Lead with Wisdom: How Wisdom Transforms Good Leaders into Great Leaders - Softcover

Strom, Mark

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1118637461 ISBN 13: 9781118637463

Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell, 2014

Synopsis

′Mark Strom accomplishes a truly extraordinary task: illuminating how wisdom drives leadership. His approach is intellectually fascinating and practically simple, and reflects the impressive existential depth of his own life′s course.′

Pierre Gurdjian Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Brussels

′A powerful, compelling and beautifully observed map of leadership.′

Sir Robert ′Bob′ Harvey, KNZM, QSO Chair, Auckland Waterfront Authority

′Poignant, elegant, substantive, profound, simple.′

THEARY SENG President, CIVICUS, Phnom Penh

Wisdom is the ability to discern and act on meaningful patterns in human experience. As philosopher of leadership Mark Strom explains, it is the defining quality that makes the difference between a good leader and a great one.

Lead with Wisdom draws upon the richest ideas from history′s greatest thinkers, showing how we can shape our lives through words, relationships, conversations, stories, and much more. This results in powerful lessons on how to leverage the insights of wisdom for deep, even game–changing, results.

About this title

About the Author

Mark Strom, PhD, has delivered keynote addresses, seminars and retreats for thousands of leaders around the world. He consults to corporations globally on issues where leadership intersects with strategy, innovation, and engagement.

From the Back Cover

'Mark Strom accomplishes a truly extraordinary task: illuminating how wisdom drives leadership. His approach is intellectually fascinating and practically simple, and reflects the impressive existential depth of his own life's course.'

Pierre Gurdjian Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company, Brussels

'A powerful, compelling and beautifully observed map of leadership.'

Sir Robert 'Bob' Harvey, KNZM, QSO Chair, Auckland Waterfront Authority

'Poignant, elegant, substantive, profound, simple.'

THEARY SENG President, CIVICUS, Phnom Penh

Wisdom is the ability to discern and act on meaningful patterns in human experience. As philosopher of leadership Mark Strom explains, it is the defining quality that makes the difference between a good leader and a great one.

Lead with Wisdom draws upon the richest ideas from history's greatest thinkers, showing how we can shape our lives through words, relationships, conversations, stories, and much more. This results in powerful lessons on how to leverage the insights of wisdom for deep, even game-changing, results.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley–Blackwell
• Publication date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1118637461
• ISBN 13: 9781118637463
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296