Results-Based Leadership

By Dave Ulrich, Norm Smallwood, Jack Zenger | April 15, 1999

Dave Ulrich, Jack Zenger, and Norm Smallwood argue for the importance of connecting leadership attributes with business results.

A landmark book, Results-Based Leadership challenges the conventional wisdom surrounding leadership. The authors argue that it is not enough to gauge leaders by personal traits such as character, style, and values. Rather, effective leaders know how to connect these leadership attributes with results. Results-Based Leadership shows executives how to deliver results in four specific areas: results for employees, for the organization, for its customers, and for its investors. The authors provide action-oriented guidelines that readers can follow to develop and hone their own results-based leadership skills. By shifting our focus to the connection between the attributes and the results of leadership, this perceptive new guide fundamentally improves our understanding of effective leadership. Results-Based Leadership brings a refreshing clarity and directness to the leadership discussion, providing a hands-on program to help executives succeed with their leadership challenges.

Dave has published over 30 books on leadership, organization, and human resources. These ideas have shaped how people and organizations deliver value to customers, investors, and communities. He has consulted and done research with over half of the Fortune 200 and worked in over 80 countries.  He has received numerous public recognitions and lifetime awards for his work. 

About the author

Norm Smallwood is a renowned authority in developing businesses and their leaders to deliver results, as well as a prolific author and thought leader in the field of human capability development. His expertise spans crucial areas such as organizational design, talent management, leadership development, and strategic HR—all focused on increasing business value through people-centered approaches and building distinctive organizational capabilities.

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