Review: Leading at a Higher Level
posted Wed May 16 01:53:22 +0000 2007 - permalink
Ken Blanchard's Leading at a Higher Level
is a great work for leaders and aspiring leaders at all levels. While
some of the beginning sections are better suited to decision makers
at a higher level than a team lead (such as creating vision and
creating mission statements), the overall theme of the book is how to
adapt to the leadership needs of your staff.
Understanding the development needs of your team, how they
learn, and at which point to switch from a decision maker to a
delegator to a coach can help not only unify your team, but get the
most out of everyone. Changing requirements, stress, working late,
and dealing with real time customer issues can create issues and
conflicts with your team. I highly recommend this book for team leads
that are looking for inspiration to take yourself to the next level
and get the most of your (probably limited) resources -- just feel
free to skim ahead to the parts about how to treat your people
right.