

What’s love got to do with it? Love is …
A 60 Second Leader Tale: Lead like Walt

29. The 60 Second Leader and … - PRESENCE

What comes next? Your leadership challenge
A 60 Second Leader Tale: When the boss disappeared
30. The 60 Second Leader and … - LEGACY

Leaders don’t create followers. They create more leaders.
A Final 60 Second Leader Tale: Herb Kelleher on leaving a legacy

WHERE NEXT?
INDEX