Management: leadership and motivation Books

Book SynopsisThere's no such thing as a pre-set path to career success. Following the footsteps of others can only get you so far - and for women, there are often additional obstacles. But what if you could design your own path to your career goals? What if you could Make Your Own Map? Based on material from the popular Women Transforming Leadership course from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, Make Your Own Map will help you develop a resilient and aspirational strategy for your career - whatever your starting point. Effective methods of strategic planning have been tried and tested in the corporate business world, and this book shows you how to repurpose those methods for yourself, even if you're not in the corporate world. Packed with strategic tools and practical exercises, this book will help you: -Assess and define your career goals -Make a plan -Implement your plan to find the work that fits your needs, your skills, and your direction. With your best career as the goal, this book will help you forge your own path and Make Your Own Map.Trade Review"Make Your Own Map is an absolute gift - to yourself, to your best friends, to your mentees. It is the guide I've being searching for when trying to help others define their journey and their destination. Kathryn Bishop's application of corporate strategy at an individual level not only facilitates an effective, adaptable and practicable "strategy for you", it also details the real-world implementation and experimentation necessary to realise your strategic purpose. Applicable to all, but mindful of the particular work-home challenges women may face during the evolution of their career, this is a guide to read with relish - and revisit!" * Dr Katherine Leivesley, Managing Counsel, Kingfisher Plc. *"Wonderfully practical and easy to read - I wish I had had this book when I made a fairly radical transition from one career into another, and I'm glad to have it now. The book is elegantly structured and the different stages introduced with great clarity, alongside carefully curated case studies to aid understanding. Kathryn Bishop's many years' experience gives her a calm and authoritative voice to guide the reader through the many and various models and ideas that help define purpose and success and lead towards real-world solutions. This is a book for busy women who crave focus and strategic insight in order to plan ahead - definitely one for the knapsack as you navigate your way through your (working) life." * Phyllida Hancock, Senior Programme Director, Olivier Mythodrama, and freelance facilitator and coach *"Whether you are lost, having to re-route because of an obstacle or just checking you are on the right path to reach your destination, everyone needs a map. This book is packed with clear guidance, useful exercises and thought-provoking case studies which are particularly designed for women managing their busy lives and juggling the multiple demands on their time." * Jan Cameron, Civil Service Commissioner *"Not only has the content in this book been life changing for me, but I have led multiple clients through the exercises that Kathryn Bishop teaches in this book and each one has found them immensely helpful. For any person who finds themselves at a bit of a crossroads professionally, the context, teachings and case studies in this text have the ability to help you get unstuck and move from the passenger side to the driver's seat of your life. This is a must read for any woman looking to intentionally uplevel their career." * Amy Young, Founder and CEO, Redefine Possibility, Head of Coaching and Enterprise, Swayworkplace, Certified Career Coach and Former Head of Global Partnerships, Google *"What a fantastic guide to plotting and navigating your career. Straightforward, easy to follow, and just the right mix of the strategic and the tactical. As our working lives get longer and many of us will have more than one career, this guide will help (any/every) woman plot her course. Having a career map will ensure that no matter the detour, one will always know that a temporary setback is not a "dead-end", and be able to navigate a way through and continue on the path to one's goals. That's a very powerful thing to be able to do. The examples of other women's journeys in the book are inspirational and make it real." * Sarah Laessig, Portfolio Non-Executive Director *"A gamechanger! Practical, easy-to-follow, and 100% customizable to where I was in my life. This book will help any woman navigate the next steps in her career with clarity and focus. Kathryn Bishop understands the many roles that women juggle and why they need a book just for them. Her advice is based on years of research and practical experience coaching women on their careers. You can apply corporate strategy techniques to your life and ambitions, and this book shows you how." * Robyn Tingley, CEO, Glasssky Inc *"Create your own map is a companion style of book for women wanting to chart their career path. I can imagine in years to come hundreds of women with tatty worn copies in handbags everywhere, like a trusted friend, as the book is used repeatedly to refresh, remind and re-discover fantastic tools that helped them map their personal success story. It has helped me and I have relished reading it." * Hayley Monks, Director, Think Inspire & Create Ltd *"This book is simply refreshing with practical frameworks and models to assist you to navigate the different phases in your career. This process will ensure you come to a resolution about what success looks like for you and the steps that you need to take to get there. I found the book provided examples so that you don't feel alone in this balancing act of life. This book will certainly be a "go to" for me and having Kathryn Bishop explaining the process is like listening to your best friend." * Derinda Brown, Director, Mastercard, Asia Pacific *"Kathryn Bishop is a tour de force and learning from her and her experience is a privilege. She brings real-life perspectives to her teaching and I have found her to be relevant, balanced and empathetic to all points of view while helping to shape the individual story and actions. Her book carries the same trademark. Teacher, mentor, friend, colleague and coach - all wrapped into one for the best advice and practical strategies for YOU!" * Jhumar Johnson, Director, Vice Chancellor's Office, The Open University *Table of Contents Chapter - 00: Introduction – what this book covers, why it will help, and how to use it; Chapter - 1: Devising a strategy for you – the Strategy Triangle; Section - ONE: Examining the past and present to plan for the future; Chapter - 2: How you got to where you are now – your Journey Map; Chapter - 3: What is working well right now – your Personal Dashboard; Section - TWO: Envisaging your future – four different approaches; Chapter - 4: The work that matters most to you – the Ikigai model; Chapter - 5: The purpose you serve – the story of you; Chapter - 6: Organizing your working life – your life architecture; Chapter - 7: What’s worth developing – the Strengths model; Section - THREE: Making strategy real; Chapter - 8: Making a career transition – the Product/Market matrix; Chapter - 9: Turning your new strategy into action – planning and experimenting; Chapter - 10: Getting under way – tactics for taking action; Chapter - 11: References; Chapter - 12: Further reading;

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Book SynopsisPopular culture can help us think creatively and teach us the best ways to use our imagination. Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches outlines various leadership styles, theories, and concepts through the imaginative lens of J.K. Rowling’s magical world – from ethical, servant, and authentic leadership, to power, influence, and persuasion. Combining the immersive and enchanting context of the series with the scholarly discipline of leadership, Simha teaches key theories using examples of characters and situations familiar to fans. Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches encourages readers to consider how they themselves can approach personal and organizational problems by finding solutions using insights and perspectives gathered from the discipline of leadership. Readers will gain a vital understanding of how not to lead for a holistic mastery of leadership. Leadership Insights for Wizards and Witches harnesses surprisingly relatable examples from the renowned mystical stories and movies to inform a variety of readers, ranging from high school students to undergraduate students and professional practitioners – and of course fans everywhere – regardless of professional backgrounds and experience. The Exploring Effective Leadership Practices through Popular Culture series breaks down leadership theories, making them clearer, manageable, and easier to put into practice.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. Personality, Culture, and Leadership Chapter 3. Cognitive and Emotional Intelligence and Leadership Chapter 4. Behavioral and Style Approaches to Leadership Chapter 5. Contingency and Situational Leadership Chapter 6. Leader Power and Politics Chapter 7. Leader Influence & Persuasion Chapter 8. Authentic Leadership Chapter 9. Ethical Leadership Chapter 10. Servant Leadership Chapter 11. The Dark (and bright) sides of Charismatic Leadership Chapter 12. Transactional and Transformational Leadership Chapter 13. Self and Shared Leadership Chapter 14. Leadership Succession Chapter 15. An Epilogue of Sorts

