ABSTRACT

Squarely aimed at leaders and aspiring leaders, The Heart of Leadership, written by two renowned management experts, presents practical examples and engaging insights to answer the key question of how to be a successful leader.

This book reveals the key characteristics of a great leader and shows you how to develop the skills needed to motivate your team and overcome challenges. Leadership means successfully taking your place at the head of an enterprise and is both a shared journey and an adventure over the course of a career. Using an engaging and accessible style throughout, the book maps out how to achieve tangible results. It presents portrayals of some of history’s greatest leaders, from Gandhi to Steve Jobs, from Angela Merkel to Lisa Su, in order to inspire and help develop your own top leadership skills.

This book is essential reading for CEOs, CFOs, HR managers, entrepreneurs, trainers, and those who are seeking a leadership position in an organization and want to understand how to succeed within it.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

Imagine all the people

part I|86 pages

Vertical

chapter Chapter 1|16 pages

Alliance

chapter Chapter 2|12 pages

Empathy

chapter Chapter 3|22 pages

Vision

chapter Chapter 4|18 pages

Solitude/Dispensability

chapter Chapter 5|16 pages

Style, communication, unpopularity, higher education

part II|75 pages

Horizon

chapter Chapter 6|18 pages

Foundations

chapter Chapter 7|14 pages

State of lead

chapter Chapter 8|14 pages

Self-awareness

chapter Chapter 9|16 pages

Doing

chapter Chapter 10|11 pages

Vertical horizon