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Informationen zum Autor Rob Silzer is the managing director of HR Assessment and Development, Inc. For more than twenty-five years Silzer has consulted with managers and executives from more than one hundred organizations. He has specialized in executive and management leadership, team selection and development, and strategically driven HR systems. Silzer is the coeditor with Richard Jeanneret of Individual Psychological Assessment: Predicting Behavior in Organizational Settings . Klappentext The 21st Century Executive --the eleventh volume in the Professional Practice Series--is a comprehensive resource that offers seasoned guidance and current practices on the important issue of executive effectiveness and success. While most books on the topic focus on CEOs, this much-needed volume puts the spotlight on a larger group of executives-general managers, corporate officers, and heads of major organizational functions and business units-and offers a broad range of perspectives on how to build effective executive leadership. Contributors to The 21st Century Executive Marcia J. Avedon Lawrence A. Bossidy John R. Fulkerson Luis Gomez-Mejia George P. Hollenbeck Harry Levinson Karen S. Lyness Marianna Makri Val H. Markos Douglas D. McKenna Robert B. McKenna David A. Nadler Leslie Pratch J. Carlos Rivero Anthony J. Rucci Rob Silzer Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld Janet L. Spencer Zusammenfassung This book provides HR professionals and I/O practitioners a greater understanding of executive dynamics! development tools! and proven techniques for managing executives. Bringing together leading-edge practitioners! this volume explores executive performance and effectiveness and documents unique executive-level human resource applications. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword (Eduardo Salas). Preface. The Authors. Part One: Defining Executive Effectiveness. 1 Deciphering Executive Failures (Jeffrey A. Sonnenfeld). 2 What the Best Business Leaders Do Best (Anthony J. Rucci). 3 Understanding the Personality of the Executive (Leslie Pratch,Harry Levinson). Part Two: Managing Executive Resources. 4 Selecting Leaders at the Top: Exploring theComplexity ofExecutive Fit (Rob Silzer). 5 Leveraging Executive Teams: What s New (andWhat s Not) in theStrategic Enterprise (Janet L. Spencer, J. Carlos Rivero, David A.Nadler). 6 Coaching Executives: Individual LeaderDevelopment (George P.Hollenbeck). 7 Developing Executives (Val H. Markos). 8 Rewarding Executives (Marianna Makri, Luis Gomez-Mejia). Part Three: Understanding Executive Perspectives. 9 Finding the Key to the Executive Suite: Challengesfor Women andPeople of Color (Karen S. Lyness). 10 E-Executives: Leadership Priorities for theNew Economy (D.Douglas McKenna, Robert B. McKenna). 11 Growing Global Executives (John R. Fulkerson). 12 Getting an Executive View: An Interview witha Chief ExecutiveOfficer (Lawrence A. Bossidy, Marcia J. Avedon). Name Index. Subject Index....
