Overview

""Leadership Effectiveness"" serves as a guide for a leader to learn how to become more efficient in leading followers. In order to increase one's leadership effectiveness, leaders need to put a focus on the ""LEAD"" in leadership. A leader at any level of leadership can engage in developing their personal leadership effectiveness by understanding how to Lead through Evaluation, Action, and Direction (LEAD). This compilation of leadership commentaries emphasizes taking a concrete approach in identifying and developing methods for a leader to effectively Lead through the implementation of proven applied ideas and behaviors. The practical Evaluation and application (Action and Direction) of leadership constructs and skills discussed in this book include a myriad of topics relevant to leadership effectiveness involving trust, motivation, sustainability, ethics, empowerment, total quality management, humility, effective leadership behaviors and much more. This book provides a proven pragmatic and effective leadership formula developed over 40 years of teaching, research and application in practical methods for developing and improving one's leadership effectiveness. By applying the concepts revealed in these leadership commentaries, leaders will become more effective at securing commitment from their followers. The Management Research Group's (MRG) highly validated leadership effectiveness analysis (LEA) tool, taken by over two million individuals worldwide, is also explored and applied to the leadership role in the form of twenty-two specific leadership effectiveness behaviors. The words of the legendary Nobel Prize winning writer Ernest M. Hemingway says it best in terms of why a leader should focus on improving one's personal effectiveness via LEAD as described in this book. Hemingway says - ""There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility lies in being superior to your former self.""

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""Dr. Cichy's book explores the whole scope of how to develop LEADership Effectiveness in a concrete and practical manner."" Dave Sellars, PhD Former Corporate Marketing Manager at Standard and Poor's 1000 companies and author of several business books, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ""From Sustainable Business Practices and ethics and leadership traits, Jack's book examines the essential concepts needed for effective leadership."" Dave Barrett, MBA, CM Former Talent Manager/""Keeper of the Culture"" at Cascade Engineering, Grand Rapids, Michigan. ""LEADership Effectiveness by Dr. Jack Cichy is the 'go to' book regarding what a manager should know in becoming an adept leader within any organization."" Steve Van Oostenbruggee, MBA, PhD, CM Executive Director of the Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM), Harrisonburg, Virginia.

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Jack D. Cichy is professor emeritus of management and sustainability at Davenport University in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His business experience includes food and beverage directorship with several hotel resorts in northern and western Michigan. Dr. Cichy has served in various administrative leadership roles in academe from Dean to Department Head, and Professor of Management and Sustainability for over forty-plus years. In addition to his business and academic pursuits, Jack has also assisted his wife Karen, in owning and operating a Retail Gift Basket Business (Basket Works LTD.) in Grand Rapids, Michigan, for over twenty-five years. Dr. Cichy completed his BS, MA, and EdS Degrees from Central Michigan University in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. He also earned a PhD in Adult/Business Education at Michigan State University in East Lansing. Jack is certified as a Leadership Effectiveness Analysis (LEA) Trainer/Educator by the Management Research Group located in Portland, Maine. He also earned his Certified Manager (CM) designation from The Institute of Certified Professional Managers (ICPM) in the College of Business at James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Additionally, Professor Cichy is an EQ-I 2.0TM (Emotional Quotient Inventory) Qualified Facilitator by Multi Health Systems Incorporated of Toronto, Ontario. Jack has provided leadership consultation to numerous organizations. He has served as an outside organizational development trainer/educator for thirty-one years at Cascade Engineering (CE) in Grand Rapids, Michigan. CE is a national/ international leader in Sustainable Business Practices. Professor Cichy's professional, teaching and research interests are in the areas of leadership, sustainability, organizational change/development, employee motivation, and organizational behavior. He has written and presented numerous papers over the last several decades at the National/Regional Lilly Conferences on College and University Teaching, along with the Michigan Academy of Arts, Science, and Letters. He has also presented at the National Management Association's Annual Conference. Jack has authored over 100 articles, papers, scholarly book reviews, and journal submissions. In addition, he has spoken to many organizations on ethics, sustainability, and leadership. He is the proud recipient of a 2012 - 2017 Fulbright Scholar Specialist Award (not activated) in Sustainable Development from the US Department of State's Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs. During his tenure at Davenport University, Jack was a two-time recipient of the Professor of the Year Award. He has also been bestowed the Davenport University M.E. (Michael Edward) Davenport Award for ""...commitment to exceeding standards of performance..."" in service to the institution. Dr. Cichy served as a member of the Board of Regents at The Institute of Certified Professional Managers on the campus of James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia from 2004 - 2016. Jack Cichy's leadership journey began in high school as Class President for four years. In addition, he was a member of the 1969 Manistee (Michigan) Catholic Central Sabers Class C State Championship Football Team and served as varsity football captain in 1972. In his work life, Jack reveled in leading others. Every leadership role that he has served in provided him with valuable growth opportunities and a chance to refine his leadership effectiveness. Dr. Cichy's quest for achieving leadership excellence continues to this day.

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