Mastering Leadership: An Integrated Framework for Breakthrough Performance and Extraordinary Business Results

THREE REASONS TO LIKE THIS BOOK 1 Mastering Leadership builds on a solid and valid foundation of human development theory, which I learned in graduate school many years ago, use regularly in my work, but never thought to apply specifically to the area of leadership development.2 The authors acknowledge and use an understanding of what they call the Inner Game Inner Operating System and the Outer Game complex combination of values, beliefs, experiences, assumptions, and so on.3 The authors use th [...]

As with most of books of this type, the authors are selling a product, and they claim that theirs is better than the others they used the word breakthrough than few times along with groundbreaking That always trips my radar But, they do cite many other leadership authors, but usually with a caveat that the author theorist was missing something that they figured out.I m in a yearlong management seminar program and we are assigned executive summaries of various books If possible, I like to try to [...]

Important insights in people s reactive limiting and creative enabling drivers

When we ask people to identify the extraordinary leaders they have worked for or with, most cannot identify than one or two, suggesting we hold leaders, and are held as leaders to very high standards.Given these violated expectations, we might wonder why anyone would want this job Leaders carry enormous responsibility and operate in a world of increasing change, complexity, and connectivity They are asked to work with transparency and disclosure as they endure greater scrutiny Despite these ch [...]

Leadership is a conversation How we show up to that conversation is what matters most What we do as leaders drives our organization s collective effectiveness This book is not just another leadership book like all the others on your book shelf In Mastering Leadership we get a true guide to, not only mastering your own leadership development, but that of all those in your organization you serve Through this book s teachings you will learn to have the courageous conversations, both with yourself a [...]

Some great leadership theory here But having used the Leadership Circle Assessment at work, which is what he is trying to sell, i found the concepts were too complex because there were too many moving parts for leadership to buy in to it It certainly started the conversation, but did not lead to change in leadership styles.

What an amazing book Not an easy read And I m so glad to have read it Leadership as personal growth and development AND Leadership as spiritual practice Wow Brilliant, theoretical and practical.

Best book on Leadership I ve ever read Impressive research validating their phenomenal model Extremely well explained Lucid, liberating and inspiring Will be re reading this one.

Best book on leadership of this decade

The most complete unified theory and practical approach to leadership.