THE ONLY LEADERSHIP BOOK YOU’LL EVER NEED

This book could not be a reality if it were not for the valiant efforts of our team. We are blessed to work with some of the most dedicated and talented people in the world. For more than 15 years, Dusty Tockstein has helped our clients by flawlessly administering the engagement surveys and then analyzing […]
Principles of Leadership & Management

I am extremely grateful to all those who have made post-secondary education more affordable for Fanshawe College’s Managing Leaders and Leadership students. There are many people who have contributed to this text, beginning with the dozen or so authors who started this journey with their own Open Educational Resources (OER), and who have generously shared […]
On Becoming a Leader

Although mine is the only name on this book, it has been a col- laboration, as all books are. I discovered long ago that the way I learn most effectively is in conversation with other people. It is in the playful, exhilarating, joyous thrashing out of ideas with brilliant colleagues that my own ideas are […]
LEADERSHIP AND TEAM EFFECTIVENESS

Prof. Santosh Rangnekar, is a professor (HAG) affiliated with Department of Management Studies, Department of Design, and Centre of Transportation, IIT Roorkee. Prof. Santosh is the Ex-Chairman DRC and Ex-HoD, IIT Roorkee. He is also a visiting professor at Hanyang University, South Korea and IIM, Sirmaur. He has conducted more than 100 training programs for […]
LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT SKILLS

Management and Leadership

Consider this scenario: you’re halfway through the semester and ready for midterms. You open your class notes and declare them “pathetic.” You regret scribbling everything so carelessly and skipping class so many times. That’s when it hits you: what if there was a note- taking service on campus? When you were ready to study for […]
The Essentials of Leadership in Government

The authors would like to express their sincere gratitude to those who helped bring this editorial expertise provided by Karin Mark, and the professional support provided by Vincent Lalonde, Surrey City Manager and Larry Th omas, Surrey Deputy Fire Chief. We also wish to thank University of the Fraser Valley student Sean Plecas, who served […]
The Nigerian Business Environment: Issues and Challenges

The business environment of an enterprise consists of the internal and external environmental factors affecting the performance of business enterprises. The environmental factors consist of all the factors or variables, both inside and outside the business. In order for businesses to accomplish their objectives and goals, they have to brace both their internal and external […]
Leadership in Nigeria: Lessons from Change Agents

Corporate governance, as a concept, can be viewed from at least two perspectives: a narrow one in which it is viewed merely as being concerned with the structures within which a corporate entity or enterprise receives its basic orientation and direction(Rwegasira, 2000); and a broad perspective in which it is regarded as being the heart […]
Extreme Ownership: Example (How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win)

Plenty of glorified war stories start like that. In the SEAL Teams, we make fun of those who tell embellished tales about themselves. A typical war story told in jest about something a SEAL did usually begins like this: “So, no shit, there I was, knee-deep in grenade pins… “ This book isn’t meant to […]