True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job ortitle. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first ofthe five levels every effective leader achieves. To become morethan "the boss" people follow only because they are required to,you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspirethem. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results andbuild a team that produces. You need to help people to developtheir skills to become leaders in their own right. And if you havethe skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle ofleadership-where experience will allow you to extend your influencebeyond your immediate reach and time for the benefit ofothers. The 5 Levels of Leadership are: 1. Position - People follow because they have to. 2. Permission - People follow because they want to. 3. Production - People follow because of what you have done forthe organization. 4. People Development - People follow because of what you havedone for them personall

Andrew Grove is President of Intel, America's leadingmanufacturer of computer chips. However, the management techniqueshe unveils in this bestselling and user-friendly guide are equallyapplicable for sales managers, accountants, consultants, eventeachers--anyone whose job entails getting a group of people toproduce something of value.

Leadership guru Maxwell, who successfully bridged secular andChristian markets with such motivational titles as The 21Irrefutable Laws of Leadership and Developing the Leader WithinYou, draws on Old Testament paragons in this gifty inspirationalhardback. Maxwell asks readers to envision the great "cloud ofwitnesses" (Heb. 12:1) said to surround us as we run the marathonof life, imagining that this cloud includes "the giants of thefaith"-biblical heroes whose lives impart meaningful lessons. Heincludes the usual suspects: the David-tackles-Goliath taledemonstrates how people can rise above their limitations, whileNoah exemplifies a willingness to take new risks (i.e., build aboat when no one had seen rain before). But there are boldermoments, too. Maxwell uses Rebekah as a model of generous giving (awelcome and underutilized virtue in business titles) and providessome gee-whiz facts to drive the point home: he estimates that towater Jacob's 10 camels, Rebekah needed about 200 gallons of water,requiring

From an award-winning New York Times reporter comes the full, mind-boggling story of the lies, crimes, and ineptitude behind the Enron scandal that imperiled a presidency, destroyed a marketplace, and changed Washington and Wall Street forever.

This volume captures the spirit of discovery that pervades"Great Groups". It describes the free-form organization of suchteams, more interested in their mission than their hierarchy. Theauthors discuss how "Great Groups" believe both that they'reunderdogs up against a powerful foe and that they're bound tosucceed. The book also illuminates the roles of a "Great Group"leader as a gatherer of talent, a source of inspiration and abridge to the outside world. Today, organizations require creativethinking from every member, not just a few. The world's complexityand pace mean that people can no longer rely on individual leadersand "Lone Rangers" to solve problems. Rather, people must learn towork together, to identify their own missions, to form their own"Great Groups". The stories and advice from the book show readershow. Warren Bennis is the author of "On Becoming a Leader","Leaders" and "Learning to Lead".

Most of us think of leaders as courageous risk takers,orchestrators of major events-in a word, heroes. Yet while suchfigures are inspiring and admirable, Harvard Business SchoolProfessor Joseph Badaracco argues that their larger-than-lifeaccomplishments are simply not what makes the world work. Whatdoes, he says, is the sum of millions of small yet consequentialdecisions that men and women working far from the limelight makeevery day: how a line worker for a pharmaceutical company respondswhen he discovers a defect in a product's safety seal; how amanager deals with a valued employee suspected of stealing; how atrader handles a transaction error that will cost a clientmoney.Badaracco calls them "quiet leaders"-people who chooseresponsible, behind-the-scenes action over public heroism toresolve tough leadership challenges. These individuals don't fitthe stereotype of the bold and gutsy leader, and they don't wantto. What they want is to do the "right thing" for theirorganizations, their coworkers, and t

John Meriwether, a famously successful Wall Street trader,spent the 1980s as a partner at Salomon Brothers, establishing thebest--and the brainiest--bond arbitrage group in the world. Amysterious and shy midwesterner, he knitted together a group ofPh.D.-certified arbitrageurs who rewarded him with filial devotionand fabulous profits. Then, in 1991, in the wake of a scandalinvolving one of his traders, Meriwether abruptly resigned. For twoyears, his fiercely loyal team--convinced that the chief had beenunfairly victimized--plotted their boss's return. Then, in 1993,Meriwether made a historic offer. He gathered together his formerdisciples and a handful of supereconomists from academia andproposed that they become partners in a new hedge fund differentfrom any Wall Street had ever seen. And so Long-Term CapitalManagement was born. In a decade that had seen the longest and most rewarding bullmarket in history, hedge funds were the ne plus ultra ofinvestments: discreet, private clubs limited to those

Go from being a good manager to an extraordinary leader. If you read nothing else on leadership, read these 10 articles.We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articleson leadership and selected the most important ones to help youmaximize your own and your organization's performance. HBR's 10 Must Reads On Leadership will inspire you to: - Motivate others to excel - Build your team's self-confidence in others - Provoke positive change - Set direction - Encourage smart risk-taking - Manage with tough empathy - Credit others for your success - Increase self-awareness - Draw strength from adversity