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"With new sections on hiring and firing, dealing with the awkward squad and coachong for success, this third edition is your ultimate guide on how to lead and succeed."
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Based on original research into some of the world’s best organisations, How to Lead cuts right through all the myths and mysteries to get straight to the heart of what it really takes to motivate, inspire and deliver results.
This unique and brilliant combination of authoritative guidance and stimulating and entertaining advice willhelp you resolve some of the common challenges that every leader will face.
Includes free access to checklists on handy leadership topics such as driving performance, managing time, setting and controlling budgets, dealing with crises and delegating.
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Jo Owen has produced a readable book full of examples and humour. Short case studies are taken from sports, business, and the public sector. Because it is so comprehensive, it is best approached by reading and digesting in bite-sized chunks. As someone with an interest in coaching, I really appreciated what he had to say about coaching. We tend to over-focus on the immediate challenges. His section on giving employees or colleagues feedback is also spot on. We all avoid negative stuff for reasons that I think psychologists would all cognitive dissonance.
One failing of this book is that because it aims to be as relevant to those beginning their management journey as in mid-career, you should have picked up some of his tips yourself by your second year in, or first yearif you're intuitive. Should you reach the exalted position of say, CEO, you may discover that you are not the leader. But with the help of the chapter on Mastering Leadership you may be able to remedy the situation. However not even Jo Owen has advice for what he calls the "essential art" of managing the expectations of your Board and investors, preferably at the same time.
In How To Lead, Jo Owen omits so much as a glance at opposing views and it would have been valuable to see some debate if only to enable the reader to judge for themselves whether to adopt the behaviour and practice being advocated. However you will certainly smile as you recognize the scenarios he describes and the leadership antics that are being repeated in a thousand organisations every where, every day.
One failing of this book is that because it aims to be as relevant to those beginning their management journey as in mid-career, you should have picked up some of his tips yourself by your second year in, or first yearif you're intuitive. Should you reach the exalted position of say, CEO, you may discover that you are not the leader. But with the help of the chapter on Mastering Leadership you may be able to remedy the situation. However not even Jo Owen has advice for what he calls the "essential art" of managing the expectations of your Board and investors, preferably at the same time.
In How To Lead, Jo Owen omits so much as a glance at opposing views and it would have been valuable to see some debate if only to enable the reader to judge for themselves whether to adopt the behaviour and practice being advocated. However you will certainly smile as you recognize the scenarios he describes and the leadership antics that are being repeated in a thousand organisations every where, every day.
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24 Mar 2012
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I got promoted a year ago, at the age of 30 and working abroad in a multinational company. I needed a roadmap on my new journey into leadership and I found this book. Simple yet sophisticated, explaining the golden rules of leadership through three stages. The foundation, the practise and mastering the leadership. The part one; the foundations of leadership helped me understand why I got promoted among others. The part two; the practise of leadership is my current recipe to do my leadership job and the final part; mastering the leadership provides me with understanding how I can proceed further in my journey. During my first months, I had to face a critical leadership incident that many managers face once or twice in their journey in my company and the book gave me the guidelines on how to manage the case. If you are new to leadership or you think you have a stagnation after many years in that role, then read this book. I hope there will be a kindle version as well so I can have the book with me easily anywhere I travel.
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