The Prepared Mind of a Leader
Eight Skills Leaders Use to Innovate, Make Decisions, and Solve Problems
By Bill Welter and Jean Egmon

“Chance favors the prepared mind.” – Louis Pasteur

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The Prepared Mind of a Leader provides readers with both theory and practice needed to build the skills of a prepared mind. Built on real-world experience and scientifically grounded concepts, the 8 identified skills include:

  • Observing
  • Challenging
  • Reflecting
  • Reasoning
  • Imagining
  • Deciding
  • Learning
  • Enabling

These skills are put into action through the Sense-Response Cycle (sense, make sense, decide and act), which enables leaders to quickly and continuously remain strategic and agile. The multitude of techniques and exercises provided throughout the book enable leaders to develop strong leadership capabilities and to enable people around them to do the same.

Because we’re in a global, high tech, connected economy, you have fewer and fewer routine situations. A leader has to look at a non-routine problem and think about it in a creative and original way. The Prepared Mind helps leaders anticipate and think systematically, rather than just imitating. The Prepared Mind provides a platform on which to build capability and talent across situations.

Through its blend of deep principles and practical application, The Prepared Mind of a Leader prepares leaders at any level to think differently, act with more strategic creativity.

To learn more about this book, visit www.preparedleader.com.

ISBN: 0-7879-7680-6
Hardcover
304 pages
October 2005
Jossey-Bass
US $27.95