Mastering MESSY Leadership
How Exceptional Leaders Thrive When No One Has the Answers
Will be published approx. on 5. November 2026
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-5293-9114-5 (ISBN)
Description
Today's leaders face a messy reality. Constant disruption, competing priorities across business and society and complex human pressures, mean their ability to inspire their teams and deliver outstanding results is becoming ever more difficult.
Mastering MESSY Leadership reveals a breakthrough approach for leading in today's unpredictable and demanding world. Based on insights from more than 10,000 coaching conversations with talent leaders around the world, it demonstrates how a small number of extraordinary leaders rise above the overwhelm, towards a more fluid, adaptive, and human way of operating.
This book uncovers the five mindsets that enable these exceptional leaders to thrive amid complexity. MESSY leaders must:
? Find Meaning in tackling complex organizational and societal issues
? Connect Emotionally in today's culturally rich and diverse world
? Sense the direction of current events and emerging futures
? Seize momentum and stay ahead/competitive
? Tame Your ego, so that you can empower people to step in and step up
From BTS, world leaders in the people side of strategy, and drawing on fifteen years of real-world examples, Mastering MESSY Leadership is a practical, actionable guide for anyone who wants to lead with clarity and confidence in a complex world.
Mastering MESSY Leadership reveals a breakthrough approach for leading in today's unpredictable and demanding world. Based on insights from more than 10,000 coaching conversations with talent leaders around the world, it demonstrates how a small number of extraordinary leaders rise above the overwhelm, towards a more fluid, adaptive, and human way of operating.
This book uncovers the five mindsets that enable these exceptional leaders to thrive amid complexity. MESSY leaders must:
? Find Meaning in tackling complex organizational and societal issues
? Connect Emotionally in today's culturally rich and diverse world
? Sense the direction of current events and emerging futures
? Seize momentum and stay ahead/competitive
? Tame Your ego, so that you can empower people to step in and step up
From BTS, world leaders in the people side of strategy, and drawing on fifteen years of real-world examples, Mastering MESSY Leadership is a practical, actionable guide for anyone who wants to lead with clarity and confidence in a complex world.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Murray Press
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Trade binding
Illustrations
Up to 20 mono tables
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-5293-9114-5 (9781529391145)
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Jerry Connor | Lee Sears
Mastering MESSY Leadership
How Exceptional Leaders Thrive When No One Has the Answers
E-Book
approx. 11/2026
John Murray Business
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Persons
Jerry Connor (Author)
JERRY CONNOR is Global Practice Head for BTS Coach, a global leadership consultancy with over 500 professionals in 33 offices worldwide. Jerry is a pioneer in the field of coaching who created "Coach in a Box," one of the first companies to to employ virtual coaching to reach the masses. Coach in a Box quickly grew to be one to he world's biggest coaching companies with over 250 coaches in 40 countries working in 27 languages. Jerry is also a founder of two not for profit organisations applying a coaching approach to international development and mentoring young people. Jerry lives in Sydney and is the architect behind the mindset research and the IP that has now benefitted over a half a million business leaders worldwide. Jerry has a degree in Law from the University of Cambridge in the UK.
JERRY CONNOR is Global Practice Head for BTS Coach, a global leadership consultancy with over 500 professionals in 33 offices worldwide. Jerry is a pioneer in the field of coaching who created "Coach in a Box," one of the first companies to to employ virtual coaching to reach the masses. Coach in a Box quickly grew to be one to he world's biggest coaching companies with over 250 coaches in 40 countries working in 27 languages. Jerry is also a founder of two not for profit organisations applying a coaching approach to international development and mentoring young people. Jerry lives in Sydney and is the architect behind the mindset research and the IP that has now benefitted over a half a million business leaders worldwide. Jerry has a degree in Law from the University of Cambridge in the UK.