The Leadership Lab: Understanding Leadership in the 21st Century (Kogan Page Inspire) - Softcover

Lewis, Chris; Malmgren, Pippa

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0749483431 ISBN 13: 9780749483432

Publisher: Kogan Page, 2018

Synopsis

Today's business world has been rocked by seismic geopolitical and economical shifts that include Brexit, inflation and the unseating of traditional political powers. How can leaders keep up with this influx of change, and what does this new global narrative mean for their own leadership narrative?

Best-selling author Chris Lewis, along with superstar megatrends analyst, Dr Pippa Malmgren, guide you through the key changes you need to be aware of to be able to successfully lead your team through the storm. The Leadership Lab includes exclusive interviews with top executives grappling with a startling new world order. They discuss what key global trends keep them awake at night and how we can best respond to them. Covering everything from how to build a new type of leadership trust when all other spheres of public power have been overturned, to robots overtaking companies and how worldwide indebtedness affects business, this is a fascinating account of why the old rules no longer work and provides the knowledge we need to figure out a new path. Only by being able to connect the dots, will you be the best leader you can be.

This book lays the foundation of an educated mind that can see the big picture, understand its moving parts and realize how leadership is dependent on this wider world. The Leadership Lab is a must-read for aspiring leaders and c-level executives. By understanding how geopolitical and economical forces interact, readers develop a real intuition as to how to deal with the global currents disrupting business and how to build an empathetic, credible, stable and strong leadership path.

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Review

"The Leadership Lab rightly shines a white hot spotlight on the need for 21st century leaders to be thinking about gender and provides a valuable snapshot on how to get started." (Julia Gillard, 27th Prime Minister of Australia, Chair of the Global Institute for Women’s Leadership, King’s College London 2018-08-08)

"Wise words on leadership to steer you through perilous waters." (Sir Anthony Seldon MA, PhD, FRSA, MBA, FRHisS, Vice-Chancellor of The University of Buckingham 2018-08-01)

"Interesting, insightful, innovative. A must read if you choose to lead." (Lord Holmes of Richmond, Paralympian 2018-08-01)

"The forward thinking in The Leadership Lab forces us to revisit how we frame our judgements and how we put teams together. This new thinking is so important when the pace of change is so high. Adopting empathetic leadership and diverse thinking will create the critical competitive advantage." (Jacqueline de Rojas CBE, President techUK, Chair Digital Leaders, Non-Executive Director & Advisor 2018-08-01)

"The Leadership Lab comes at an important moment when we're moving from traditional management approaches to an enabling leadership philosophy. The authors identify the new expectations required of leaders "to do the right things and not just to do things right". This message is critical at a time when uncertainty is the new norm." (Charlotte Lindsey Curtet, Director of Digital Transformation at The International Committee of the Red Cross 2018-08-01)

"The book that proves the reign of the 'hero CEO' is over. Chris Lewis and Pippa Malmgren make a compelling case for the philosophy that many of us have already bought into - successful modern leadership is about how you interact with the people around you and the information at your fingertips." (Melanie Richards, Vice Chair KPMG 2018-08-01)

"Society is changing at an exponential rate. To thrive, our thinking also has to change at an exponential rate. The Leadership Lab, provides a much needed road map for that change." (Hap Klopp, Founder of The North Face, Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Hult University 2018-08-02)

"In this robustly researched and powerfully articulated book, Lewis and Malmgren explore the contemporary geopolitical and economic challenges facing today's leaders. They cut through the prevailing confusion to provide an invaluable world view and perspectives on new social, cultural, technological, behavioural, political and economic realities." (Amir Hussain, CoE (Chief of Everything), Yeme Architects 2018-08-01)

"In a world that seems to be changing faster than ever before, one constant remains - the need for inspirational and effective leaders. With disruptive forces showing no sign of slowing, this is a vital contribution at a timely moment." (Andy Silvester, The Sun 2018-08-01)

"This is a unique book, summarizing today's realities and the trends that will dictate the future. It is the voice of today's leaders, obtained by the authors visiting numerous cities around the globe, holding open-ended sessions with key individuals from a variety of walks of life. I highly recommend it." (Robert J. Herbold, Former Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft Corporation 2018-08-01)

Book Description

Contains insights from C-level executives in businesses like Microsoft, Pret a Manger, General Electric, Oracle, the Red Cross and Google regarding the macroeconomic and geopolitical trends that are affecting business and how we can respond to them

Winner of the Business Book Awards 2019 Business Book of the Year

Builds an understanding of how business exists within a wider world of power, economics and international relations

Allows readers to understand the key elements that are disrupting business

Is part of the Inspire series

Edition details

• Publisher: Kogan Page
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 0749483431
• ISBN 13: 9780749483432
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 296