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Your First Leadership Job: How Catalyst Leaders Bring Out the Best in Others
Becoming the Very Best First-Time Leader
Congratulations! You re now in charge. Perhaps it s your first time as a leader, or maybe you want to fine-tune your skills. Either way, you ve begun one of the most rewarding chapters of your career. But, like many beginnings, the first few years can be challenging. Fortunately, you don t have to tackle this challenge on your own. Your First Leadership Job gives you practical advice straight from others who have walked in your shoes. Not only does it include dozens of tools to ensure your success, but it s also based on the authors and DDI s extensive experience and research, which ultimately has led to the development of millions of leaders around the world. In fact, a quarter-million leaders will be developed this year alone via DDI training.
Your First Leadership Job is divided into two sections. Part 1 introduces the concept of catalyst leader one who sparks energy, passion, and commitment in others. Your transition to catalyst leader is a major step in your leadership journey. This book provides essential tips to put you on the catalyst path. Ultimately, leadership is about the many conversations frequent, clear, authentic, and occasionally difficult that you will have daily. Your First Leadership Job builds awareness of the fundamental skills you ll come to rely on to make every one of these interactions successful.
Part 2 devotes 13 chapters to critical core leadership competencies, including coaching for success, hiring the best employees, turning dreaded appraisals into discussions that propel performance, and handling difficult employees. It also includes a chapter for first-time female leaders.
Look at Your First Leadership Job as an indispensable companion to becoming an awesome leader one who will make a positive, lasting impact on your team, family, and career. Visit www.yourfirstleadershipjob.com to learn more.
Congratulations! You re now in charge. Perhaps it s your first time as a leader, or maybe you want to fine-tune your skills. Either way, you ve begun one of the most rewarding chapters of your career. But, like many beginnings, the first few years can be challenging. Fortunately, you don t have to tackle this challenge on your own. Your First Leadership Job gives you practical advice straight from others who have walked in your shoes. Not only does it include dozens of tools to ensure your success, but it s also based on the authors and DDI s extensive experience and research, which ultimately has led to the development of millions of leaders around the world. In fact, a quarter-million leaders will be developed this year alone via DDI training.
Your First Leadership Job is divided into two sections. Part 1 introduces the concept of catalyst leader one who sparks energy, passion, and commitment in others. Your transition to catalyst leader is a major step in your leadership journey. This book provides essential tips to put you on the catalyst path. Ultimately, leadership is about the many conversations frequent, clear, authentic, and occasionally difficult that you will have daily. Your First Leadership Job builds awareness of the fundamental skills you ll come to rely on to make every one of these interactions successful.
Part 2 devotes 13 chapters to critical core leadership competencies, including coaching for success, hiring the best employees, turning dreaded appraisals into discussions that propel performance, and handling difficult employees. It also includes a chapter for first-time female leaders.
Look at Your First Leadership Job as an indispensable companion to becoming an awesome leader one who will make a positive, lasting impact on your team, family, and career. Visit www.yourfirstleadershipjob.com to learn more.
- GenresLeadershipNonfiction
288 pages, Paperback
First published October 20, 2014
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About the author
Tacy Byham
1 book2 followersTACY M. BYHAM, PHD, is the CEO of Development Dimensions International (DDI). Tacy has worked with dozens of global organizations, creating custom solutions to improve their leaders' performance. She believes that better leadership is not only about the workplace, but also about better communities and, ultimately, a better world.
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March 25, 2020
Leadership with personality and critical thinking
I thoroughly enjoyed the emotional and intellectual aspects addressed in this book about being a leader. This is a well written to to book for beginning leaders and those who are leaders and want to add to their leadership abilities. The ideas will assist me to develop a higher degree of leadership capabilities that will enhance my current leadership path.
I thoroughly enjoyed the emotional and intellectual aspects addressed in this book about being a leader. This is a well written to to book for beginning leaders and those who are leaders and want to add to their leadership abilities. The ideas will assist me to develop a higher degree of leadership capabilities that will enhance my current leadership path.
April 24, 2023
This is an excellent book full of common sense advice. I especially love that it gives you permission NOT to be a people manager.
I'm DNFing it at 14% in because I was reading for a professional development goal for a job I am leaving and losing my access to O'Reilly's ebook subscription.
I'm DNFing it at 14% in because I was reading for a professional development goal for a job I am leaving and losing my access to O'Reilly's ebook subscription.
August 1, 2018
I really enjoyed this book. Definitely plan on keeping it on the shelf for future reference. A lot of the tips/exercises are really great. Highly recommend for new managers and seasoned managers.
February 10, 2023
Required reading for me for work. Didn’t leave a lasting impression. May have to re-read later.
August 15, 2016
A great book about leadership and management for the beginner and also for the experienced manager! Part 1 is like an introduction about what is a leader and showing tons of examples of behaviors and characteristics of great managers. The most interesting part for me was Part 2. Part 2 is like a cookbook where the authors discuss a variety of important leadership/management topics like meetings, hiring techniques, coaching, engagement and retention, feedback, difficult employee situations, delegation, performance management, influence and more.
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