Anthony E. Middlebrooks & Scott J. Allen 
Discovering Leadership [EPUB ebook] 
Designing Your Success

Chapter 1: A Framework for Leadership Success: Design and Your CORE™
Designing Your Leadership
Designing Your Leadership by Building Your Core™
DEI by Design
Designing Your Leadership—First Step: Your Goals
Module 1: Design Leadership Self
Chapter 2: Designing Your Perceptions of Leaders and Leadership
You: Student and Designer of Your Own Leadership
Your Brain Is a Lean, Mean, Pattern-Making Machine: You Construct Your World
Misconceptions About Leaders and Leadership
Effective Leaders Are Like ________________: Characteristics and Traits
Effective Leaders Can Do ____________________: Skills, Practices, and Expertise
The Credible Leader
Chapter 3: Designing Your Leadership Capacity
Assess to Better Know Yourself: Does It Matter That You Are a Gold-Red Kangaroo Triangle Guardian?
Designing Your Capacity: Three Foundational Mindsets
Design Thinking for Your Leadership Toolbox
New Challenges . . . Need New Leadership . . . Need You
New Leadership Skills in Demand
Chapter 4 Your Why and What for Leading
Why Do You Want to Lead?
DEI by Design—Recognizing Who You Are
Your Purpose: Charisms and Flow
Learning From Shadows
The Process of Influencing Others . . . for What?
What Purpose Deserves You?
Module 2: Design Leadership Relationships
Chapter 5: Your Values and Ethical Actions
Getting Leadership Right
Ethical Issues and the Student Experience
Ethics—The Key Concepts
The Roots of Moral Development
The Ethical Challenges of Leadership
DEI by Design
Designing Your Ethical Leadership
Chapter 6: Decision-Making
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions in Leadership
Defining Decision-Making
Technical or Adaptive? Types of Problems Leaders Face
In Leadership, Decision-Making Is a Team Sport (Much of the Time)
Designing Your Approach to Decision-Making: The SOLVE Model of Decision-Making
How Did We Get Here? This Was Not the Plan: Barriers to Decision-Making
Chapter 7: Influence, Power, and Motivation
Influence is (mostly) Not About You
The Path to the Goal and Your Style
Forms of Influence
DEI by Design
Designing Your Influence with Individuals and Team
Gaining Power in Groups and Organizations
Motivation
The Leadership Challenge: Designing Leadership Relationships
Module 3: Design Others’ Success
Chapter 8: Creativity, Problem-Solving, and Idea-Generating
Yes, You Really Are Creative
DEI by Design
Moving From Reactive Problems to Proactive Opportunities
Yes, Creativity Will Help (a Lot)
Yes, You Can Generate Many, Many Ideas
Yes, You Can Find Many, Many Ideas
No, You Are Not “Done”: Iteration, Convergence, and Assurance
Chapter 9: Effective Practices for Leading Others to Success
DEI by Design
Practices for Your Follower’s Brain
Practices for Followers’ Needs and Motivation
Practice Leadership and Management: When Multitasking Really Matters
IGNITE as a Leader
DELIVER as a Manager
Design Others’ Success With a Situational Leadership Approach
Chapter 10: Utilizing Change Processes Effectively
Identify Levels of Change
Change Yourself Before You Can Change Others
Change Directly Affects Your Capacity to Lead Effectively
Transformational Versus Transactional Leadership
Barriers to Change
Leading Change
Module 4: Design Culture and Community
Chapter 11 Culture
The Way We Do Things Around Here: Understanding Culture
Understanding Organizational Culture
Culture at the Societal Level
The Leader’s Role and Organizational Culture
Contemporary Approaches to Organizational Culture
DEI by Design
Designing Culture
Chapter 12 Leading a Team
Just What Is a Team?
Types of Teams
Envisioning a Great Team
DEI by Design
From Group to Team: Stages of Development
Leading and Being a Team
Your and Others’ Role on the Team: What Makes a Good Team Member?
When Teams Go Wrong
Chapter 13 Designing a Culture that Cares
A Culture That Cares
Leading With Service
DEI by Design
Make a Difference: Designing a Culture That Cares
Making a Difference Now and Later: Opportunities and Actions
Module 5: Design the Future
Chapter 14 Creating a Culture of Innovation
Why Innovate? Designing the Future
Understanding Innovation
Diverge for Creativity, Converge for Innovation
Creating a Culture of Innovation With Design Thinking
DEI by Design
Creating a Climate of Innovation With the Dimensions of the Brain
Chapter 15: Entrepreneurial Leadership
Entrepreneurship: Re-envisioning Leadership
The Entrepreneurial Mindset
DEI by Design
Leading the Entrepreneurial Process
The Evolving Role of the Entrepreneurial Leader
Chapter 16 Systems and Sustainability
Systems and Systems Thinking
The Learning Organization
DEI by Design
Design for Sustainability
Sustainable You: Mindfulness and Personal Growth
Sustainable Leadership—Authentic Leadership

Dr. Morrison is currently a professor of Organizational and Community Leadership in the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy at the University of Delaware in Newark, DE. His research interest focuses on issues surrounding senior leadership accountability. Currently, he is researching the effectiveness of CEOs in preparing for the possibility of a natural disaster. He has published two books and over 80 manuscripts in a variety of professional journals. In addition, Dr. Morrison has presented over 90 papers at regional, national, and international conferences. He is currently serving on 3 refereed editorial boards for academic journals as well as the executive editor of the Journal of Education for Business. He has been the recipient of 7 outstanding teaching awards in the College of Education and the College of Human Resources at the University of Delaware. Within the leadership major at the University of Delaware, his teaching focuses on preparing future leaders to initiate change within organizations by adopting a new set of principles and practices that have emerged in recent years.