Lessons in Lateral Leadership
Roger Fisher and Alan Sharp, Getting It Done: How to Lead When You’re NOT in Charge. HarperCollins Publishers, New York 1999. Summary: The goal of this book is to define ways to produce high quality results through collaboration by lateral leadership. Lateral leadership is not guiding by superior authority but rather is inviting colleagues to work with you to solve problems. The primary guidelines are handled under a three step method to improve oneself first and then to guide others to change: · Organize and sharpen your personal skills at getting things done by yourself. · Understand clearly your strategic goal of getting things done with others. · Develop some tactics of participatory leadership. DEVELOP PURPOSE. · Sharpen your purpose: develop a purpose that motivates and guides you, in terms of results to be achieved. Formulate immediate objectives, mid range goals and a long term vision. · Everyone helps formulate a set of results to achieve together. · Lead in improving set...