Taking Advice

How leaders get good counsel and use it wisely

Dan Ciampa

224 pages, parution le 19/09/2006

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Résumé

Leaders can find plenty of resources explaining how to give advice. But what about how to take advice? According to Dan Ciampa, too many leaders overlook this "demand side" of advice. In Taking Advice, Ciampa explains that more outside advisers than ever are offering leaders advice in increasingly costly projects. Yet, as advice has become more ubiquitous, leaders have grown less satisfied with it--especially when dealing with high-stakes, unfamiliar situations that require assertive action and speed but also wise judgment. Also, leaders too often overlook help from colleagues, board members, subordinates, friends, and spouses. Good advice bridges the gap between a leader's vision and realization of that vision. When leaders fail to solicit advice or obtain it from the wrong sources, the leader and his vision suffer. By offering the broadest perspective on advice to date, Ciampa helps you avoid this scenario. He provides a topology of advice (strategic, operational, political, personal) and defines four types of advisers (expert, experienced, sounding board, partner). He also identifies the defining characteristics of effective advice takers--illustrating them with a wealth of examples from business, the public sector, and history.

L'auteur - Dan Ciampa

Dan Ciampa is an adviser to leaders moving into new positions and on creating a culture that sustains new technology and operational improvements.

Sommaire

The help paradox
How good leaders fail as advice takers
A new framework for advice taking
Types of advice : strategic, operational, political, and personal
Kinds of advisers : expert, experienced, sounding-board, and partner
The art of balance
Attitudes and behavior of great advice takers
Listening - the master skill - and other key success factors

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Harvard Business School Press (HBS)
Auteur(s)	Dan Ciampa
Parution	19/09/2006
Nb. de pages	224
Format	16 x 24
Couverture	Relié
Poids	505g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9781591396680
ISBN13	978-1-59139-668-0