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Centered leadership : leading with purpose, clarity, and impact / Joanna Barsh and Johanne Lavoie.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: eng Publisher: New York : Crown Business, 2014Edition: First editionDescription: xvii, 316 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780804138871
  • 0804138877
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.4/092
LOC classification:
  • HD 57.7 B282c 2014
Contents:
Your centered leadership journey Introducing your guides Setting out At my best Becoming soulful Building on your strengths Leading with purpose Becoming perceptive Identifying your triggers and fears Learning to pause Learning to shift mindsets Becoming linked Forging trust Building your desired network Cultivating sponsors Becoming a force Building presence as a storyteller Facing fears through hope Taking risks and actions Becoming energized Noting your energy level Practicing recovery Sustaining renewal Moving to action Your leadership learning plan
Summary: What enables some talented people to rise to the top and live their full ambitions at work and in life, while others stop short? In 2008, Joanna Barsh launched and sponsored the Centered Leadership Project at McKinsey and Company to answer that very question. In the process, they uncovered what distinguishes leaders who are successful from those who achieve true greatness. They called it Centered Leadership. In the business bestseller, How Remarkable Women Lead, Barsh described Centered Leadership's five capabilities and the research that underpins it. Here, with colleague Johanne Lavoie, she provides a practical, actionable field guide for implementation. Since 2008, Barsh, Lavoie and others at McKinsey have traveled the globe giving seminars, workshops, and keynotes helping men and women to build these capabilities . In Centered Leadership, Barsh and Lavoie will guide you through the Centered Leadership program. You'll find the interactive tools, exercises, and practices that have helped the men and women in Centered Leadership programs gain the skills, courage and confidence to unleash their potential and that of those around them. And, along the way, you'll read inspiring stories of men and women leaders who demonstrate the power of these skills in action. Those early in their careers will learn how to use these skills to explore their passions and accelerate their professional development. Those forming families will be able to use them to reconcile work-life issues. And those who have already achieved success will be able use these practices to reach their next leadership horizon. No matter what stage you are currently at in your career, or what level of leadership you aspire to, this book will equip you with the tools to unlock your own Centered Leader and achieve more positive impact at work and outside it
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-307) and index.

Your centered leadership journey
Introducing your guides
Setting out
At my best
Becoming soulful
Building on your strengths
Leading with purpose
Becoming perceptive
Identifying your triggers and fears
Learning to pause
Learning to shift mindsets
Becoming linked
Forging trust
Building your desired network
Cultivating sponsors
Becoming a force
Building presence as a storyteller
Facing fears through hope
Taking risks and actions
Becoming energized
Noting your energy level
Practicing recovery
Sustaining renewal
Moving to action
Your leadership learning plan

What enables some talented people to rise to the top and live their full ambitions at work and in life, while others stop short? In 2008, Joanna Barsh launched and sponsored the Centered Leadership Project at McKinsey and Company to answer that very question. In the process, they uncovered what distinguishes leaders who are successful from those who achieve true greatness. They called it Centered Leadership. In the business bestseller, How Remarkable Women Lead, Barsh described Centered Leadership's five capabilities and the research that underpins it. Here, with colleague Johanne Lavoie, she provides a practical, actionable field guide for implementation. Since 2008, Barsh, Lavoie and others at McKinsey have traveled the globe giving seminars, workshops, and keynotes helping men and women to build these capabilities . In Centered Leadership, Barsh and Lavoie will guide you through the Centered Leadership program. You'll find the interactive tools, exercises, and practices that have helped the men and women in Centered Leadership programs gain the skills, courage and confidence to unleash their potential and that of those around them. And, along the way, you'll read inspiring stories of men and women leaders who demonstrate the power of these skills in action. Those early in their careers will learn how to use these skills to explore their passions and accelerate their professional development. Those forming families will be able to use them to reconcile work-life issues. And those who have already achieved success will be able use these practices to reach their next leadership horizon. No matter what stage you are currently at in your career, or what level of leadership you aspire to, this book will equip you with the tools to unlock your own Centered Leader and achieve more positive impact at work and outside it

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