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Leadership and turnaround expert Jackie Jenkins-Scott shows you how to spot and take advantage of opportunities in any environment.Being a responsive leader means playing to win. Responsive leadership can thrive anywhere, unlike systematic leadership. The latter imposes methods and laws; principles govern action. In contrast, responsive leadership is a living, changing set of traits and skills that adapts to new people and environments. You may have an impressive grasp of how to influence, inspire, and build teams, but you must know how to adapt your abilities to each new organization, or to changes within the organization - new board members, new staff members, new shareholders.The 7 Secrets of Responsive Leadership spotlights how to build the skills to be a leader in any environment. Richly illustrated with stories from the author's decades of experience as a CEO, the book explores how to:Take advantage of opportunityTurn around an organizationCompete well by leading with heartKeep your bags packedEcho one message at a timeLook for oppositionValue the interconnectedness of peopleRecover quicklyAt its core, this book is about the intimate relationship between leadership and opportunity. The author lived that relationship in transforming a major urban health care center and a college from struggling and failing organizations to thriving, international leaders in their field.
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Jackie Jenkins-Scott, President and Founder of JJS Advising, is a dynamic and accomplished Executive widely recognized as an innovative and transformational leader. She brings a proven track record of over three decades in leading mission driven institutions from vulnerability to high performing levels. As a strategic thinker with special skills in bringing together the diverse talents in a Board, professional staff, the business and civic community, she has used her skills and leadership experiences to contribute to many corporate and civic organizations where she is valued as a visionary and strategic leader. Prior to founding JJS Advising, a consulting firm focusing on executive coaching, leadership development and organizational strategy, she served for twelve years as President of Wheelock College, Boston, MA. As Wheelock's 13th President, Jenkins-Scott was a passionate advocate in fulfilling the college's unique and compelling mission to improve the lives of children and families. Under her strategic leadership, the college significantly increased its endowment, nearly doubled enrollment, and completed the College's first facilities masterplan resulting in the construction of contemporary multipurpose Campus Center, modern renovations to three student dormitories, a new state-of-art technology based Center for Learning and Innovation. She added new areas of study including cross-disciplinary and online programs, increased undergraduate enrollment by over 50 percent and representation of ethnically and differently-abled students by 40 percent. Her emphasis on internationalization enhanced the student and faculty experience.In 1983, Jenkins-Scot became the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Dimock Community Health Center (now the Dimock Center) in Roxbury, Massachusetts, now one of the largest community based health and human service organization's serving diverse, vulnerable populations. Under her leadership, Dimock emerged from the verge of bankruptcy to a highly successful and sustainable benchmark institution that successfully integrated comprehensive health and human services including new programming in workforce development, primary and behavioral healthcare, child and family centered services, transitional housing, and a community-based research program to develop innovative strategies for meeting the priority needs of inner-city residents. Under her watch, the Dimock Center built and renovated eight buildings on the Center's ten acre campus making it a model for turning a blighted inner-city facility into a shining light of hope. Jenkins-Scott has served on the Board of Directors of numerous corporate, civic and community based organizations. She served for ten years on the Board of The Boston Foundation, the region's largest community based foundation, fifteen years on the Board of the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation, and twelve years on the Tufts Health Plan Board. She was a founding m
