From Leadership Theory to Practice: A Game Plan for Success as a Leader

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R&L Education, Sep 16, 2009 - Education - 210 pages
Literature on leadership often fails to include a clear connection between theory and practice. This book details characteristics and behaviors manifested by effective leaders and how their behavior was informed by leadership theory. This book specifically describes the leadership practices of football coaches as a way to illustrate the theory the author expounds, offering the reader examples of leadership behavior in the four leadership frames suggested by Bolman and Deal's situational leadership theory. This self-help book demonstrates how someone can become a very effective leader in both his personal life and his professional life.
 

Contents

Chapter 01 CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP THEORY
1
Chapter 02 LEADING WITH HEART
21
Chapter 03 BILL BELICHICK
45
Chapter 04 BOBBY BOWDEN
57
Chapter 05 BEAR BRYANT
69
Chapter 06 TONY DUNGY
83
Chapter 07 JOE GIBBS
97
Chapter 08 BILL PARCELLS
109
Chapter 09 ARA PARSEGHIAN
121
Chapter 10 JOE PATERNO
135
Chapter 11 DON SHULA
153
Chapter 12 BILL WALSH
165
Chapter 13 LEADERSHIP LESSONS LEARNED
179
REFERENCES
187
THE HEART SMART ORGANIZATIONAL DIAGNOSIS MODEL
191
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Robert Palestini is dean emeritus and professor of education at Saint Joseph's University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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