LEAD: 50 models for success in work and life

Leadership Best Seller with #1 for Business Coaching and Team Skills on Amazon

LEAD is here to help you lead yourself - and others - through life's unpredictable challenges towards your aspirations.

If you are looking for fresh insights, tools and inspiration you won't be disappointed.

LEAD focuses on the top 3 priorities of a leader. To Map. To Navigate. To Grow. It enables you to:

MAP the journeys that you want to make in work and life

NAVIGATE through life's twists and turns to success

GROW yourself and others as leaders

Its style is like that of the best coach whose sole aim is to help you find your purpose and to thrive.

With the strapline "50 models for success in work & life" the authors have thoughtfully blended 30 classic leadership models with 20 of their own proven tools which they have developed through working with business leaders and teams across the globe.

Let LEAD be your constant companion, always within reach to coach, challenge and cheer you on.

Auteur

John D. H. Greenway loves helping people find their purpose, clarify their priorities and fulfil their potential. He has over 25 years' experience of working with business leaders to build winning teams. He distilled his insights into his first book "Leaders' Map". He also co-compiled "Best Advice: 40 leadership tips from 40 leaders" for Mercuri Urval, the global talent management consultancy. After graduating from Nottingham and Durham Universities he has led business divisions, directed global accounts, sat on boards, worked with aid organisations in Africa, the Middle East and Asia and coached sports teams. He is now Founder & Director of the Management Consultancy, Saltmine Ventures.

Andy Blacknell's passion is in helping leaders and organisations engage people fully in their work or in their community. Following graduation from Oxford University he began his career as an economist, co- authoring books on the European Union and the Management Challenge in the 1990's. He then worked in communications with a major UK retailer, Woolworths, and saw first-hand how difficult it is to change an organisation. He has advised on global mergers, employee engagement and employer brand whilst leading the Change & Communications Practice at Towers Watson in both the USA and UK. He currently runs his own consulting business, Blacknell Ventures.

Andy Coombe, according to his co-authors, is a brilliant facilitator. He thrives in sparking individuals and groups to think, talk and act to bring life, vitality and success to work. He is a graduate of theology and philosophy from Southampton University, and organisational change from Bristol University. He has extensive operational and change advisory experience in the UK Health Sector, working with boards as both an HR director of an acute hospital trust and leading an NHS service and organisation change agency. Andy now leads Kairos Consultancy which focuses on leadership and organisational development. He is also engaged in executive coaching, mediation and large event facilitation.

Texte du rabat

LEAD helps you to be clearer about your purpose and more confident of success. It equips you to:

• Map the journeys that you want to make in work and life
• Navigate through life's twists and turns to success
• Grow yourself and others as leaders "Reading this book is like being taken on a tour of the best in leadership development. Your expert guides know what really matters and show you how to make it happen in your life." SUNNY BINDRA, Founder of Fast Forward Leadership and author of Crown Your Customer "This is a cool book. I'm excited to use it for myself and our team." CAROLYN GUARD, Founder of Babiators, one of Forbes America's Most Promising Companies "Simple and fun. LEAD is a virtual mentor for leaders and aspiring leaders alike." DAVID WICKHAM, Chairman of mHub, Board Adviser and former FTSE 100 Director "*LEAD *is full of practical wisdom that will enable you to reach your true potential." DR ROGER HAGAFORS, Group Board Chairman of Mercuri Urval "A treasure trove of actionable ideas. Simply brilliant and brilliantly simple." SHAUNTI FELDHAHN, Global speaker and best-selling author

Résumé
LEAD will develop you as a leader in a dynamic way that goes to the heart of your purpose and dreams. It takes you well beyond traditional, fixed planning processes, which are out of date as soon as the ink dries, or the temporary 'high' of a leadership development day or two. It helps you recognise the complexity of the challenges you face and equips you to navigate these effectively and flexibly. . . because life is not a straight line.

LEAD equips you with enduring principles, inspiring stories and practical tools to:

Map the journeys that you want to make in work and life

Navigate through life's twists and turns to success

Grow yourself and others as leaders

Its style is like that of the best coach whose sole aim is to enable you to find your purpose and to thrive.

The authors bring their own fresh perspectives and the very best leadership thinking and practice.

LEAD should be your constant companion, always within reach to coach, challenge and cheer you on.

LEAD will help you to be clearer and more confident - to fulfil your potential and succeed in work and life.

Contenu

Dashboard 1

Part One Map 3

Focus 1 Map Your Journey 9

Part Two Navigate 21

Focus 2 See the Big Picture 27

Focus 3 Choose the Right Direction 47

Focus 4 Do the Right Things 69

Focus 5 Check Progress 95

Focus 6 Be Inspired 119

Part Three Grow 141

Focus 7 You 143

Focus 8 Your Team 167

Focus 9 Your Life 189

LEAD Self-assessment 211

What Next? 215

Thanks 217

About the Authors 219

Index 221