Effective Leadership

Len Sperry, M.D., Ph.D., has served as a senior executive and has consulted with executives throughout the U.S. and abroad for over thirty years. He has designed and implemented leadership development programs for several corporations and has taught and directed a graduate program in health leadership. Among his publications are over one hundred articles and chapters on executives and workplace dynamics and four books on working with executives and organizations.

"Dr. Sperry is a leader in the use of character assessment in the executive selection process. Overall, I think that Effective Leadership is a winner! An especially attractive aspect of Effective Leadership is the focus on female executives and executive character." -- PaulLloyd, Ph.D., President, Lloyd & Associates, and Past President of the APA Society of Consulting Psychology"It is an interesting and intriguing book to read... This author knows his subject and loves it! This is more than just another book on executive coaching; it acknowledges and integrated other practices of promoting and enhancing executive health and performance." -- Maureen E. White, Assistant Director, University of San Francisco, Sacramento Regional Campus

• ForewordAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I:The Effective Executive Leader1. Profiles of Leadership EffectivenessThree Basic Premises About Leadership EffectivenessThe Nature of Executive LeadershipThe Value-Added Benefits of Executive LeadershipPatterns of Leadership EffectivenessConcluding Note2. Leadership Models and ResearchContributions From Leadership Models and TheoriesContributions From Qualitative ResearchContributions From Quantitative ResearchCompetentcies of Effective Executive LeadershipThe Need for an Integrative Model of Executive LeadershipAn Integrative Model of Leadership EffectivenessConcluding Note3. Leadership Skills and CompetenciesSkills, Knowledge, Talents, and CompetenciesLeadership SkillsLeadership TalentsLeadership CompetenciesLeadership Competencies in the Leader ProfilesConcluding Note4. Personality and Leadership StylesCharacter and LeadershipPersonality Styles of ExecutivesExecutive Personality Styles by Level of FunctionLeadership Styles of ExecutivesConcluding Note5. The Context of LeadershpContextual Components Impacting the ExecutiveOrganizational Dynamics: Organizational SubsystemsOrganizational Dynamics: Developmental StagesHighly Effective OrganizationsConcluding NotePart II:Strategies for Maximizing Productivity and Health6. Assessment StrategiesExecutive ProfilingAssessing Leadership Skills and CompetenciesLeader Styles AssessmentAssessing Situation: Organizational and Family DynamicsAssessing Synchronism or "Fit"Pre-Intervention StrategyExecutive Profiling: A Case ReportConcluding Note7. Intervention StrategiesOrganizational ConsultationLeadership DevelopmentExecutive Policy AdvisementExecutive ConsultationExecutive CoachingExecutive CounselingExecutive Health PromotionConcluding Note8. Executive Coaching StrategiesViewpoints and Definitions of Executive CoachingExecutive Coaching, Consultation, and CounselingEconomic Benefits of Executive CoachingThe Practice of CoachingThree Basic Types of Executive CoachingConcluding Note9. Executive Counseling StrategiesExecutive Counseling, as Distinct from Consultation and CoachingExecutive Counseling with Dual-Career CouplesWork-Focused PsychotherapyConcluding Note10. Executive Consultation StrategiesExecutive Consultation as Distinct from Coaching and CounselingTypes of Executive ConsultationEvaluation in Executive ConsultationPersonal Advisement in Executive ConsultationConcluding Note11. Executive Health StrategiesThe Impact of Executive Health on CorporationsHealth Issues of Executive WomenA Model of Executive HealthPositive Psychology and Executive HealthConsulting on Executive Health NoncernsConcluding NoteAppendix A: Leadership Skills and CompetenciesAppendix B: Personality Styles in Executives by Level of FunctioningIndex