Leading for Success

PREFACE

This book is intended to provide IT managers with practical advice and tips on how to become an effective leader. Whatever the environment in which you work, providing effective leadership leads to a climate where team members want to give of their best and where organisational goals are more likely to be reached. Furthermore, there is a strong link between leadership and the creation of the stakeholder value of an organisation.

Gone are the days when leadership was merely a quality that people at the top of the organisation needed to demonstrate. In order to succeed today organisations need distributed leadership. This is leadership that is demonstrated at every level throughout the business.

Whether you are new to leadership or have ...