Judgment and Leadership presents original thinking and addresses age-old concerns regarding the relationship between judgment and leadership. These two concepts are inseparable. Judgment guides every action that a leader takes and underlies every thought, emotion, or justification that leaders form. This volume extends the study of judgment and leadership across disciplinary and conceptual boundaries. For the first time, the most original and influential thinkers on judgment and leadership are brought together in a single volume and they represent a diverse set of disciplines, including critical studies, psychology, political theory, international policy, adult learning theory, management and organizational studies, philosophy, cross-cultural studies, and neuroscience. The result is an engaging look at one of the most important issues facing organizations, politics, and society: leaders and their judgment. The book describes the challenges and opportunities that leaders face when confronted with political, social and business challenges and offers an insightful and comprehensive review of leadership and its role in crisis. The authors explore how a leader's actions and judgments are shaped by their experiences. It is a highly accessible account of how leaders learn and practice judgment and a guide for leaders faced with intense and challenging problems. Scholars studying leadership, judgment, decision-making, critical thinking or problem-solving seeking the latest original thinking on the topic of leadership and judgment as well as educators seeking to develop their students' knowledge about judgment from a multidisciplinary perspective will find this volume an invaluable resource as will leadership trainers, educators, coaches, and human resource professionals seeking to improve and develop leaders.

This easy to follow workbook helps participants assess and improve team leadership skills, knowledge, and abilities. Developed by experts on leadership and team performance, Drs. Anna and Chris Kayes, the booklet utilizes a unique approach to team leadership based on continuous learning. Leadership plays a critical role in team performance. Leadership creates the overall tone of the team, motivates members and sets general direction. The most important part of leadership, however, involves helping team members learn to be more effective contributors to the team. This questionnaire will help you: 1) assess your knowledge, skills and abilities as a team leader and 2) continue to improve your team's effectiveness. The Team Leadership Questionnaire (TLQ) helps team leaders assess their own beliefs and behaviors in teams. This booklet also provides a comprehensive study guide to improving team leadership skills and producing more effective teams. The TLQ provides a comprehensive view of team leadership based on years of research and consulting with hundreds of teams. The TLQ will help you as a team leader by: -Increasing your understanding of how teams work -Coordinating the various components that, when taken together, constitute team effectiveness -Developing skills that improve your ability to lead a team -Improving skills of your team members The TLQ focuses on how leaders act and perceive their actions in a team environment. Knowing more about your perceived strengths and weaknesses will improve your ability to lead a team in: - Solving problems - Learning from errors and mistakes - Setting goals - Building trust among members - Drawing on the strengths of individual team members - Coordinating knowledge and actions between team members By completing this booklet, you will identify and evaluate yourself on eight areas of team leadership. Five of these areas focus on the type of team culture you build including: Psychological Safety, Interpersonal Understanding, Roles, Goals, and Confidence. Three behaviors relate to learning include: Coordinating, Adapting, and Continuous Improvement.