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Progress: the focus of a new perspective on leadership

Weaving together original research, novel strategies and tactics, and stories of successful leaders, this book provides insight into how to become a progress-making leader. Written by an academic and a business executive, the book provides actionable ideas grounded in sound research and tested in real organizations.

Find out more!1. Click on the Features/New to this Editiontab above for more information about the book.2. Visit the authors′ website for teaching and learning resources: 3. Watch the video! A video touching on some of the issues covered in the book is available on YouTube. This video is a great resource that can be used in the classroom to launch discussion about the nature of leadership.

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• Section 1
• 1 Introduction
• Our Purpose
• Our Approach
• 2 Exploring
• Attributes of Explorers
• Exploring and Progress Making
• Concluding Thoughts
• 3 Refining
• Attributes of Refiners
• Refining and Progress making
• Concluding Thoughts
• 4 Platforms
• How Platforms Emerge
• Features of Platforms
• Concluding Thoughts
• 5 Progress
• Defining Progress
• Implications of the Progress Definition
• Concluding Thoughts
• Progress Maker Profile: Oscar Boldt and The Boldt Company
• 6 The Progress Model
• How the Progress Model Works
• So What?
• Concluding Thoughts
• 7 How Explorers and Refiners Make Progress
• The Explorers Mode of Making Progress
• The Refiners Mode of Making Progress
• The Challenges Faced by Explorers and Refiners
• Concluding Thoughts
• 8 Progress Makers
• The Central Conundrum
• The Progress Maker's Response
• Making the Right Choices
• Progress Maker Profile: Ron Reed and the Discovery Channel
• Section 2
• 9 Envision the Future with Calculated Boldness
• Defining the Concept
• What Inhibits Calculated Boldness
• What to Do?
• Concluding Thoughts
• Progress Maker Profile: Brigadier General H.R. McMaster
• 10 Cultivate a Focused Flexibility Mindset
• A Deeper Look at Focus and Flexibility
• Why is Focused Flexibility so Difficult?
• What to Do?
• Concluding Thoughts
• 11 Enlarge the Circle of Engagement
• The Concept
• Why Don't We Enlarge the Circle?
• How do You Enlarge the Circle of Engagement?
• Concluding Thoughts
• Progress Maker Profile: Vicki Wilson and Door County Coffee & Tea
• 12 Foster the Growth of Investment-Worthy Employees
• Defining the Concept
• Barriers
• What to Do?
• Concluding Thoughts
• 13 Seek, Nurture and Evaluate Actionable Ideas
• Defining the Concept
• Phases to Generate Actionable Ideas
• Barriers
• What to Do?
• Concluding Thoughts
• Progress Maker Profile: Laura Hollingsworth and The Des Moines Register & Gannett
• 14 Select, Detect, and Correct the Proper Errors
• Background
• Error Management Framework
• The Counter Forces
• What to Do?
• Concluding Thoughts
• 15 Practice Receiver-Centric, Strategy-Based, Feedback-Driven Communication
• Defining the Concept
• Barriers
• What to Do?
• Concluding Thoughts
• 16 Conclusion
• Appendix 1 Progress Makers
• Appendix 2 UMM and the Origins of Focused Flexibility
• Index
• About the Authors

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CHOICE Review

In an effort to bridge the gap between leadership theory and practice, Clampitt (Univ. of Wisconsin) and DeKoch (Boldt Company) wrote this volume to help incumbent and aspiring leaders enhance their organizational impact. In section 1, they characterize two leader archetypes--Explorers and Refiners--then define progress, articulate a progress model, and demonstrate how both Explorers and Refiners contribute to and positively impact organizational progress. Section 2 addresses seven strategies that progress makers need to understand and integrate into their repertoire of leadership behaviors, and the concluding chapter presents a table that neatly summarizes progress-making strategies and tactics. Each chapter is well documented, and throughout the book the authors discuss or present profiles of almost 50 individuals, some well known and some relatively unknown, that they consider notable leaders. Additionally, the authors summarize the history and outcome of a research study aimed at gaining a better understanding of organizational uncertainty and draw conclusions related to the relationship between leadership effectiveness and organizational uncertainty. Faculty and upper-division undergraduate students will find that this book provides an interesting and alternative perspective to the more traditional and readily available undergraduate management texts. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate through faculty collections. M. J. Safferstone University of Mary Washington

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Phillip G. Clampitt received his Ph.D. in organizational communication from the University of Kansas. He holds the Blair Endowed Chair of Communication and was previously the Hendrickson Professor of Business at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay where he is a full professor. Dr. Clampitt is the chair of four units at UWGB: Information & Computing Science, Communication, Computer Science, and Information Science. Sage Publications recently published the sixth edition of his best-selling book, Communicating for Managerial Effectiveness 6e. He co-authored two books with Robert J. DeKoch (President/COO of the Boldt Company): Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership and Transforming Leaders into Progress Makers .

Phil''s work on "Decision Downloading" was featured in the MIT Sloan Management Review and the Wall Street Journal . Additionally, he has published in numerous journals, including The Academy of Management Executive, Journal of Communication Management, Journal of Business Communication and Management Communication Quarterly. He has contributed chapters to numerous works including: Handbook of Communication Audits for Organisations , Communication Audits , and the International Encyclopedia of Organizational Communication. He also is on the editorial board of many professional journals. Over the past thirty years he has worked on communication and leadership issues with many organizations including Nokia, PepsiCo, Schneider National, The Boldt Company, Dental City, National University and the Menasha Corporation.

Phil has been a guest speaker at the U.S. Army War College where they use his books in their Strategic Leadership class. In addition to many guest-speaking opportunities in the U.S., he has also been invited to speak internationally at places such as The University of Pisa, The University of Aberdeen, The University of Ulster, as well as to numerous multi-national businesses and professional organizations.

His students have heard him ask, "So what?" so often that they started calling him "Dr. So What." Subsequently, he developed a related website ( www.drsowhat.com ) that highlights his passionate commitment to critical thinking and thoughtful inquiry.

Robert J. DeKoch received his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Lawrence University and his Masters Degree in Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh. His career has spanned numerous manufacturing industries where he has held various management positions in operations, engineering, and research. He is currently the President and Chief Operating Officer for a major U.S. construction services firm, the Boldt Company (see www.theboldtcompany.com ). He is also Co-Chairman of the Board of New North, Inc., a regional economic development initiative in Northeastern Wisconsin. The initiative''s mission is to harness and promote the 18-county region′s resources, talents and creativity for the purposes of sustaining and growing the regional economy (see www.thenewnorth.com ). Throughout his career, Mr. DeKoch has focused on developing work environments for high involvement and continuous learning. He has instituted progressive communication processes in the workplace to promote understanding, focus and alignment. He strives to build organizational relationships that foster innovative thinking, recognition of achievement, and genuine teamwork. He co-authored the book Embracing Uncertainty: The Essence of Leadership and leadership articles in various journals .