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Book SynopsisWhen the chips are down you have to step forward, speak up and take action – or sink. Matthew Ingle, Yorkshire born and bred, left school in 1971 with four O levels. He went to work at a timber yard in Huddersfield, before joining the management training programme at Magnet. When he was made redundant in 1994, he had an idea for a business, jotted down on a single sheet of paper but no name, no products, no buildings and no backers. Howdens was founded in 1995, and today is a FTSE 100 company with 10,000 staff, sales of over £2 billion and a royal warrant. This is the story of how he got there: the highs and lows, the disasters turned to triumphs, the unsung heroes and the grafters – and the no-nonsense business principles that guided him along the way. Kitchens, or Sink weaves memoir with business insight, telling us a great deal about the state of manufacturing in the UK, how Matthew learned to turn setbacks into opportunities and established the standards he set for himself and his workforce. This is an honest and uplifting story, which also offers sound and pragmatic advice to anyone starting their own business.Trade Review[The] story of the Yorkshireman who founded Howdens kitchens and triumphed against the odds is a true inspiration * Yorkshire Post *

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Book SynopsisThis book is a rock-solid, easy-to-read guide to promoting change and innovation in your organization.

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Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide for business leaders navigating the complexities of AI and digital transformation.

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Book SynopsisLeadership lessons from Captain Sandy Yawn, a renowned superyacht captain with over 30 years of international maritime experience, and star of the reality show Below Deck Mediterranean.Everyone experiences a moment in life when they need to lead. Sometimes it's a team, sometimes it's a company, a classroom, a patient ward, a family, or simply your own individual self. Based on the leadership lessons she's gathered from her resourceful and resilient life, Captain Sandy, a superyacht captain and star of Bravo's Below Deck Mediterranean, shares the leadership skills and critical thinking inherent to being a captain that can empower anyone to navigate their way to a successful life.Among some of the stories/lessons she'll share:– How she selects and sizes up her crew even before embarking on a charter, deciding who to invest in and how to bring out their best.– Things happen at sea. No matter how much you plan and train, so much can go wrong so she'll discuss the level of persistence and faith that's required in solving an especially knotty problem.– Authority and discipline are required to lead, but they must be leavened with compassion, understanding, and a desire to see your crew succeed.– She describes the seamless flow that happens in great teamwork and how she loves seeing the way her deckhands pitch in with the stews when needed. For Captain Sandy, this represents leading with empathy, figuring out who your teammates are and what motivates them, then communicating in a way that motivates and makes them feel understood.– As a captain, Sandy is constantly upgrading her knowledge and skill set, which is as much a part of her job as steering a vessel. Sustaining excellence requires constant effort, whether you find yourself at the end of a journey, halfway through or at the start of a new one. And the learning never stops.Woven throughout her stories are Captain Sandy's optimism and abiding faith that, given the right tools and opportunities, individuals are capable of so much more than they realize, especially when they can find someone to believe in them.

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Book SynopsisWALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER!When everyone around you is asking What’s in it for me?, Joe Polish—“the most connected person on the planet”—offers one simple question to change the conversation.There’s no shortage of networking and entrepreneurship advice in books and on social media in today’s world—but it’s harder than ever to know what’s authentic. To make matters worse, taking the wrong advice can result in superficial connections, transactional relationships, and unsatisfying interactions with others without any real rapport.Fortunately, as entrepreneur and marketer extraordinaire Joe Polish has discovered, there’s a simple (though sometimes not easy) way out that begins with one question: “What’s in it for them?”In What’s in It for Them?, Polish faces the problem of personal and professional disconnection head-on, offering entrepreneurs a heart- and mind-expanding guide on how to:· Deepen rapport and connect with others by identifying and reducing their suffering· Update Dale Carnegie’s insights to win the right friends and influence the right people· Overcome others’ intimidation tactics to find true appreciation in relationships· Build character for better results than capabilities can ever give on their own· Use basic marketing principles to find true love· Protect your efforts from the “takers” of the worldAnd much more—all to help the givers of the world thrive in business without neglecting their relationships.Early in life, Joe Polish’s struggles with trauma and addiction led him to a disconnected life. After getting sober in recovery, he spent years developing his genuine and generous approach to building rapport and transformed from a dead broke carpet cleaner to being dubbed “the most connected person on the planet” for his work with Genius Network, one of the world’s most impactful networking groups for high-achieving entrepreneurs.After 30 years of putting his own advice into practice, Polish now speaks to audiences all around the world and is surrounded by business leaders and billionaires he calls friends. In What’s in It for Them?, he explains his one-of-a-kind approach to rapport-building he used to get there—and offers a few cautionary tales along the way.

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BESTSELLER - now in paperbackIf you''re ready to release the limitations holding you back and embrace how much you truly have to offer, there''s no greater guide than Jen. --#1 New York Times best-selling author Gabrielle BernsteinDo you feel like you''re hiding in the shadows and not living up to your true potential? Do you lack the confidence to show the world who you really are and build the business you really want? Do you want to stop comparing yourself to other people on social media and start feeling empowered in your own personal journey?If you answered yes to any of those questions, then BE SEEN: Find Your Voice, Build Your Brand, Live Your Dream is the guide you need to break free from your fears and step into your spotlight.Now available in paperback for the first time, BE SEEN is a roadmap for building a personal brand that showcases your unique talents and strengths. Through relatable stories an

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Book SynopsisThis groundbreaking book shows how trading in the old business playbook for heart-led leadership strategies will create dedicated employees and higher levels of performance.It's a common belief in business that the heart has no place in workplace management. In fact, most of us were taught that the heart acts like Kryptonite in leadership: it inherently undermines a manager's effectiveness and lowers productivity and profitability. But in this revised and updated edition of his groundbreaking and now classic work, leadership and engagement expert Mark C. Crowley provides irrefutable proof that we were wrong. He will show you:· how traditional leadership practices are failing· how to keep employees satisfied and productive· how to help employees feel valued, respected, appreciated, developed and cared for· an entirely new model of leadership that is needed to match up to the needs and motivations of 21st century workers· that recent medical and social science discoveries prove it's the heart, not the mind, that drives human motivation and achievementLead from The Heart represents a future where management and employees work towards a common goal and employees are empowered to take ownership of their work. This book shows that when you 'Lead From The Heart', your people will follow.

