Leadership When the Heat Is on: 24 Lessons in High Performance Management

TURN EVEN THE MOST STRESSFUL SITUATION INTO AN OPPORTUNITY TO SHINE FOR YOU AND YOUR TEAM

People aren't born to be high-performing leaders; instead, they need to learn to develop the time-proven characteristics of great leadership. Leadership When the Heat's On shows you how to acquire these characteristics, motivate your people, and achieve remarkable results across your organization-particularly during times of change and stress.

This quick-hitting, hands-on rulebook is chock-full of hard-won advice and action steps for keeping your cool under pressure and inspiring incredible performance from your team. You'll see how to:

• Start turning problems into opportunities that can enhance your career
• Practice "humanagement"-using the job to develop the person while having fun in the process
• Overcome your team's roadblocks to goal achievement
• Develop an organization with free-flowing, two-way communication, from top-to-bottom
• Know the signs of low morale, take immediate action to counteract the causes, and make strategic plans to keep spirits from falling again
• Encourage inspired thinking by relaxing old rules of conformity and publicly recognizing new ideas

Leadership When the Heat's On prepares you to meet all leadership challenges, whether anticipated or unexpected.

Danny Cox is one of today’s most sought-after speakers and trainers. A proven sales executive, former supersonic test pilot, and author of There Are No Limits, Cox is a member of the National Speaker Association’s Hall of Fame.

John Hoover, PhD is a former executive with Walt Disney Productions and McGraw-Hill. He consults in organization development and behavior, specializing in leadership, communications, transformation, and sustaining change.