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Is your leadership a competitive advantage, or is it costing you? How do you know? Are you developing your leadership effectiveness at the pace of change? For most leaders today, complexity is outpacing their personal and collective development. Most leaders are in over their heads, whether they know it or not. The most successful organizations over time are the best led. While this has always been true, today escalating global complexity puts leadership effectiveness at a premium. Mastering Leadership involves developing the effectiveness of leaders - individually and collectively - and turning that leadership into a competitive advantage. This comprehensive roadmap for optimal leadership features: Breakthrough research that connects increased leadership effectiveness with enhanced business performance The first fully integrated Universal Model of Leadership - one that integrates the best theory and research in the fields of Leadership and Organizational Development over the last half century A free, online self-assessment of your leadership, using the Leadership Circle Profile, visibly outlining how you are currently leading and how to develop even greater effectiveness The five stages in the evolution of leadership - Egocentric, Reactive, Creative, Integral, and Unitive - along with the organizational structures and cultures that develop at each of these stages Six leadership practices for evolving your leadership capability at a faster pace A map of your optimal path to greater leadership effectiveness Case stories that facilitate pragmatic application of this Leadership Development System to your particular situation This timeless, authoritative text provides a systemic approach for developing your senior leaders and the leadership system of your organization.
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Robert J. Anderson is the Founder and Chairman of The Leadership Circle and the Full Circle Group. He is also the Co-founder and Chairman of Full Circle Group. Over the past 35 years, Bob has dedicated his career to exploring the intersections between leadership and mastery, competence and consciousness, spirituality and business.
Bob is the creator of The Leadership Circle Profile, an integrated and innovative leadership assessment tool. A culmination of years of research, The Leadership Circle Profile and its associated assessment tools are used by thousands of organizations around the world. The Leadership Circle and Full Circle Group earned first place in the Large Leadership Partner and Provider category of the HR.com 2015 Leadership 500 Excellence Awards. Bob is a true pioneer in the field of leadership development and research.
Throughout his career, Bob has worked with CEOs and leadership teams to help them improve their leadership effectiveness. He has also partnered with independent consultants and coaches around the world to help them master the skills of coaching and developing executives to achieve greater personal and organizational effectiveness. He now spends the majority of his time creating thought leadership works for consultants and practitioners to use with the mission of impacting global leadership through those dedicated to the craft. Bob's practical wisdom, humility, creativity, humor, and expertise provide a rare and transformative experience for the leaders, coaches, and consultants with whom he works.
Bob holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from John Carroll University and a Master's Degree in Organizational Development from Bowling Green State University. He serves as adjunct faculty for the Executive Education Center at the University of Notre Dame Mendoza College of Business. There he assists diverse groups of leaders in navigating their own leadership transformations. In 2005, Bob received the Partner in Innovation faculty award. In 2015, Bob co-authored Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results (Wiley) with William A. Adams.
Bob holds a Bachelor's Degree in Economics from John Carroll University and a Master's Degree in Organizational Development from Bowling Green State University. Bob and Kim, his wife of 32 years, make their home near Toledo, Ohio. The two enjoy traveling the globe for both work and play with their three adult children.