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Book SynopsisWhat, exactly, is leadership? Leadership is about motivating a group of people to achieve a common goal. Ever since the dawn of the field of leadership, people have craved an understanding of invisible mental processes that underlie visible behavior. Why do people behave the way they do? Where does behavior come from? Consider your brain is a decision-making organ. Without the brain, you are unable to make decisions. You will learn how power, emotions, attention, memory, personality, and gut feeling influence your decisions. You will learn neural constraints imposed on your decision making and how to address them. In addition to learning how to make high-quality individual decisions, you will learn how to ensure a group makes high-quality decisions collectively. How does a collective mind emerge from multiple minds when making collective decisions? What should leaders do to facilitate a group decision-making process that generates collective wisdom, instead of the madness of crowds? If you are a leader, or aspire to be a leader, who strives to make high-quality decisions, this is the book for you. Leaders’ Decision Making and Neuroscience will take you on a journey of how a decision is made in your brain from a perspective of neuroscience and provides incredible insight into the nature of how the brain and nervous systems work in relation to decision making.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Leaders’ Brain as a Decision-making Organ Chapter 2. The Life Course of Power in Leaders’ Decision-Making Chapter 3. Emotion is Not an Enemy of Good Judgment Chapter 4. Making Decisions to Motivate Others Chapter 5. “Pay” Attention Chapter 6. If My Memory Serves Chapter 7. In People We Trust Chapter 8. When My Face Meets Your Eyes Chapter 9. Personality Drives Leaders’ Decision Making Chapter 10. Intuitive Decision Making and Gut Feeling Chapter 11. Biases: When Leaders’ Decision Making Goes Awry Chapter 12. Brain-to-Brain synchrony in Collective Decision Making Chapter 13. Care for Our Brains to Make Better Decisions

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Book SynopsisThis book will give you the knowledge and skills to understand the differences between coaching, supervision & mentoring. It will demonstrate how effective coaching programmes can enhance behaviours and retain key staff. How it can reduce recruitment costs, promote well-being and give a robust return on investment. It offers leaders and managers proven behaviours, coaching and supervision models and techniques that can be adapted for any environment. It supports the requirements for the ILM and CMI Coaching and Mentoring in Management Qualifications at levels 5 and 7. The book includes:Comparison of effective leadership styles and application, establishing the right conditions and climate for coaching, overcoming the barriers to coaching and /or supervision, enhancing communication and workplace understanding and presenting a clear business case for coaching & supervision.Trade Review... the book will not only help you to become a more effective leader but it can also help bring down recruitment costs and improve staff engagement as you develop the people and skills within your business. - Start Your BusinessI found it [Coaching Skills for Leaders] in the Workplace to be very informative, easy to read, well-referenced and structured . . . The book is very detailed and does not neglect the basics of effective coaching. - Quality World

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Book SynopsisFour years ago the Second Sea Lord of the Royal Navy asked Andrew St George to spend time with every level of the Navy staff, from junior sailors in the engine room of an aircraft carrier, to handlers of landing craft, through to Royal Marines, ships’ commanders, and Royal Navy staff right up to Navy Board and Cabinet level, with the aim of creating a book which distils the leadership culture of perhaps the most highly respected and efficient organization in the world. This book charts that journey – representing the largest piece of research on Royal Navy leadership ever done – and it is the current state of the art leadership framework for the Navy. St George writes about how to plan and execute, how to exercise judgment and how to motivate people. Everything in the book is here because it works, tested over thousands of hours of hard training, rigorous assessment and absolute measurement.The book’s messages are deceptively simple. In order to succeed we must have: the clarity of intent; the strategy; the resources; a contingency plan; an emotional investment. These tenets stand in all walks of business and personal life.The Royal Navy’s way of getting things done depends on soft skills, high emotional intelligence and an understanding of how people work in small teams.This book (15,000 copies) will be issued to every Royal Navy officer and Senior Rate (middle manager) in the Service.The book’s insights are profound and their applications are wide-ranging: for industry, for finance, for professional services, for commerce, for academia and for the public sector these methods of planning, executing and inspiring make a tried, tested and effective way of leadership.Trade ReviewWhether you are suffering troubled waters or sailing through from day to day, a new book by Andrew St George that draws valuable lessons in leadership from the Royal Navy can put you on the right course to successful and contented living … the first top-to-toe look at how the Senior Service does things. * Sunday Express *Management expert Andrew St George was given unprecedented access to the Royal Navy at all levels in order to get to the very heart of how leadership works in the organization. The result is a book offering plenty of information on techniques honed over the centuries… there are definitely some valuable lessons to be learnt here. 7/10 * BA Business Life *

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Book SynopsisBorn out of a decade of discussion and collaboration between The Monk and the Management Consultant - His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Laurens van den Muyzenberg - The Leader's Way represents the synthesis of East and West and provides an inspiring manifesto for business change. The world today faces many challenges. While our total wealth has increased enormously and we benefit from technological miracles, billions of people are living in abject poverty, we face the threat of environmental disaster, and even those in prosperous nations feel insecure about the future. Addressing these problems requires a different kind of leadership which sees things as they really are and resolves them in a holistic way. That is what The Leader's Way offers - a manifesto for change which can have an impact at every level, from the individual to the global.Trade ReviewAs a study of Buddhism and its relevance to globalisation, it has a lot to say. It applies the concepts of Buddhism to business: decision-making using concepts such as 'the Right Way', interdependence and impermanence. To simplify, it's a Hippocratic, do-no-harm creed: companies should have integrity, leader's mindfulness, to act for the greatest good. Many reader's will value it. There's much to learn, nothing to offend just leave your cynicism at the door. * Director Magazine *This book examines capitalism and Buddhism in a fascinating way. Everybody in business who is seriously interested in responsible entrepreneurship will recognise the issues. The book adds a valuable dimension to the values and ethical standards that form the basis for responsible leadership in business. -- Prof. C.O. Herkströter, former CEO of Shell and Chairman of the Board of ING.

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Book SynopsisLeadership isn’t what you think it is.First, leadership and authority are two different things. That means that anyone can lead, and leadership starts with you and must engage others. Leadership is mobilizing people to make progress on complex challenges. Helping, motivating and inspiring people to change is what leadership is about. Because when everyone leads, we untap the full potential to solve the toughest challenges.InYour Leadership Edge, Ed O’Malley and Amanda Cebula provide a practical, comprehensive guide designed to help you hone the behaviors, attitudes and mindset necessary to create lasting impact for yourself, your organization and your community. The book describes four competences―Diagnose Situation, Manage Self, Energize Others, and Intervene Skillfully―and dives deeply into each one with a list of skills and tactics that can help you lead anytime, anywhere.

