Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership

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Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership Shifting Style for Maximum Impact

Mary Lou Décosterd

Foreword by Jerri L. Frantzve

Book Code: C9934

ISBN: 0-275-99934-3

ISBN-13: 978-0-275-99934-6

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208 pages, illustrations

Praeger Publishers

Publication: 6/30/2008

List Price: $44.95 (UK Sterling Price: £25.95)

Availability: In Stock

Media Type: Hardcover

Also Available: Ebook

Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4

Subjects:

Psychology » Psychology (General)
Business » Business (General)

Series Title: Contemporary Psychology

Endorsement From Skip Rosskam,
President & Chief Operating Officer, David Michael & Company: Are leaders born? Perhaps good genes are a start, but, leadership is nurtured thru sound parenting, solid education, engaged mentoring & coaching from colleagues and managers, and diverse work experiences. However, successful leaders in today's warp speed world benefit from learning new skills. In Right Brain/Left Brain; Shifting Style For Maximum Impact, Dr. Decosterd opens our eyes to the fact that we can all learn to develop our brains in ways not before imagined or understood to enhance our leadership skills that benefit ourselves and our organizations. Dr. Decosterd may have invented a new breed of Coach.....the Brain Coach!! Bravo!!
Endorsement From Liesl M Cooper, PhD,
VP, Health Economics and Reimbursement Cordis Corporation: Many thanks to Dr. Decosterd for sharing her valuable experiences and insights to show the reader straightforward ways to call upon strengths to become a more capable holistic leader. The tools and resources are a gift to anyone seeking greater leadership effectiveness.
Endorsement From Joann Holman,
Managing Director, BMO Capital Markets: Dr. Decosterd provides a roadmap for developing one's leadership depth and breadth of capabilities by challenging people to manage outside of their comfort zones. She offers numerous practical tools to help readers to make a shift in style, behavior or develop a new trait in order to become a more effective leader.
Endorsement From Don Martin,L Armstrong World Industries,
VP and Chief Information Officer: In every sport in the world today, coachers and trainers have found innovative techniques to take their athletes to the next level. Mary Lou has brought to the world of leaders, tools to take leadership to the next level. An insightful book that can be put to use immediately.
Endorsement From Alan J. Maki,
Vice President Operations: Siding Products Group, CertainTeed: Eloquently structured for practitioners, Dr. Décosterd's book provides leaders with practical insights into their thinking habits, along with tools to assess themselves and their teams, and offers field-tested techniques to increase effectiveness.
Endorsement From Anita Augustine,
Sr. VP of Training
CCA Global Partners: I love the pragmatic approach the author uses in the examples of right and left brain learners! The model diagrams, along with the business cases, provide an easy-to-understand practicality to a complex subject. Anyone who studies and practices the diverse approaches to innovation and creativity outlined in Mary Lou's book will learn and grow as a leader AND as a thinker.

This book will give all leaders, at any level, in any business, a new lease on formulating ideas!
Endorsement From Carl E. Vuono, General, United States Army (Retired)
Former Chief of Staff, United States Army: Through a combination of narrative and hard science, Dr. Mary Lou Decosterd has captured the crucial lessons of leader development. For great leaders are not born-they are made over years of experience, learning, imagination, introspection, and hard work. Right Brain/Left Brain Leadership is an excellent resource for use by leaders at multiple levels and in a wide range of institutions in order to continuously hone and enhance their own leadership skills and to develop young leaders who will constitute the future.
Endorsement From John T. Bertz,
Pensacola Plant Manager, Armstrong World: I have used Mary Lou Decosterd's model to assess leadership skills and development opportunities. The specific traits for each of the leadership behaviors help narrow development areas into actionable plans.

Description: Leaders of all kinds, in all fields, need to be methodical and logical, but also strategic, innovative, and intuitive. Yet the two different styles require different modes of thinking, or what author Mary Lou Décosterd describes as shifts to right brain, or left brain, thinking. Those who operate in what she explains as the left brain mode develop strong logical, rational, and analytical abilities, but they may downplay the value of right brain thinking, which spurs intuition, subjectivity and creativity. And those who operate primarily in the later mode lose the value of the former. A leader who is habitually a "right-brainer" sees only the big picture rather than its parts, is creative but not usually analytical, and is emotional far more than logical. So who is more effective? Veteran consultant Décosterd shows here how those with maximum success are leaders who understand both styles and have the ability to switch between the two at key moments to broaden their overall effectiveness. In the language of leadership, this pragmatic guide provides an all-encompassing view of how to maximize brain power and get to next-level leadership impact. Through case examples, simple assessment and unique learning tools, this book takes the reader through a new process for examining his or her current leadership style and skill sets, and framing a plan for greater success. Décosterd explains how, through use of popular leader exemplars, leadership examples and concise steps and summaries, every person can, at virtually any stage of personal and professional accomplishment, become a more consummate leader.

Table of Contents:

List of Illustrations
Foreword
Chapter 1 Leadership, Life and the Brain
Chapter 2 The Model
Chapter 3 Right Brain Leadership: Leaders Line of SITE
Chapter 4 Left Brain Leadership: The MEGA Mind
Chapter 5 The Plus Factors: Resilient
Chapter 6 The Plus Factors: Savvy
Chapter 7 The Roadmap: Getting to Breadth and Depth
Acknowledgements
Appendix A Worksheets
Appendix B Tools by Trait
Appendix C Leadership Library
Notes
Bibliography
About the Author and the Lead Life Institute

LC Card Number: 2008004552

LCC Class: BF637

Dewey Class: 658

PDF Catalogs:
Praeger Public Library Spring 2008.pdf


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