Leadership revolution : the future of developing dynamic leaders / Lori Mazan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mazan, Lori, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvi, 266 pages) : illustrations (some color)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2024]

Summary:

"Decades ago, when workers stayed at one job their entire careers, they could gradually, methodically work their way up the corporate ladder. Leadership development was standard throughout the business world, rarely considering an individual's skills, experiences, or interests. Coaching, a highly effective form of leader development, was reserved for the executive elite. Today, technology and social advances have dramatically altered the way we work, yet many companies persist in using 50-year-old leadership development approaches that haven't created the desired outcomes. It's as if we ask leaders to watch a black-and-white television with just three channels, when they can now easily pick from hundreds of streaming options. Those legacy leadership approaches were designed for a different time and a different workforce. A half-century ago, corporate America was more homogeneous, management was more authoritarian, and leadership development was doled out factory-style to a lucky few. In today's increasingly diverse and individualistic workforce, old-school leadership development creates an ever-widening gap between the upper echelon and the high-potential managers who often are passed over and denied access to the choice positions. This has left companies scrambling to attract and retain the finest talent. In Leadership Revolution: The Future of Developing Dynamic Leaders, Lori Mazan, Co-Founder, President and Chief Coaching Officer at Sounding Board, a global leadership development enterprise platform, makes it clear that what makes leaders successful has not changed, but how to make them successful has changed greatly. Many decision makers still rely on 1980s (or earlier) approaches and techniques, but Mazan will overturn those outdated beliefs and show why the old development models don't work, how to attract and retain talent by accelerating and individualizing their growth, why and how remote workers make companies more profitable, how your staff can flourish with a sense of community and shared purpose without necessarily being 'in the office,' and much more. In short, she will detail exactly how you can become a leader who develops leaders."-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Foreword

Preface

Part I Clarity

Chapter 1 The Big Leap

The Unity of Opposites

Coaching's "Secret Weapon" Era

The Platinum Rule

"You Can't Ask That Question"

Your Progress Is Your Job

The Gasp

Chapter 2 Letting Go of Outdated Thinking

The Trouble with Popeye

Power Matching

The Compliance Mentality

Why Do I Have to Stop?

Putting People in Boxes

Change Mindsets to Change Behavior

"Problem Children" and Other Things HR Sees

Reimagining Potential

Avoiding the Easy Way

Chapter 3 What Do You (Really) Want?

Any Road Won't Do

The Long Shadow of in Loco Parentis

Hiring Adults

Mommy Benefits

Make It Meaningful

Eye-of-the-Storm Wants

Thinking Partners

Is Being Right Really All You Want?

Following the Rules Is Not Enough

How to Get Beyond "Being Right"

Next!

Part II Challenge

Chapter 4 Jumping off the Cliff

The Lesson of the Lavender Suit

Thinking versus Doing

Three Ways Forward

Breaking through the Excuses Barrier

Collecting Nos

Paying the Piper

"Tell Me to Get Going"

Wait, Are We Just Starting?

Just Make It to the Deck

"I'll Jump with You"

Chapter 5 Break Down

Persistence over Time

Feeling Failure

Blame and Courage

Breaking (Failure) Down

But What If I Do Get Fired?

Leave It Behind

What Will Be Successful Next?

Break Through

The Path of Action

The Choice Is Yours

Chapter 6 Breakthrough

Learning by Sparring

Why We Get Stuck on the Horizontal

The Real-Life Test

That's Not a Nail

Interweaving

Maximum Capacities

The Right Timing

Context Is King

Breakthrough

Chapter 7 The Third Right Answer

How Do I Think about This?

Beyond Binary

Embrace the Unexpected

Judgment

Endless Alternatives.

Chapter 8 Making New Choices

Community, Not Family

Cooperative Competition

The Balanced Equation

The Pandemic Effect

Levels of Community

So Close You Can't See Anything

Beyond the Third Right Answer

Chapter 9 Why Context Is Key

Who Is in the Context

Coaching in Context

On the Levels

Culture Clashes

Stay or Go

The Mantra Method

Context as Opportunity

The Coaching Context

Part III Impact

Chapter 10 Lasting Change

The Democratization of Complexity

Don't Hire a Soccer Coach to Teach Tennis

Coach First

Coach (Only) Leadership

Create Lasting Change

Boldly Level Up the Leader

See Blind Spots-and Peek Around Corners

You're Not a Coach Until You've Been "Fired"

Organizational Impact

Use Technology to Deepen Coaching Impact

Chapter 11 The Power of Alignment

Activity Isn't Enough

Alignment, Not Uniformity

Mind the Gap

Working with Heart

What Does Your Company Really, Really Want?

Don't Focus on the Problem Outliers

The Risk (and Why to Take It)

Chapter 12 The Big Beyond

Building a Leader Success Model

Flexibility (Finding Balance)

Velocity (Focused Courage)

Pattern Recognition (Beyond Observation)

Self-Regulation ("Keep Walking!")

The Internal Compass ("Central Equilibrium")

Measuring from the Outside

Self-Reliance

The Self-Reliant Organization

Celebrating the Big Beyond

Notes

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

ISBN:

9781394171835

1394171838

9781394171842

1394171846

OCLC:

1400972303