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Book SynopsisIt's well known that human beings are allergic to change. This is nowhere more true than of human beings in organizations. Organization Development initiatives, Leadership Development programs, and Business Transformation plans all founder too often on our resistance and reluctance, on the tendency of people and things to slip back to how they were before. For a long time, Systems Thinkers in general (and Power+Systems pioneer Barry Oshry in particular) have understood that the problem lies with our failure to look at the surrounding organizational structures and dynamics, at the wider picture, at the context. Barry Oshry draws on a lifetime's experience to explain the nature of the problem with our organizational structures, and the ways in which we can dissolve the problem. This book is written in play-form: a simple briefing conversation between a recently hired team member and the Chief Contextual Thinker for a Business Consultancy firm. They discuss the change initiative they are running for a key client. The conversational format allows Oshry to introduce the relevant theory clearly and in sequence, while addressing questions and misunderstandings as they arise. The result is a guide to Systems Thinking for Organizations that's as short, clever, engaging, bright, and helpful as any business book you have ever picked up. This is a story with the potential to transform any organization and it is written for anyone interested in the workings and structures of human organizations: from Board Directors and Chief Executives, through Middle Managers to interested workers. *** "Exceptionally well written, organized and presented, 'Context, Context, Context' is unreservedly recommended for personal, professional, corporate, community, and academic library Systems Thinking, Organization Development, Sociology, and Business Management collections and supplemental studies reading lists." --The Midwest Book Review, Library Bookwatch, The Sociology Shelf, January 2018 [Subject: Systems Thinking, Organization Development, Sociology, Business]Trade Review"Barry Oshry's latest work is as compelling as it is concise. With immense care and great clarity, he sets out a powerful language to describe and understand whole systems. The concepts not only help us to grasp more securely the profound personal and organisational consequences of our blindness to the contexts in which we live our lives but also grant us fresh perspectives from which to appreciate those contexts anew. Oshry shows us that there is a different way to enact our whole system lives, a way that elaborates and realises our individual and collective potential. As I have become more familiar with Oshry's work, I have increasingly drawn on it to inform my teaching of healthcare professionals undertaking courses in leadership, quality improvement, strategy and innovation. The powerful positive response to his work of students and colleagues working at all levels in the health system is testament to the transformative potential of Oshry's insights. This book will further elaborate that potential. " Prof Martin McNamara, Professor and Associate Dean for External Relations, UCD School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health Systems, University College Dublin, Ireland "Barry Oshry has hit a home run with his informative, instructive and inspiring book. His work encourages leaders to be totally awake to the essential importance of context and current realities in promoting deep organizational learning. Oshry's contextual framework is a powerful organizational tool for us as we continue to push our leadership thinking and actions while striving for a mountain top perspective. " Richard Streedain Ed.D Professor of Leadership Studies, National-Louis UniversityTable of ContentsThe Scene Chapter 1: THE PLAN Chapter 2: The Essence of MICROSCOPE Part I: People in Context Chapter 3: How THE PLAN showed up in the Top Context Chapter 4: How THE PLAN showed up in the Bottom Context Chapter 5: How THE PLAN showed up in the Middle Context Chapter 6: How THE PLAN showed up in the Customer Context Part II: Systems in Context Chapter 7: Putting Whole Systems in Context Chapter 8: The Indispensable Language of Whole Organic Systems Chapter 9: MICROSCOPE’s Strategy Chapter 10: The Annotated Slide Show For Tops Chapter 11: The Annotated Slide Show For Middles Chapter 12: The Annotated Slide Show For Workers Coda: Take One Coda: Take Two Afterword References

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Book SynopsisCoaching Tools, Volumes 1 and 2 offer a rich source of applied tools and techniques that have hitherto not existed and could never have been achieved without the valuable contributions and support of the 90+ coaches who helped create these books. Contained within these 2 volumes are over 200 tried-and-tested ‘favourite’ coaching tools. The tools are varied, reflecting the range of contributors, and drawing disparately from Behavioural, Cognitive Behavioural, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, Solution-focused, Mindfulness and Neuroscience frameworks amongst others. The contributors include Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Boyatzis, Tammy Turner, Peter Hawkins, Suzy Green, Christian van Nieuwerburgh, Jonathan Passmore and many more. Fully illustrated in colour, each tool is presented in a simple to use step-by-step guide, making this an essential contribution to every coach’s and leader’s personal library.

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Book SynopsisCoaching Tools, Volumes 1 and 2 offer a rich source of applied tools and techniques that have hitherto not existed and could never have been achieved without the valuable contributions and support of the 90+ coaches who helped create these books. Contained within these 2 volumes are over 200 tried-and-tested 'favourite' coaching tools. The tools are varied, reflecting the range of contributors, and drawing disparately from Behavioural, Cognitive Behavioural, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, Solution-focused, Mindfulness and Neuroscience frameworks amongst others. The contributors include Marshall Goldsmith, Richard Boyatzis, Tammy Turner, Peter Hawkins, Suzy Green, Christian van Nieuwerburgh, Jonathan Passmore and many more. Fully illustrated in colour, each tool is presented in a simple to use step-by-step guide, making this an essential contribution to every coach's and leader's personal library.

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Book SynopsisCoaching Tools, Volumes 1, 2 and 3 offer a treasure trove of applied tools and techniques - a resource that has hitherto not existed and could never have been achieved without the valuable contributions and support of over 100 coaches who helped create these books. Contained within these three volumes are over 320 tried-and-tested 'favourite' coaching tools with expert insight into their use, described in user friendly terms. The tools are varied, reflecting the range of contributors, and drawing disparately from Behavioural, Cognitive Behavioural, Motivational Interviewing, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Compassion, Positive Psychology, Psychodynamic, Gestalt, Solution-focused, Mindfulness and Neuroscience frameworks amongst others. The contributors include Marshall Goldsmith, Haesun Moon, Dr Woody Woodward, Michael Bungay Stanier, Suzy Green, Ilona Boniwell, Kaveh Mir, Naeema Pasha, Johan Frederik Banzhaf, David Love, Karen Foy, Julie Flower, Claudia Day, Jelena Jovanovic Moon, Maggie Grieve, Sam Isaacson, Jonathan Passmore and many more. Fully illustrated in colour, each tool is presented in a simple to use step-by-step guide, making this an essential contribution to every coach's and leader's personal library.

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Book SynopsisThe Power of Authenticity: Three Principles of Leadership Success is a fascinating and candid account of the obstacles and triumphs that Dr Raja Al Gurg faced on her path to becoming one of the most influential businesswomen in the Arab world. Dr Al Gurg is the Chairperson and Managing Director at the Easa Saleh Al Gurg Group, an eminent family business in the UAE. In The Power of Authenticity she gives invaluable insight into the lessons she learned first as a secondary school principal before climbing the ladder of a diversified conglomerate that represents businesses ranging from retail to real estate. As a respected business leader in the region, Dr Al Gurg has defied conventional understandings about women in the Middle East, acknowledging that it was her handling of these all-too-pervasive challenges that ultimately shaped her leadership style and fostered her drive for success. Turning setbacks into strategies, she shares with readers the tactics and tools that she has gleaned from her illustrious career that will inspire the next generation of business leaders. Perfect for fans of Sheryl Sandberg, Indra Nooyi and Kashmir Maryam, Dr Al Gurg's lessons, and how they relate to her background and broader business philosophy, are a unique and essential contribution to literature on an increasingly competitive and diverse corporate world. By harnessing the emotional, intellectual, and spiritual energy that resides within each person, Dr Al Gurg explains how a leadership style based on personal authenticity can lead to business success. Along the way she considers What does it take to steer a company? How can a failure be turned into an advantage? How can women business leaders break down barriers and make a difference in the corporate world? Confident and encouraging, The Power of Authenticity answers these questions, and many more.

