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