The nine types of leader : how the leaders of tomorrow can learn from the leaders of today / James Ashton.
Publisher: London : KoganPage, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Description: 288 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume001: BDZ0043928328ISBN: 9781789666960Subject(s): Leadership
| Management | Executives -- PsychologyDDC classification: 658.4092 LOC classification: HD57.7 | .A84 2021| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
SHORTLISTED: Business Book Awards 2022 - LeadershipFind out what makes great leaders tick, learn what it takes to be credible and read about the things that they'd do differently if they had to do it all again. The Nine Types of Leader introduces some obvious and some not so obvious types of leader through stories, anecdotes and insight garnered from hundreds of encounters with world-class leaders. Featuring interviews with industry titans including Jean-Francois Decaux of JC Decaux, Michael Rapino of Live Nation, Zhang Ruimin of Haier, Gavin Patterson of Salesforce and Isabelle Kocher of Engie, it explores how the leaders of tomorrow will improve their game by borrowing from the very best of the nine types of leader that exist today.Renowned journalist, James Ashton assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each leadership type, highlighting where and when they are best deployed, whilst helping you identify who you are and how you can improve performance. As the world seeks to recover from drastic disruption and uncertainty and the most acute test of leadership in living memory, it projects how future leaders can learn from what has gone before.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Section - 00: Introduction;Section - 01: Alphas;Section - 02: Fixers;Section - 03: Sellers;Section - 04: Founders;Section - 05: Scions;Section - 06: Lovers;Section - 07: Campaigners;Section - 08: Diplomats;Section - 09: Humans;
Through candid interviews and encounters with some of the world's most successful business people, find out what makes great leaders tick, learn what it takes to be credible and read about the things that they'd do differently if they had to do it all again. Find out what makes great leaders tick, learn what it takes to be credible and read about the things that they'd do differently if they had to do it all again. The Nine Types of Leader introduces some obvious and some not so obvious types of leader through stories, anecdotes and insight garnered from hundreds of encounters with world-class leaders. Featuring interviews with industry titans including Jean-Francois Decaux of JC Decaux, Michael Rapino of Live Nation, Zhang Ruimin of Haier, Gavin Patterson of Salesforce and Isabelle Kocher of Engie, it explores how the leaders of tomorrow will improve their game by borrowing from the very best of the nine types of leader that exist today.Renowned journalist, James Ashton assesses the strengths and weaknesses of each leadership type, highlighting where and when they are best deployed, whilst helping you identify who you are and how you can improve performance. As the world seeks to recover from drastic disruption and uncertainty and the most acute test of leadership in living memory, it projects how future leaders can learn from what has gone before.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Prologue (p. xi)
- Acknowledgements (p. xix)
- Introduction (p. 1)
- 1 Alphas (p. 17)
- Empire builders (p. 17)
- Scaling the heights (p. 20)
- Rise and fall (p. 28)
- The long view (p. 29)
- Wounded beasts (p. 31)
- Out of fashion (p. 33)
- Banking on a big name (p. 36)
- Technology titans (p. 39)
- Endnotes (p. 44)
- 2 Fixers (p. 46)
- Special delivery (p. 46)
- No popularity contest (p. 53)
- Keeping it simple (p. 55)
- Fixed for now (p. 62)
- Better to travel (p. 64)
- Endnotes (p. 68)
- 3 Sellers (p. 70)
- The consumer drug (p. 70)
- The medicine man (p. 73)
- The Proctoid takeover (p. 76)
- Learning to sell (p. 80)
- More than a marketer (p. 86)
- Selling up (p. 91)
- Endnotes (p. 94)
- 4 Founders (p. 96)
- Being the brand (p. 96)
- Humble and hopeful (p. 100)
- The next challenge (p. 103)
- Sleepless nights (p. 105)
- The American dream (p. 110)
- Letting go (p. 112)
- Strong foundations (p. 115)
- Endnotes (p. 118)
- 5 Scions (p. 121)
- Prove yourself (p. 121)
- Betting on the bloodline (p. 124)
- The handover (p. 127)
- Banking on succession (p. 128)
- The glint of ambition (p. 133)
- Managing risk (p. 139)
- Trading up (p. 140)
- Poured away (p. 144)
- Privilege and nepotism (p. 145)
- Endnotes (p. 147)
- 6 Lovers (p. 149)
- Let's get physical (p. 149)
- Advertising passion (p. 154)
- Book lover (p. 155)
- Strike oil (p. 161)
- Strike gold (p. 164)
- Giving more (p. 167)
- Tough love too (p. 168)
- Endnotes (p. 170)
- 7 Campaigners (p. 172)
- Making business pay (p. 172)
- Feed the world (p. 180)
- Credible campaigning (p. 187)
- Fast feet (p. 189)
- Sense of mission (p. 194)
- Conclusion (p. 198)
- Endnotes (p. 201)
- 8 Diplomats (p. 204)
- A vocal majority (p. 204)
- White-collar armies (p. 210)
- A key speech (p. 217)
- Getting chosen (p. 219)
- Checkout time (p. 221)
- Head of the flotilla (p. 224)
- Conclusion (p. 226)
- Endnotes (p. 227)
- 9 Humans (p. 231)
- A green dream (p. 231)
- Taking a sledgehammer (p. 236)
- Finding freedom (p. 238)
- Learning from others (p. 240)
- Less is more (p. 241)
- Forever embedded (p. 245)
- One direction (p. 248)
- Conclusion (p. 249)
- Endnotes (p. 251)
- Epilogue (p. 253)
- Index (p. 257)
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