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Book SynopsisThis book contains over 70 pieces of distilled wisdom. Read each piece of advice in one minute, or the whole book in an hour. The sticky note format allows you to use the ideas for personal motivation, or to stimulate teams in meetings. Growth, communication, innovation, creativity, relationships and thinking are all covered. Inspire yourself and your business with some smart thinking.

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Book SynopsisThis book looks beyond the public face and below the surface of organisations. Using a deceptively easy-to-read and accessible narrative concerning eight international organisations, it covers many fields: real estate, banking, finance, retail, market research, wildlife reserve, fashion, and IT. Each case presents a particular situation or event ranging from dealing with conflict to working with culture and team dynamics. Opened by an incisive foreword from Vega Zagier Roberts, there comes a clear introduction of the authors’ journey so far within the field of organisation development. Each compelling story demonstrates the complexity of working with organisational problems. The supervision conversations captured within clearly show how consultants can get caught up in and derailed by the dynamics of the organisational system. This book is written for those who work in and with organisations – for founders and executives, for leaders and managers, and especially for other organisational consultants and those who work with or are considering working with them. Through these accounts, the authors encourage interest and curiosity in a way of working with what lies beneath the surface.Trade ReviewThis book brilliantly highlights what organisations are really about. The title intimates how much there is below the surface in any business and how the dots need to be connected to unlock the full potential of an organisation. The book is a practical, thoughtful addition to the library of open-minded business leaders confronted by the complexity of the fast-moving business landscape of our times. -- Hendrik du Toit, founder and CEO of Ninety OneI could relate to many stories I read in the book and identify with the founders/CEOs on the issues they have been confronted with. The authors have authentic discussions with the management teams and hold up mirrors to their clients. This will be good reference material for me and other CEOs as we navigate through the journeys in our professional lives. -- Sanjay Chamria, Managing Director, Magma FincorpIt is so refreshing to read something that is deep, authentic and self-critical in the pursuit of learning. The stories have made me reflect on my own leadership style as well as how quickly, easily, and without realising we unintentionally collude and become part of a system. The questions the authors ask each other are not only relevant to the particular story but have made me think about parallel situations in a new light. -- Vivian Leinster, Chief People OfficerIn eight beautifully crafted stories, the authors share how problems of culture, authority, succession, transition, and leadership team alignment are based on underlying and often unconscious emotions of fear, anxiety, envy, uncertainty, abandonment. The resulting defences (denial, blame, splitting, pairing, collusion etc.) blur the view of the “real” problem, which needs to be solved by the client. “Not-Knowing” is at the core of psychodynamically informed organisational consulting. The authors demonstrate well how this difficult to achieve but necessary attitude provides them with better interventions and thus solutions for their clients. This book is a highly valuable, reflective, inviting, and entertaining resource for leaders searching for consultancy and for experienced and more recently trained consultants and coaches. -- Professor Dr Claudia Nagel, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Managing Partner Nagel & Company, Germany, consulting and coaching for the top executive levelFor those leaders who believe that people are the ultimate source of sustainable competitive differentiation, this book is a must-read. The humility and vulnerability displayed by the authors in their storytelling is unusual. It invites the readers to slow down, reflect on their own biases, to look at “what lies beneath” the surface of their organisation, and to avoid jumping too quickly to solutions. These “checks and balances” are the conditions for both identifying and dealing with the root causes of problems. In our changing context, this book is a timely reminder that strong relationships are the cornerstone of good business. -- Xavier Isaac, CEO, Accuro Fiduciary GroupThe book "What Lies Beneath. How Organisations Really Work" is an excellent storytelling reference in organizational development (DO): it's fascinating for both experts and beginners because it offers the opportunity to know eight different cases of organizational life that could happen in every organization around the world. Written in a refined and straightforward language, the reader learns a lot about OD's "Art of consulting" in OD. Another relevant strength is the link with the theoretical principles that is very natural and permits giving value to the reader who gets the impression to be the consultant and be in action. Finally, it is an excellent reference for OD consultants to have new ideas to manage and help their clients find a suitable solution and for OD students to start to familiarize themselves with OD challenges and to a pragmatic, human and efficient methodology. -- Dr Chiara Raffelini, Organizational Psychology Lecturer at the University of QuebecThis book is a fun read and intends to inspire those who work in and with organisations to take up some of these ideas and especially to try the peer supervision model to help gain insight. It is short and punchy, and left me curious to read more on the subject. -- Mel Kinross, counsellor and supervisor, ‘Therapy Today’ March 2022Table of ContentsForeword by Vega Zagier Roberts Preparing for our journey Mumbai 2. London 3. Hong Kong 4. Johannesburg 5. Rio de Janeiro 6. Nairobi 7. Paris 8. Milan Reflections of our journey Acknowledgements About the authors

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Book Synopsis"You don't look like an introvert" was a statement made to the author whilst at a networking event, and she thought to herself, what on earth is an introvert supposed to look like... Many misconceptions exist about what introversion is, and this was just one of them. These misconceptions can lead to people having an unfavourable, unconscious bias towards those who identify as introverts when it comes to developing talent in the workplace. The challenges women face getting to senior leadership roles is well documented, and for the introverted woman who, dealing with those challenges, along with the challenges many face as introverts, can make the leadership journey even more difficult. However, just because someone is not loud and gregarious, it does not mean that they are not great, effective leaders. This book addresses many of the challenges that introverted women face as leaders and shows how these challenges can be overcome. Some of the challenges are due to the self limiting beliefs they hold about themselves, or they may be as a result of unfavourable bias and misconceptions about what introversion is, or they may be a combination of both. Quietly Visible is written from the perspective of the lived experience of the author (herself an introvert), her clients, her research, and the many, many introverted women across the globe who regularly share their experiences and challenges with her.Trade Review"If you're an introverted woman leader seeking increased self-understanding and practical tried and tested solutions for overcoming barriers created by an extrovert-loving world, this book is for you. It really is a life changer. And a must-read for those introverted women who wish to succeed at work." Claudia Crawley, CEO, Winning Pathways Coaching

