Leading the Way: The Seven Skills To Engage, Inspire and Motivate, 1st edition

Published by FT Publishing International (September 13, 2012) © 2013

  • Andrew Leigh Director of Maynard Leigh Associates
  • Michael Maynard Maynard Leigh
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Title overview

Top down leadership techniques are outdated. Today’s organisations are horizontally networked and constantly changing. They need leaders who can adapt, accept risk, collaborate and be transparent.

 

 

This book distils 40 years of experience into 7 accessible skills that leaders need to thrive in business today. The 7 I’s of Leadership: Individuality, Insight, Initiate, Involve, Inspire, Improvise, Implement.Containing case studies, examples, questions and checklists, this book will enable you to understand the importance of these skills and will show you how to learn and implement them.

Table of contents

Table of Contents

 

INTRODUCTION

 

LEADING IN THE 21ST CENTURY

·    Major trends

·    Living with uncertainty

·    Leadership is relational

·    Leadership starts here!

 

CHAPTER 1: INDIVIDUALITY

·    The Genius Syndrome

·    What Price Charisma?

·    The Source of individualism

- Being yourself

- Personal experience

- Personal Style

·    Personal values

·    Integrity

- Integrity Barometer

- Taking a Stand

·    Networking

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 2: INSIGHT

·    Self Awareness

- Personal enquiry

- Internal cast

·    Understanding other people

·    Seeing what’s going on

- Curiosity

- Foresight

- Insight is seeing, not magic

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 3: INITIATE

·    Accept responsibility

- Volunteer

- Participate

- Be accountable

- Take centre stage

·    Research

·    Take risks

- Step out of your comfort zone

- Be assertive

- Handle reverses

·    Instigate direct action

·    Follow-through

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 4: INVOLVE

·    Intensity of Involvement

·    Participation and Enrolment

·    Why Engage?

·    How to Engage

- Being Valued

- Being Involved

- Being Developed

- Being Inspired

·    Meetings

·    Empowerment

·    Coaching

·    Give People a Voice

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 5: INSPIRE

·    How to Inspire

- The Why?

- Source

- Passion

·    Vision

·    Communicate

- Conversation

- Story-telling

·    Trust

·    Challenging goals

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 6: IMPROVISE

·    The Drive for Improvisation

·    The Principles of Improvisation

·    Creativity

- Innovate

- A try-it environment

- Problem solve

- Value Ideas

- Encourage play

·    Flexibility

·    Presence

- Physical presence

- Psychological presence

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 7: IMPLEMENT

·    Be action-minded

- Paralysis of analysis

- Setting Goals

- SMART goals

- Monitoring progress

- Ask for help

·    Model Behaviour

·    Seek Feedback

- Personal feedback

- Organisational feedback

·    Persist

·    Spot success

·    Well-being

·    Summary & Ideas for Action

 

CHAPTER 8: LEAD THE WAY - NOW!

 

OVERVIEW

 

APPENDIX: ARE YOU LEADING THE WAY?

·    Check your leadership profile.

 

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