What should leaders do?

Author: (USA) Samman / (USA) Deep / (USA) Steibler / Marvin Li
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: Following the storytelling tradition of The Fish and The One-Minute Millionaire, the three respected authors and consultants launch a new management philosophy in a small story. The protagonist is a manager with outstanding professional skills but poor leadership abilities. Larry Parks is the new leader of a critical project. To improve his severely lacking leadership skills, his boss sends him to a leadership training program. After completing the training, Larry remains unchanged: he repeats hollow leadership theories and clings to old leadership methods. Of course, this is not the end of the story. Because Larry refuses to change his leadership style, he pays a heavy price: the project faces the risk of delay, and he is forced to take a fishing trip as a leave of absence. But these consequences bring Larry to a profound realization about leadership. After experiencing many unexpected events, he realizes that a group team means meeting its members' three needs: · Understanding: Understanding their perspectives and ideas · Growth: Feeling that they are becoming better and better · Ownership: Feeling that they are partners once he adopts the "Understanding, Growth, Ownership" strategy, Larry's team becomes a team that continuously writes success stories, just as this book will help a talented worker become a great leader.