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Book SynopsisUncertainty is a fact of life. You can never know enough to make perfect decisions. Understanding this helps us balance an awareness of our tendency towards overconfidence with an acceptance of our own fallibility. The book discusses two opposed models of school improvement: the deficit model (which assumes problems are someone’s fault) and the surplus model (which assumes problems are unintended systemic flaws). By aligning ourselves to a surplus model we can create a system of Intelligent Accountability. The principles that make this possible are trust, accountability and fairness. While we thrive when trusted, unless someone cares about – and is holding us to account – for what we do, we’re unlikely to be our best. Some teachers deserve more trust and require less scrutiny than others, but in order to satisfy the demands of equality we end up treating all teachers as equally untrustworthy. The more we trust teachers, the more autonomy they should be given. To pursue a system of fair inequality we must accept that autonomy must be earned.Trade ReviewIt is often cited that good is the enemy of excellence but what is excellence? Can one person's definition of excellence be another person's satisfactory? David challenges us to think hard, to think deep and to think in an evidence informed manner about how to help teachers to flourish, how to keep the core job of teaching the core job. Didau really challenges the reader to consider carefully how leaders can create a climate and culture that allows teachers to thrive. This is an excellent book. Want to challenge your long held views? Read it! -- Samuel Strickland * Headeacher *For years education needed someone to explain what accountability actually is and how it can be more than a horrible punishment. This book delivers on that need, and then some. A magisterial sweep of research from psychology, sociology, and economics all with the aim of helping school leaders support genuine improvements in teaching as opposed to simply generating feel-good moments. Not just about accountability, this book looks deeply at what it means to be a moral, good and intelligent leader - an extraordinary read, thoroughly recommended. -- Laura McInerney * Education journalist and co-founder of Teacher Tapp *This is a thoughtful book that will help school leaders to run better schools. It goes beyond the hero model of school leadership to get to the substance of school improvement. I recommend it to leaders at all stages in their careers. -- Stuart Lock * CEO, Advantage Schools *What should we do if we find there’s evidence that outcomes for pupils are higher, by a margin, if they are in schools where their teachers experience high levels of collegiality? Well we don’t dismiss the evidence: instead, we take a hard look at the constituents that make collegiality a reality. And this is what ‘Intelligent Accountability’ sets out to do. It helps us to move beyond the pious, motherhood and apple statements of some ‘vision’ statements to the gritty detail of getting the work done. Didau gives us a compelling picture of what happens when clumsy accountability measures are exposed for their crude proxies of compliance; and when these are replaced with environments where professionals are likely to thrive. Spoiler alert: they have nothing to do with spreadsheets. The discussions arising from this thought-provoking book will help the sector move from the deficit model of school improvement to a surplus model. Highly recommended. -- Mary Myatt * Education writer and adviser *Didau is at it again – with his signature blend of incisive analysis and productive philosophising – this time treating us to a new lens with which to examine and improve leadership in schools. -- Peps Mccrea * Dean of Ambition Institute and Author of the High Impact Teaching series *

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Book SynopsisIt is well known that, in their professional lives, most academics and researchers will - like cats - seek to exercise as much independence as possible and may display resistance to anything resembling authority. Nevertheless, leaders of academic/research institutions must still lead and, by common agreement, need all the help and advice they can get! In the ten years since they wrote their hugely popular first book on the subject, the world has changed almost beyond recognition. Geoff Garrett and Graeme Davies have also accumulated even more experience of leading international academic/research institutions, and have talked to even more colleagues around the world. In Herding Cats Revisited they have extended, rewritten and updated their advice to reflect the technology, equality and financial realities of the 2020s. Once again, the authors address common leadership and management themes, like making tough strategic choices, leading change effectively, crisis management, dealing with bureaucracy, managing social media, allocating resources, managing budgets and ensuring effective implementation. 'Herding Cats Revisited' guides academic/research leaders and aspiring leaders through the process of learning to accept and embrace the qualities of their 'cats' so they can tempt them into successfully achieving exciting and demanding goals with agility.Table of ContentsA: UNDERSTANDING THE CULTURE 1. Aspects of the CULTURE Cats will not be commanded Learning from history Why are we here? The political bias Talking straight Bureaucracy rules, OK? 2. On CONFLICT Funny places Peer pressure Techniques for dealing with opposition & resistance No popularity contest 3. The difficulty of COLLABORATION Holding hands in the traffic Collaboration is not the easy option The System - help or hindrance? Collaboration can create real benefits On commercialisation On negotiation Collabronauts - the 'Cats' of the future? In Conclusion B: GETTING THE JOB DONE 4. Taking CHARGE First impressions count Out and about Reality will be different On managing your time (and your priorities) The work-life balance Stakeholder management People and your time Don't forget your external 'Supporters' Club' Getting delegation right Managing duality Quality decision making Handling failure Goal and role clarity Knowing yourself On leadership 'versus' management The value of networking Building trust On power And a final thought 5. COMPOSURE under pressure / implementation Sticking to the game plan (and staying calm) Plan well Implementation excellence Small steps? Organising arrangements Where the devil resides And what gets measured Following through on performance is critical Have patience: it all takes time 6. COMMITTEES etc. Are committees a necessary evil? Meetings Management 101 Key success factors for review committees Review fatigue Keep the Chair informed On governance and ethics 7. Managing the CASH It's (always) a tough climate Cutting back Your (personal) skill set Getting good help Manna from (commercial) heaven? Making the call The importance of elbow room In Conclusion C: MANAGING THE PEOPLE 8. COLLEAGUES, not subordinates Unleashing potential In pursuit of excellence The secret of success? Moving up Selecting people On stretch Qualification(s) The diversity challenge New brooms versus old brooms? On judgement Building the team Developing the talent Caring for the talent (and everybody else) And that includes non-academic support staff And on the topic of incentives and motivation But about remuneration Managing performance Organising the team Letting them go An intractable challenge Disciplinary action A final reminder (and lest we forget) 9. COMMUNICATION, COMMUNICATION A daily problem Communication and change Listening skills The personal touch Be creative Actions versus words Summarising 'the story so far' Beware the tyranny of the email There is still a place for the old-fashioned letter Mass messaging Reply to your emails Social media The use of social media needs to be managed Dealing with traditional media The Annual Report Death by PowerPoint? At the end of the day - the leadership imperative 10. Giving CREDIT The personal touch Public recognition Formal acknowledgement and attribution Claiming (all the) credit, and worse In Conclusion D: LEADING STRATEGICALLY 11. Strategy is about CHOICE Focus, focus, focus Rolling back from the future Big goals Planning strategically For the desk of the 'One Minute Vice-Chancellor' Inside help Outside help, and the external perspective Managing risk On leading, and managing, in a crisis The need for cybersecurity is growing 12. Leading and managing CHANGE And change is hard Resistance Listen carefully Think carefully Beware the 'big bang' Anticipation Support for change Communication clarity In summary In Conclusion POSTSCRIPT - A CLOSING THOUGHT INDEX

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Book SynopsisThis book is aimed at fuelling the transformation that the best and most successful organisations are seeking from their leaders. The transformation that leaders with the most passion and potential are demanding from their organisations. To enable positive culture change and create fulfilling, rewarding and enjoyable work environments. Leadership which drives successful outcomes for people, customers and shareholders/stakeholders: Making their organisation a more positive place Building highly motivated teams of people who love coming to work Leading effective organisations to achieve amazing things Promoting and valuing a healthy lifestyle and a decent work-life balance. Positive People Leadership provides leaders with fifty different ways to challenge and develop themselves – to enable them to become a 'Positive People Leader' and revolutionise themselves and their organisations. "Three decades of experience distilled into fifty ways to create fulfilling and enjoyable work environments. The benefit of this precise structure is that the pragmatism and experience revealed in Rowe’s text rises to the surface without being hindered by graphics, tables, case studies and all the other paraphernalia that pads out most management books… A useful tool for engineering managers everywhere." Nick Smith, Engineering & Technology magazine

