The act of leadership : a playbook for leading with humility, clarity and purpose / Dan Haesler.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Haesler, Dan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (288 pages)

Place of Publication:

Milton, Queensland : John Wiley and Sons Australia, Ltd., [2021]

Summary:

Unlock your true leadership potential with this insightful guide In The Act of Leadership, acclaimed leadership and performance coach Dan Haesler shares the insights, techniques and habits you need to thrive, professionally and personally. By combining real-life case studies, cutting-edge research and incisive coaching techniques this one-stop leadership playbook will help you better understand yourself and the people around you, so you can be not only the leader you want to be, but the person your people need you to be, both at work and at home. As a leader, you might know exactly what you need to do, but might be less clear on how to do it. You might know you need to have that difficult conversation, but you're less sure about how to have it. You might know you need to hold your team accountable, but don't know how to do it in a manner that builds authentic engagement rather than mere compliance. The Act of Leadership goes beyond the theory. It is a coaching playbook designed to empower you to be the leader you want to be, and the leader your people need you to be. Most books explain the what and the why of leadership, The Act of Leadership demonstrates the how. Author Dan Haesler takes a coaching approach, combining his years of experience as an educator and now coach to corporate leaders, elite athletes, teams and educators, to reveal the pivotal insights and enlightening case studies that will help you to define what kind of leader you want to be and understand how to get the best out of yourself and the people around you. You will also discover the importance of thinking and acting mindfully, instead of on autopilot, using the mindfulness techniques used by World Champions to lead in the moment, sharpen your intent, and increase your impact. Let go of your biases and assumptions and see the impact we have on others Take on a growth mindset to help you deal with setbacks and mistakes Create organizational change that actually succeeds, by engaging people so that change is done with them not to them Adopt a coach-like mentality and use engaging techniques to improve your day-to-day interactions with the people you lead With each chapter serving as a one-on-one coaching session, The Act of Leadership will help you create new habits and new ways of being in your day-to-day leadership, as well as life away from work, that are actionable, immediately. Perfect for leaders, professionals, educators, and athletes seeking to improve their own performance, The Act of Leadership will also earn a place in the libraries of anyone hoping to improve the lives of the people who follow them, in business, sport, and life.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

About the author

Introduction

Part I The 'you' stuff

Chapter 1 Is this book for you?: What kind of leader do you want to be?

So, what makes a good leader?

'With great power comes great responsibility'

What's your style?

Chapter 2 Be mindful, not mindless

From Jerusalem to Jericho

It's not character but conditions

The two minds: Red and Blue

Do nothing - just breathe

Chapter 3 Assume nothing: The biases that stop you from seeing what's really there

Blindspot bias

Curse of knowledge bias

False consensus bias

Confirmation bias

Sunk cost fallacy bias

Spotlight effect bias

Fundamental attribution error bias

Halo effect bias

Dunning-Kruger effect

Group-think bias

Chapter 4 How to turn it around: Why you don't learn from your mistakes

Fixed mindset

Growth mindset

Automatic negative thoughts (ANTs)

Part II The 'you and them' stuff

Chapter 5 Mum was wrong: It really does matter what others think of you

What we get wrong with 360 feedback

Chapter 6 Make it safe to stuff up: High performance is not about being perfect

Is it safe here?

Chapter 7 Less carrot, less stick: Find out what makes people tick

Understanding engagement

The carrot-and-stick approach

We need more tribes

Chapter 8 Be better at change: Stop trying to get people on the bus

Vision: what, why - and crucially - why now?

Skills: the how

Incentive: what's in it for me?

Resources: what's this going to take?

Plan: ideas and good intentions are not enough

Chapter 9 Less is more: Create space so your team can step up

Delegation isn't just giving people more work to do

Be present

Be curious

Be useless

Part III The tactical stuff

Chapter 10 Stop wasting people's time: Running meetings that matter.

Do we need to meet?

Chapter 11 No more sh!t sandwiches: Have better 1:1s with your team

Et voilà, a sh!t sandwich

Chapter 12 Have less difficult conversations: Start having adult ones instead

But what if 'difficult' conversations needn't be difficult at all?

Conclusion Roger Federer still feels the need for a coach, and you don't? Seriously?

Appreciate the nature of change

Set better goals

Stop relying on willpower alone

Acknowledgements

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780730392132

0730392139

9780730392125

0730392120

OCLC:

1263025630