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This provocative yet practical book, is the essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership - whatever your level in an organisation. It's both an indispensible yet entertaining guide to the core skills of leadership and a practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there - the single book guide to a successful career.
A unique and brilliant combination of authoritative guidance and stimulating and entertaining advice, it includes novel material on career limiting moves, advice on what to do when you look like you are about to become an involuntary member of the cock up club and how to lead by following.
This leadership handbook will help managers become leaders and help them rise to the top. It is the single book, whole career guide.
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How to Lead
What you actually need to DO to manage, lead and succeed
There’s no doubt about it – leadership skills are a very powerful career advantage. Every organization is looking for emerging leaders, and for those who stand out, there’s a bright future ahead.
The good news is that everybody can develop and show leadership skills, wherever you are in your career. It’s never too early, or too late.
An awful lot of guff has been written about leadership – whatever others would have you believe, you can be an effective leader even if you aren’t a composite of Nelson Mandela, Ghandi and Shackleton.
How to Lead is the book to cut through the daunting hero talk, the nonsense and the fluff. Put simply, leadership is about what you do and how you behave, so that’s what this book is about.
Based on actual research, it sets out the practical skills and behaviours that distinguish effective from less effective leaders, and shows you how to develop and deliver these vital assets.
It doesn’t absolutely guarantee success, but it loads the dice in your favour.
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108 of 110 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read enough management books to fill an MBA course, but this is head and shoulders above most of them, and is easily one to the top three I've managed to finish. If you're wondering how to motivate a team, how to stay positive and how to inspire you'll find common sense answers here. It will give you the confidence and understanding that while we can't all be Winston Churchill, Alex Ferguson or Billy Graham, we can still lead effectively and powerfully in our own way.
There's not many books, never mind business books, that I finish and immeadiately want to start again, but this is one of them. It's easy to read, employs an enjoyable dry wit and knocks the galloping balderdash of so many American development gurus into a cocked hat. Read and enjoy.
There's not many books, never mind business books, that I finish and immeadiately want to start again, but this is one of them. It's easy to read, employs an enjoyable dry wit and knocks the galloping balderdash of so many American development gurus into a cocked hat. Read and enjoy.
69 of 71 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I've read just about every business book there is. I love them. This book, however, stands out as one that I would totally recommend to anyone in a management postion - or anyone who wants to be there. Practical advice abounds, as does humour. It's very honest about the challenges of work, of leading a team and the snippets of wisdom are priceless. Put it like this - I've been buying stuff on amazon for years and this is the first review i think I've written! I've just started a job leading a small team and this book is helping me cope with all the new challenges it brings. Buy it.
59 of 63 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I am tired of reading business books that do not lead to action, are full of cliches, and which are not related in any way to reality. How to Lead is a refreshing, humorous and highly practical guide (as the title suggests) to this topic earthed in real experience, full of insights into what works and what does not, without being patronising and without celebrating 'The [one and only] Way' to success - a trap which I find too many books in this genre fall into. The other great message of this book is that leadership can be learnt by almost everybody, and you don't have to be a CEO of a stocklisted company with an MBA and the right parents to be one, or be a charismatic visionary freedom fighter either.
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Great
Arrived on time and with great condition. Haven't started reading it yet but I'm sure it is good. Yea, that is it.
Published 17 days ago by Marchi
A bit hard going but may be useful to some
I got this hoping it might inspire me but to be honest I found it a bit slow going and not overally inspiring... Read more
Published 3 months ago by DanW
Great book
I flicked through this in a public library and then decided to buy it. It really is a simple but effective book that helps you understand and develop your leadership style.
Published 14 months ago by Laurire P. Neale
How to lead: review
This author starts the journey of leadership based on three principles: focusing on people, being positive and being professional. Read more
Published 16 months ago by Constantine
Useful summary
This is a great roundup of leadership thinking. The only problem is that it reads as a very workmanlike trawl: the whole thing reads like an executive summary. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Matt P
A brilliant & practical book
This is a brilliant book, written by someone who has vast experience of organisations, management and leadership, and who is able to summarise his experience with brevity, accuracy... Read more
Published 20 months ago by ChrisO.
How to Lead by Jo Owen 2nd Edition
How to Lead by Jo Owen - Quite simply the best book I have ever read on how to lead and manage in organisations. Head and shoulders above the rest available.
Published 21 months ago by Ciaran Chesser
Extemely helpful
Once you pick this book up you will not want to put it down; not only is it full of fantastic exmaples, techniques and observations on leadership, it is written in a way that is... Read more
Published 21 months ago by R Prior
Practical but much repeated material
If you've also read How to Manage: The Art of Making Things Happen, I'd recommend avoiding this book. It is practical, down-to-earth, pragmatic and clear. Read more
Published on 14 Nov 2009 by Phil Morse
Focusing on people, being positive and professional
Leadership is much talked about and little practised.When reading this book I was thinking of those leaders I have had and how they succeeded and those that I have had that have... Read more
Published on 1 Nov 2009 by Peter Wade
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