Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel And Use It Wisely

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Taking Advice: How Leaders Get Good Counsel And Use It Wisely
by Dan Ciampa
from Harvard Business School Press

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

• Good counterpart to Gerald M. Weinberg
  From a consulting perspective, Gerald M. Weinberg's "The Secrets of Consulting" is a classic on how to effectively dispense advice to clients. And as great a work as it is (see my review), its inclusion of "Getting Advice" in its subtitle is a bit misleading since it concentrates on how to provide rather than receive advice from colleagues and other professionals. I think "Taking Advice" helps complete the picture of this two-way relationship. Ciampa's focus on "How Leaders Get Good Counsel and Use it... more info

• Excellent Advice
  This book is written for leaders who can often find themselves insulated and isolated. The bunker mentality is not generally conducive to good decision making, by the way.
  Ciampa says that every leader should be an advice taker. And, different situations call for different kinds of advice. But all good advice takers share these characteristics:
  * Skilled advice takers are deliberate in choosing the best type of help and in constructing a network of advisers.
  * They manage that network... more info

• Hands-on counsel about getting the most from good advice.
  Leaders must be accountable for their decisions, but the best leaders do not make the most important decisions alone. The right advice is a key condition for success, however, even the best advice will not be useful if the leader is not adept at using it. In this to-the-point book, author Dan Ciampa provides a unique service: a clear, practical framework for making the most of help from both inside and outside your organization, including selecting the right advisers and shaping a balanced advice network.... more info

• A GEM OF A BOOK ON A QUINTESSENTIAL TOPIC FOR LEADERSHIP SUCCESS!
  As management consultants in organization and compensation, as well as management book reviewers, we are all-too keenly aware that the achilles heal of leaders is very often, their inability to seek, get and properly use good advice.This book addresses this need, by presenting critical, to-the-point insights into this quintessential leadership subject. To do so, it offers a framework for advice taking and an understanding of the attributes of great advice taking.
  The core propositions of the author... more info

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