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Leading for Effectiveness (Confessions of a Reformed Perfectionist)
Author(s) -
Ball Timothy L.,
Ball Steven C.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2007.tb02749.x
Subject(s) - leverage (statistics) , sight , path (computing) , psychology , management , public relations , marketing , sociology , business , social psychology , computer science , political science , economics , artificial intelligence , physics , astronomy , programming language
Every organization faces challenges in its path to maximum performance. Some of the most common mistakes organizations make originate with managers who, in their pursuit of efficiency, lose sight of the larger goal of effectiveness. This article discusses how managers who are willing to take the path of self‐assessment and improvement can leverage leadership skills to produce greater results throughout their organizations. This article highlights the insights of business writers Dave Ulrich, Larry Bossidy, and others whose insights often overlap, and may sometimes even seem to contradict each other, but they all support the goal of effectiveness.