Boundaries for Leaders - by Henry Cloud (Hardcover)

About the Book

Book Synopsis

In Boundaries for Leaders, clinical psychologist and bestselling author Dr. Henry Cloud leverages his expertise of human behavior, neuroscience, and business leadership to explain how the best leaders set boundaries within their organizations--with their teams and with themselves--to improve performance and increase employee and customer satisfaction.

In a voice that is motivating and inspiring, Dr. Cloud offers practical advice on how to manage teams, coach direct reports, and instill an organization with strong values and culture.

Boundaries for Leaders: Take Charge of Your Business, Your Team, and Your Life is essential reading for executives and aspiring leaders who want to create successful companies with satisfied employees and customers, while becoming more resilient leaders themselves.

From the Back Cover

The coauthor of the classic bestseller Boundaries, with over 2 million copies sold, and an expert on the psychology of business and leadership performance explains the behavioral reasons why some people get great results and others don't.

In Boundaries for Leaders, Dr. Henry Cloud gives leaders the tools and techniques they need to achieve the performance they desire--in their organizations and in themselves. Drawing on the latest findings from neuroscience, Dr. Cloud shows why it's critical for leaders to set the conditions that make people's brains perform at their highest levels. How do great leaders do this? One way is through the creation of "boundaries"--structures that determine what will exist and what will not.

Here you will learn seven leadership boundaries that set the stage, tone, and culture for a results-driven organization, including how to

• help people focus their attention on the things that matter most;
• build the emotional climate that drives brain functioning;
• facilitate connections that boost energy and momentum;
• create organizational thought patterns that limit negativity and helplessness;
• identify paths for people to take control of the activities that drive results;
• create high-performance teams organized around the behaviors that drive results; and
• lead yourself in a manner that protects the vision.

The strong call to action in this book is that leaders are ridiculously in charge of all these elements, and they must own what they either create or allow to exist.

Filled with inspiring and practical examples from Dr. Cloud's coaching practice, Boundaries for Leaders is essential reading for everyone who aspires to lead companies, teams, and cultures defined by high performance and healthy relationships.

Review Quotes

"Builds a convincing case that endings aren't necessarily negative....Provides the tools needed to begin pruning the bad and the broken from our careers and life so that the good may begin growing again. As we begin a New Year, the timing for change couldn't be better." - Tuscon Citizen

"Cloud's new book isn't designed to crush their dreams, or yours. What Necessary Endings: The Employees, Businesses, and Relationships That All of Us Have to Give Up in Order to Move Forward (Harper Business) aims to do is help us let go of the unfruitful things in our personal and professional lives." - Canadian Business Magazine

"Having written five books about the seasons of life, I can tell you that necessary endings are the hard part. Henry Cloud is a wise, experienced, and compassionate guide through these turbulent passages." - Bob Buford, bestelling author of Halftime and Finishing Well; founder, Leadership Network

"In this accessible and well-done book, Henry Cloud...explores the benefits that accrue to those who have the sense and the courage to end something they have invested time and energy in for a long time...a practical and stimulating assessment..." - Spirituality and Practice

"I have recommended Henry Cloud's original Boundaries book to my radio show listeners about ten times a week for the past two decades. Now I'm fired up to recommend Boundaries for Leaders just as often to anyone looking to grow in their leadership role at work. I've been waiting on this book for twenty years!" - Dave Ramsey, New York Times best-selling author and nationally syndicated radio show host

"...the book offers a valuable perspective and ideas." - Booklist