Ruthlessly caring and other paradoxical mindsets leaders need to be future-fit
"Across all industries, leaders today are operating on shifting sands, trying to carve out success in a landscape that's constantly changing and highly uncertain. Aside from the disruptive effects of the pandemic, reports and forecasting data shows how 14 megatrends are reshaping the world...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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West Sussex, UK ; Hoboken, New Jersey :
Wiley
[2023]
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| Edición: | First edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009724220406719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Preface
- Chapter 1 Megatrends That Are Reshaping the World
- The Megatrends Shaping the Current and Future Leadership Context
- A Washing-Machine Effect: Interactions and Tensions
- Paradoxes Are Endemic in the Megatrend Context
- Becoming Future-Fit: A Paradoxical Environment Calls for a Paradoxical Leader
- Notes
- Chapter 2 The Five Paradoxical Mindsets ofFuture-Fit Leadership
- The Five Mindsets: High-Level Summary
- What Exactly Is a Paradox?
- Embracing Paradoxes: Why Bother?
- What Makes Paradoxical Thinking So Difficult?
- Identity Bucketing: How Leaders Polarise Themselves and Their Approach
- Paradoxical Thinking: Preferences and Pendulums
- Consequence 1: The Paradox Pendulum Swing
- Consequence 2: Stuck in a Preference
- Unfreezing Your Leadership Identity: Old Habits and Current Assumptions
- Building Self-Awareness
- Notes
- Chapter 3 Ruthlessly Caring
- What Is a 'Ruthlessly Caring' Mindset?
- Why Embracing a 'Ruthlessly Caring' Mindset Matters Amidst the Megatrends
- Increasing Pressure on Business Leaders to Show You Care
- Increasing Pressure on Business Leaders to Sustain Performance and Deliver Results
- Leading Ruthlessly: Making Tough Performance-Focused Decisions
- 1) Having a Performance Focus
- 2) Making Tough Decisions
- The Ruthless Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Leading with Care: Staying Compassionate No Matter What
- The Caring Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Notes
- Chapter 4 Ambitiously Appreciative
- What Is an 'Ambitiously Appreciative' Mindset?
- Why Being Ambitiously Appreciative Matters Amidst Megatrends
- Traditional 'Profit-Only' Thinking Distorts the Boundaries of What Is Expected and Rewarded
- Advancing Technology: Making It Possible to Be 'Always-On'.
- Social Media: Ramping Up the Expectations We Have of Ourselves
- Burnout: The Price Being Paid
- Leading Ambitiously: The Relentless Drive to Achieve
- Developing Harmonious Passion
- The Ambitious Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Leading with Appreciation: Keeping Goals and Work in Perspective
- Learning to Appreciate What You Have
- Getting a Sense of Perspective
- The Appreciative Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Notes
- Chapter 5 Politically Virtuous
- What Is a 'Politically Virtuous' Mindset?
- Why a Politically Virtuous Mindset Matters Amidst the Megatrends
- Leading Politically: Being Savvy in the Circumstances
- The Five Key Ingredients of Politically Savvy Leadership
- Ingredient 1. Benevolent Motivation
- Ingredients 2-5. The skills of politically savvy leaders
- The Political Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Leading Virtuously: Doing 'the Right Thing' at the First Opportunity
- 1. Identifying Ethical Issues Early On
- Fishbowl Thinking
- Ethical Fading
- 2. Acting with Moral Courage
- The Virtuous Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Notes
- Chapter 6 Confidently Humble
- What Is a 'Confidently Humble' Mindset?
- Why Confidence and Humility Matter Amidst the Megatrends
- Leading Confidently: Trusting Yourself and Inspiring Others to Trust You
- Three Confidence Habits to Get Into
- Habit 1. Separating Feelings from Action
- Habit 2. Committing to Practice
- Habit 3. Exercise Task-Focused Attention
- The Confident Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Leading with Humility: Harnessing the Knowledge and Skills of Those Around You
- How to Develop Intellectual Humility
- The Humble Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Notes
- Chapter 7 Responsibly Daring
- What Is a 'Responsibly Daring' Mindset?.
- Why Leading in a Responsibly Daring Way Matters Amidst the Megatrends
- The Requirement to Continuously Transform
- Shifting Expectations Towards Long-Term Value Creation
- Leading Responsibly: Making a Difference and Safeguarding the Organisation
- 1. Internalised responsibility: the call for leaders to take responsibility (not blame)
- 2. Forward-facing responsibility: embracing control and being accountable to future generations
- Safeguarding the business and 'keeping the lights on'
- Five key skills required to lead responsibly
- The Responsible Leader Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Leading Daringly: Being Willing to Take Risks and Push Boundaries
- The Five Ingredients of a Daring Mindset
- The Daring Leadership Continuum: How to Stay on Track
- Notes
- Chapter 8 Developing and Expanding Your Leadership Identity
- Why Identity Is Important in Relation to Paradoxical Mindsets
- What Identity Refers To
- The Troublesome Myth of 'True Self'
- The Ability to Integrate Multiple Identities Is a Predictor of Leadership Success
- Identity Is Not Fixed, but Continuously Created, Shaped, and Spotlighted
- Narratives: How Identity Is Built Through the Stories We Tell
- Quick Recap
- Embracing All Five Mindsets: How to Develop and Expand Your Leadership Identity
- Step 1: Find a Coach: start building insight into your current narratives and 'possible selves'
- Step 2: Identity undoing: shake it up, let it go, experiment
- Step 3: Repeat the Process
- Concluding Remarks: The Challenge of Being Adaptably Authentic
- Notes
- Index
- EULA.
