ABSTRACT
All leaders make choices, but not all leaders are choice-focused. In Interactional Leadership and How to Coach It: The art of the choice-focused leader Michael Harvey presents an important new theory of leadership which demonstrates how to coach successful choice-making.
This clear, wide-ranging book integrates business and psychology, exploring the art of choice-focused leadership through neuroscience, cognitive psychology, existential philosophy and leadership studies. Interactional leadership helps leaders to make informed decisions throughout the "achievement cycle" of strategy, resourcing and delivery, and emphasises the importance of psychological balance. The book features chapter-long case studies which provide unique insights into the leader’s inner world and clearly illustrate how the tightrope of leadership can be mastered. Harvey draws important lessons about decision-making from corporate leaders, politicians and even Shakespeare’s tragic heroes, and addresses the leader’s ethical responsibility for major issues facing us now and in the future. The interactional model also focuses on coaching the multiple roles of leadership, such as global leader, team leader, innovator, entrepreneur and chair of the board.
Accessible and practical, Interactional Leadership and How to Coach It is an ideal guide for coaches, leaders, students, trainers of coaches and anyone involved in leadership development and recruitment.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |36 pages
What is interactional leadership?
chapter |6 pages
The choice-focused leader
chapter |8 pages
The Achievement Cycle and the art of leadership choice-making
part |38 pages
Coaching the choice-focused leader
chapter |12 pages
Coaching the non-resourcing leader
chapter |9 pages
The practical techniques of interactional leadership coaching
part |51 pages
The multiplicity of leadership roles – and how to coach them
chapter |10 pages
The global leader, the entrepreneur and the chair of the board
part |15 pages
Interactional leadership in the public domain
chapter |14 pages
From Steve Jobs to Hamlet
part |32 pages
Choosing the future