The YOU of Leadership: An Intuitive Approach to Effective Business Leadership

by Twan van de Kerkhof

Overview

This fascinating book provides a new and modern perspective on business leadership and what it takes to succeed. It argues that the essence of leadership is to perceive the world as a place of opportunities. Leadership today is about connecting with the world outside, connecting with your world within, and then acting differently as a leader in order to take advantage of the opportunities before you. Through unique research and observation, the author provides new thinking on what business leaders have to do in order to drive their businesses in today's complex business world. It will help managers and executives understand themselves and the business mechanisms surrounding them, and enable them to find new and more successful ways to lead.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781907794384
Publisher:	LID Publishing
Publication date:	04/02/2013
Pages:	208
Product dimensions:	6.50(w) x 9.30(h) x 0.80(d)

About the Author

Twan van de Kerkhof is the founder of the European Leadership Platform (HQ in Amsterdam), a roundtable and discussion group for leading business leaders, and author of six other management books.

Table of Contents

Foreword Joseph Jaworski 9

Introduction

Leading During a Change of Age 13

Travelling Along the U of Leadership 17

Fads, Trends and Truths 22

Part 1 The Left Leg of the U: Seeing with Fresh Eyes

1 Introduction 29

2 Society 35

a Why Nobody is Answering the Call of our Time 35

b The Responsible Elite 41

c From Old to New World 46

3 Organization 51

a From Pyramids to Pancakes 51

b The Rise of a New Generation 55

4 Individual Leader 59

a Three Types of Leaders 59

Part 2 The Bottom of the U: The Journey Inside

1 Inside Leaders 67

2 From Intuition to Inner Wisdom 71

3 Becoming Shockingly Effective 73

4 Astronaut in Inner Space 75

5 The Journey Begins 83

6 The L-Word 89

Part 3 The Right Leg of the U: The Way Forward

1 Introduction 97

2 Individual Leader 103

a Balancing Action and Reflection 103

b Creating Countervailing Powers 108

3 Organization 113

a I Am My Compass 113

b Leading Change 119

c Engaging in Dialogue 121

d Modernizing Governance 126

e Protecting Ponytails 131

4 Society 133

a We Are the World 133

Epilogue 139

Thank You 141

Sources and Bibliography 143

About the Author 151