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Fact Sheet

Authors

Phillip G. Clampitt, Hendrickson Professor of Business,
University of Wisconsin – Green Bay

Robert J. DeKoch, President & COO, The Boldt Company


Publisher

Sage Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA


Chapters, Pages

16, 254


Tables, Illustrations

16, 35


Website

Progressmakers.net


Value Proposition

Progress: the focus of a new perspective on leadership
Original research. Novel strategies and tactics. Stories of successful leaders. By weaving these elements together, this book provides insight into how to become a progress-making leader. Written by a professor and a business executive, the book provides actionable ideas grounded in sound research and tested in real organizations.


Key Features

The Progress Model: This framework shows how progress can be made by exploring (trying something new), refining (improving existing ways of doing business) and establishing platforms (a way of completing a task or providing a service).

Demonstrates the clear link between strategy and tactics: Readers will see that while effective leaders focus on certain strategies, they may use a wide variety of tactics to implement each strategy.

Progress Maker Profiles: The profiles summarize in-depth interviews with a successful coffee entrepreneur, a general in the U.S. Army, a newspaper editor-in-chief, and a Fortune 500 executive. These leaders have moved their organizations forward by utilizing the Progress Model.


Original Research

The book features new leadership research including findings from:

  • interviews with over 50 leaders

  • surveys of over 1,000 employees about how their organizations manage uncertainty

  • surveys of over 200 employees about how their organizations manage errors


Intended audience

  • Aspiring leaders

  • Professionals

  • Executives and managers

  • Small business owners

  • Students of leadership

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