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Book SynopsisImagine how it would feel to greet each day enthusiastic about your work and your life, with renewed energy and optimism, at peace with yourself and those around you. What would it take to get there, rather than just “getting by”? In How to Quit Drifting, Lift the Fog, and Get Lucky, leadership authority David Cottrell tells the story of Jack Davis, a hard worker who had thrived early in his career, but finds himself unmotivated, dissatisfied, and unfulfilled. He wants more for himself and his family—but he doesn’t know how to get it. Through Jack’s meetings with two successful mentors, Cottrell illustrates unique perspectives on achieving success and happiness that anyone can use to improve morale, productivity, and satisfaction at work and in life. This simple yet profound novelette, written to be read in one sitting, provides practical tools and inspiration to help you on your own path to success. Enjoy the journey!Table of ContentsContentsIntroductionMeet Jack DavisJack’s Lessons1. Blast Past Tough2. Quit Drifting3. Hug Change4. Be Great in Small Things5. Lift the Fog6. Salute the Truth7. Ask Why8. Get Lucky9. Escape from Someday IsleFrom Jack Davis to YouFrom the AuthorAcknowledgmentsA Collection of Quotations from Quit Drifting, Lift the Fog, and Get LuckyThe Next Step—Implement Quit Drifting, Lift the Fog, and Get Lucky into Your OrganizationAbout the Author 

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Book SynopsisSuccess is a daily decision for pursuing your dreams. When coupled with persistence it''s a formula for obtaining higher and higher levels of success, tapping into your limitless potential and maintaining the life you truly desire. The Secret to Knowing It''s Already Done may not be the key to overnight riches, but it will definitely help you lay the groundwork for persistent growth and give you the blueprint and techniques for massive success.Here you''ll ask yourself questions to lay the framework for the life you want. You''ll gain perspective on what occupies your mind. You''ll learn to discover your talents. You''ll understand how to build strong and meaningful relationships through achieving and maintaining the real necessity of meaningful love, for yourself and for others. You''ll get tools to exercise your mind, your will and your emotions with intentionality and discipline. And you''ll find out how to go out into the world to build the life you want. No excuses. The secret to knowing that it''s already done is this: mastering the Art of Doing. You will learn to clearly visualize your specific goals, discover your skills and potential, plan your blueprint for action, dedicate your time, and do the work to obtain and maintain your evolving goals. Conviction empowers results. Your belief in your success determines what you''ll do about gaining and maintaining it. Alex Morton reveals The Secret to Knowing It''s Already Done, as only he can.

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Book SynopsisThis book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it. Leadership is not about position, or authority.It’s not about big speeches or grand visions. Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families—and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed. They are not. Because, leadership is an activity—small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too. That’s why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.Trade ReviewEarly Endorsements of WHEN EVERYONE LEADS “We change the world one soul at a time, and I would consider When Everyone Leads to be a must-read primer for anyone seeking to make a positive difference in our world.” -U.S. Senator Jerry Moran, Kansas “With this book Ed and Julia help us cultivate the courage and practice the skills we so desperately need to make progress on the toughest challenges facing organizations and communities. Their ideas were incubated in Kansas and now serve to empower teams across the US and around the world. I recommend When Everyone Leads to anyone who is working to improve lives and advance the common good.” -Pete Manzo | President & CEO | United Ways of California “When we share power to let people lead it becomes much more likely that the tough challenges facing our communities will get solved. Ed and Julia’s examples show how everyone has a role to play in creating significant, positive change.” -India Pierce Lee | Senior Vice President, Program | The Cleveland Foundation “The ideas and practices will move many presently overwhelmed by leadership challenges to a place of new energy, impactful collaboration and hope. If real change is going to happen, it’s going to have to start with us and engage others, that journey starts anew with these trustworthy coordinates.” -Retired Rev. Robert Wright | Episcopal Bishop of Atlanta “This book highlights the complexities of leadership while sharing valuable leadership tools with readers. Throughout the book the authors share real life examples which makes the content relatable and directly applicable to life and work situations. I believe the information in the book can empower readers to embrace leadership challenges and affect positive change.” -Holly Mercer | President of Kansas Library AssociationTable of Contents1 (Re)Defining Leadership: A Manifesto Part One: Identify The Gap 2 Seeing The Gap 3 The Gap Starts with Concerns 4 The Gap Is Fueled By Aspirations 5 Everyone Can See The Gap 6 Adaptive Challenges and Technical Problems Part Two: Barriers to Progress 7 Our Toughest Challenges Involve Loss 8 Values Clash When You Seek To Close The Gap 9 Quick Fixes Make The Gap Wider 10 Authority Is Never Enough To Close The Gap 11 Leadership is Risky Part Three: Start With You 12 Start Authorizing Yourself To Lead 13 Start With Your Challenge 14 Start Where You Have Influence 15 Start With Your Part of The Mess 16 Start Engaging Others Part Four: Use The Heat 17 Work Avoidance: When The Heat Is Too Low 18 Tempers Flare: When The Heat Is Too High 19 In The Productive Zone Part Five: Everyone Can Lead 20 Everyone Can Ask Powerful Questions 21 Everyone Can Make Multiple Interpretations 22 Everyone Can Act Experimentally 23 Make Leadership Less Risky for Others 24 When Everyone Leads: A Call To Action

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Book SynopsisThis book shows you how to become inspired as a leader or coach so that you can become inspirational to others. It starts with a warning about becoming one of the `Norm's' who drift through life in their comfort zone. Never quite realising their awesomeness but with some simple changes to their thinking and habits they could reset and reboot their mental software and really shine. It starts with a down-to-earth explanation about how our mind works and some simple tips you can use straight away to manage your state and become more effective. It looks at the basics of NLP (Neuro Linguistic Programming), how it works and what it is with simple explanations free of jargon and a no nonsense approach enabling you to become a great leader and coach.

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Book SynopsisWe as humans are prone to a variety of wired-in cognitive mistakes in the way we interpret and react to risk-related information. This is highly consequential since the cognitive biases managers are exposed to in their day-to-day business erode the objectivity of their risk-related decisions, which ultimately hurts the financial well-being of their firms. This book seeks to develop risk literacy as a leadership skill. It helps managers develop the skills to improve managerial decision-making in regards to managing risk.The last decades have offered various insights into how human nature often gets in the way of rational decision-making. This book is a valuable resource for insurance executives, chief risk officers, company leaders, and graduate students of risk management and risk psychology. It is the first behavioral risk management guide for managers and other interested readers - using examples from economic theory, behavioral finance, and game theory, it studies the hidden forces that drive our decision-making processes under risk. Table of Contents1. Introduction.- 2. Risk and Risk Perception: Why we are not Rational in the Face of Risk.- 3. Expected Utility, Prospect Theory, and the Allais Paradox: Why Reference Points are Important.- 4. Confirmation Bias and Anchoring Effect: Why the First Piece of Information is Key in Negotiations.- 5. Framing and the Ostrich effect: Why our Decisions depend on how Information is presented.- 6. Emotions and Zero Risk Bias: Why we make bad Decisions and overspend on Risk Avoidance.- 7. Endowment Effect and Status-Quo Bias: Why we Stick with Bad Decisions.- 8. Overconfidence and Self-Blindness: Why we think we are better than we actually are.- 9. The Low-Probability Puzzle: Why we insure our Cellphone but Not our Home.- 10. Fairness, Diversity, Groupthink, and Peer Effects: Why Other People matter for our Risky Decisions.- 11. Hindsight Bias: Why We Think we are Good Predictors even though we are not.

