TY - BOOK AU - Welter,William AU - Egmon,Jean TI - The prepared mind of a leader: eight skills leaders use to innovate, make decisions, and solve problems SN - 9780787976804 PY - 2006/// CY - San Francisco, CA PB - Jossey-Bass KW - Decision making KW - Leadership N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The only foundation we have -- Frameworks for intentional preparation -- Observing : seeing beyond the obvious -- Reasoning : moving from the known to the undetermined -- Imagining : envisioning the future before it arrives -- Challenging : pushing for higher and deeper thinking -- Deciding : choosing with consequences in mind -- Learning : keeping a developmental mind-set -- Enabling : exercising leadership from the outside in -- Reflecting : looking backward, forward, and inward -- Conclusion : preparing for tomorrow ER -