Boundaries for Leaders: Results, Relationships, and Being Ridiculously in Charge

by Henry Cloud

Overview

In Boundaries for Leaders, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud leverages his expertise of human behavior, neuroscience, and business leadership to explain how the best leaders set boundaries within their organizations—with their teams and with themselves—to improve performance and increase employee and customer satisfaction.

In a voice that is motivating and inspiring, Dr. Cloud offers practical advice on how to manage teams, coach direct reports, and instill an organization with strong values and culture.

Boundaries for Leaders: Take Charge of Your Business, Your Team, and Your Life is essential reading for executives and aspiring leaders who want to create successful companies with satisfied employees and customers, while becoming more resilient leaders themselves.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780062206336
Publisher:	HarperCollins
Publication date:	04/16/2013
Pages:	272
Sales rank:	137,686
Product dimensions:	6.30(w) x 8.90(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Henry Cloud is an acclaimed leadership expert, psychologist, and New York Times bestselling author whose books have sold over 10 million copies. In 2014, Success magazine named Dr. Cloud one of the top 25 most influential leaders in personal growth and development. He graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BS in psychology and completed his PhD in clinical psychology at Biola University.

Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Chapter 1 The People Are the Plan 1

Chapter 2 Ridiculously in Charge 13

Chapter 3 Leading So Brains Can Work 25

Chapter 4 The Emotional Climate That Makes Brains Perform 51

Chapter 5 Power Through Connection 77

Chapter 6 The Gatekeeper of Thinking 99

Chapter 7 Control and Results 125

Chapter 8 High-Performance Teams 153

Chapter 9 Trust Makes Teams Able to Perform 167

Chapter 10 Boundaries for Yourself 197

Conclusion 233

Index 239

Editorial Reviews

Cloud (Boundaries) argues that the personal and interpersonal side of leadership is every bit as important as vision and execution. Leaders, he shows, set the stage and either propel or derail, and most of the time these issues have little to do with a leader's business acumen and more to do with how they lead people and the culture they foster. To that end, Cloud puts forth the principles of boundaries-"structures that determine what will exist"-as a key component of effective leadership. He identifies seven leadership boundaries that make everything else work (or not) and shows how they set the tone and climate for performance. Leaders, Cloud suggests, are what they create and what they allow: the vision they invite, goals employees pursue, and behavior that is and isn't allowed. Leaders set the agenda and make the rules and therefore own the culture and the boundaries, which includes allowing for employee brains to work. Cloud also considers leaders to be the gatekeepers of organizational thinking, stressing the connection between control and results. For all leaders who have had less-than-hoped-for outcomes, Cloud offers an insightful and fresh approach to managing people to get the desired results. Agent: Shannon Marven, Dupree Miller & Associates.
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