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Book SynopsisManagers and leaders spend a great deal of time on communication; it binds together all the communications in the organisational system. In other words, communication is the glue that impacts on the effectiveness of communication in the entire organization, therefore the style of leadership communication has a profound impact on how the organization works. If too much ‘glue’ is used, the consequence is information overload, which hampers effective communication. If there is too little glue, individuals and entire organizations may find themselves in a pathological state of disorder, with people filling the information vacuum with rumours and gossip. Leadership communication can be involving and participatory, motivating colleagues to be creative and put in as much extra effort as is necessary. Leadership communication can also be power-based and patronizing. Such a style of communication will cause tensions and conflicts within an organization. In this textbook, the author shows how information and communication are parts of a special type of interaction, namely situations in which you want to gain trust or influence people. With a plethora of case examples and practical exercises to get stuck into, this engaging book helps students gain a deeper understanding of the concepts and contexts described in each chapter, such as communication strategies, influencing techniques, communication and values, and communication and trust. The second half of the book offers six personal communication tools, and six personal coaching tools, with assignment to each of the coaching tools. In addition, the book provides 66 exercises to the six personal communication tools. Ideal reading for those taking leadership and communication courses, this textbook takes a practical approach to the key issues in organizational communication that will prepare students for their careers in business.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Communication and Leadership.- Chapter 2: Communication and Metaphors.- Chapter 3: Requisite Variety.- Chapter 4: Where We Draw the Boundaries of a Problem Affects our Perception of the Problem.- Chapter 5: The Context Sends Messages.- Chapter 6: Part and Whole in a Communicative Process.- Chapter 7: 'Aspect Seeing'.- Chapter 8: Information Processes as Part of Communication.- Chapter 9: Information Processes.- Chapter 10: Communication Strategies.- Chapter 11: Influencing Techniques.- Chapter 12 Alternative communication strategies.

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Book SynopsisWorkplace spirituality is an emerging field of study and practice and this book asks the questions: Where have we been in the last ten years as a field and where should we be headed in the next ten years? The editors asked these questions of thought leaders from around the globe, leaders who represent different sectors, faith traditions, worldviews and organizational functions. This volume represents the best of current thinking about the state of the field of workplace spirituality and of what the future holds. There are four themes: (1) management themes such as leadership, ethics, change management, and diversity; (2) workplace spirituality in sectors such as health and wellbeing, policing and creative industries, (3) key issues that are emerging, such as self-spirituality, mindfulness, storytelling and the importance of nature, and (4) cutting edge epistemologies and methodologies including indigenous studies, relational ontology, ethnography, and psychodynamics. These articles were chosen to provoke new thinking, new research, and new practice in the field of workplace spirituality, with the goal of helping the field mature in the next decade. Table of ContentsIntroduction (Eds.) Themes: Leadership Ethics Strategy Organizational Change Governance Organizational Behavior Human Resource Management Careers Communications Entrepreneurship/Family business Consumer Behavior and Branding Sustainability Gender and Diversity Social Sciences New Sciences Practical Theology Global Consciousness 　 Sectors: Health and Well-being Tourism and Hospitality Legal and Policing Creative Industries Religious Organizations Education 　 MSR Methodologies:  Assessments and Measurement (quantitative) Qualitative Ethnography Psychoanalytics Storytelling Other: Everyday (working) life Indigenous spiritualities Conclusion (Eds.)

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Book SynopsisOne of the most significant management challenges in modern companies and organizations is dealing with unavoidable, complex paradoxes. Today’s world is multidimensional, multipolar, and multipurpose, and increasingly, classic management challenges such as leadership vs. management; exploitation vs. exploration, virtual vs. physical presence, economic sustainability vs. environmental sustainability, localization vs. globalization, etc. assume the characteristics of paradoxes rather than problems or dilemmas. Leadership of paradox is not about making a decision once and for all or prioritizing tough trade-offs, but about navigating between opposing considerations. Navigating Leadership Paradox argues that academic knowledge pools can support leaders’ decision-making and sense-making in organizations and navigating paradoxes. The book outlines a practical pathway for management leaders and professionals for steering through paradox using 5 phases, 10 paradoxes, 15 tools, 20 cases, and 25 learning points. It delineates how to identify a paradox by assessing the nature of your challenge and discusses the appropriate courses of action individually as well in collaboration with other stakeholders. It also gives inspiration and advice for professional helpers assisting others in navigating paradox as part of organizational development or other educational purposes. This book will be essential reading for practitioners and academicians in the fields of leadership paradox, complexity management, change management, leadership dilemmas and organizational paradox.

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Book SynopsisThe COVID-19 pandemic has placed extraordinary demands on leaders compelled to navigate a complex, far-reaching event that threatened human life, business continuity and survival. What can leaders learn from the crisis response to equip them for a post-pandemic world and beyond? Leadership in a Post-Pandemic World brings together cutting-edge research by authors Prof. David McGuire and Dr. Marie-Line Germain with thought-provoking evidence-based contributions from leading international researchers offering fresh insights into how leadership approaches and practices have evolved in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic. Divided into four sections, it discusses the leadership challenges and subsequent skills required to deal with the pandemic in politics, education, healthcare and business industries; emergency planning; organizational and personal resilience; the effect of dysfunctional and narcissistic leaders; lessons learned and how such lessons will shape the leadership of the future. This book is a vital resource for leaders, students of leadership, strategy and management, and anyone interested in the long-term consequences of crisis leadership on our society as a whole.

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Book SynopsisWhat does the Biblical story of Nathan and David say about effective communication skills? How do you identify the Raja Bhoj, the Gangu Teli and the Shekchilli in your office? What is the corporate equivalent of an Ashwamedha yajna? Drawing from sources as diverse as the Mahabharata and the Bible, the Vikram-Betal stories, the Iliad and the Odyssey, Islamic tenets, the tales of rishis and kings, and fables from around the world, Devdutt Pattanaik, India''s leading mythologist, provides a fascinating account of what leadership entails. How to choose the right leader, effectively communicate with a boss, maintain the right balance between discipline and leniency? In these and other workplace situations, Pattanaik shows what leaders of today can learn about the art of leadership from stories written thousands of years ago, things no management course can teach.

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Book SynopsisIn the rapidly evolving energy sector, one electric cooperative in Texas is flipping the script on conventional wisdom. Status Quo is Not Company Policy: Empowering Innovation through Adaptive Leadership is a thought-provoking journey into the heart of an organization that dares to defy traditional industry norms.Within these pages, readers will discover how Rayburn Electric Cooperative has transcended its humble beginnings to challenge norms in the power industry. It demonstrates the impactful fusion of adaptive leadership with a commitment to innovation. With a relentless commitment to its core values of Integrity, Respect, Excellence, and Innovation, Rayburn is challenging the energy sector''s established practices and showcasing what''s possible when an organization fully commits to its people and principles.Key Takeaways: Innovative Leadership: Learn how a culture of questioning and a willingness to defy the status quo can lead to groundbreaki

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