How to Lead
The definitive guide to effective leadership
5th Edition
Published on 5. June 2018
Book
Paperback/Softback
400 pages
978-1-292-23257-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Not only an unusually helpful book on leadership but also a great read.'
Russell Hobby, CEO, Teach First
'A must read for all leaders: private, public and third sector.'
Professor Sonia Blandford, Founder and CEO, Achievement for All
'How to Lead is a tour de force, ambitious and resolutely practical - the very essence of leadership.'
Sharath Jeevan, CEO of STIR Education
This book is your essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership. Whatever your level in an organisation, this is your practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there.
Anyone can learn to be a great leader. And everyone can learn to lead better. This book will show you how.
Its clear focus on practical, straightforward advice and guidance, delivered with refreshing honesty and humour, and with a relentless focus on the practical skills of leadership, will make sure you quickly understand and master all the core skills you'll need to succeed.
Based on original research into some of the world's best organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors, How to Lead cuts right through all the myths and mysteries to get straight to the heart of what you need to do and how you need to do it in order to succeed.
This new edition features a new section about 21st century leadership, featuring generic skills and a focus on influencing
Russell Hobby, CEO, Teach First
'A must read for all leaders: private, public and third sector.'
Professor Sonia Blandford, Founder and CEO, Achievement for All
'How to Lead is a tour de force, ambitious and resolutely practical - the very essence of leadership.'
Sharath Jeevan, CEO of STIR Education
This book is your essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership. Whatever your level in an organisation, this is your practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there.
Anyone can learn to be a great leader. And everyone can learn to lead better. This book will show you how.
Its clear focus on practical, straightforward advice and guidance, delivered with refreshing honesty and humour, and with a relentless focus on the practical skills of leadership, will make sure you quickly understand and master all the core skills you'll need to succeed.
Based on original research into some of the world's best organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors, How to Lead cuts right through all the myths and mysteries to get straight to the heart of what you need to do and how you need to do it in order to succeed.
This new edition features a new section about 21st century leadership, featuring generic skills and a focus on influencing
Reviews / Votes
'Not only an unusually helpful book on leadership but also a great read.'Russell Hobby, CEO, Teach First
'A must read for all leaders: private, public and third sector.'
Professor Sonia Blandford, Founder and CEO, Achievement for All
'How to Lead is a tour de force, ambitious and resolutely practical - the very essence of leadership.'
Sharath Jeevan, CEO of STIR Education
More details
Edition
5th edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Harlow
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Pearson Education Limited
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
520 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-292-23257-7 (9781292232577)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
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Person
Jo Owen has worked with over 100 organisations around the world in most major industries and has written 15 books on leadership and management including the best-selling How to Lead, How to Manage and Tribal Business School. He is the founder of eight charities which have a collective turnover of GBP100 million and was awarded the OBE by the Queen for starting Teach First which is now the largest graduate recruiter in the UK. He built a business in Japan without speaking Japanese; he created HBOS business banking; was a partner at Accenture and started his career at P&G. Jo also has spent eight years working with tribes across the world to discover how they survive and succeed, and what businesses can learn from them.
Content
Part 1 Idea: Set your direction
1 Take control
2 Why your idea matters
3 Craft your idea: creating the future perfect
4 Ideas when you are leading from the middle
5 Communicate your future perfect idea
6 Build your idea into a plan
7 Sell your idea
8 Deal with strategy
9 Strategy and the art of unfair competition
10 How to evaluate your idea
Part 2 People: Make your network work
11 Find your role
12 Attract the right team
13 Motivate your team: theory
14 Motivate your team: practice
15 Motivation and moments of truth
16 Delegate well
17 Coach your team for performance
18 Manage performance
19 Deal with difficult people
20 Difficult conversations
21 Firing people
Part 3 Action: Make it happen
22 Manage change
23 Manage projects
24 Handle conflicts
25 Handle crises
26 Negotiate budget and targets
27 Control costs
28 Make decisions in uncertainty
29 Build your machine: the rhythms and routines of success
Part 4 Skills of success: The tradecraft of leaders
30 Use time well
31 Present to persuade
32 Make meetings work
33 Write effectively
34 Read for insight
35 Work the numbers
Part 5 Skills of success: The twenty-first-century leader
36 Lead professionals
37 Manage your boss
38 Build influence across your organisation
39 Influence decisions
40 Listen to influence
41 Lead in a global world
42 Careering versus careers
43 Craft your personal success formula
44 Step up, not back: moments of truth
45 Act the part
46 Be the part
Conclusion: your leadership journey
1 Take control
2 Why your idea matters
3 Craft your idea: creating the future perfect
4 Ideas when you are leading from the middle
5 Communicate your future perfect idea
6 Build your idea into a plan
7 Sell your idea
8 Deal with strategy
9 Strategy and the art of unfair competition
10 How to evaluate your idea
Part 2 People: Make your network work
11 Find your role
12 Attract the right team
13 Motivate your team: theory
14 Motivate your team: practice
15 Motivation and moments of truth
16 Delegate well
17 Coach your team for performance
18 Manage performance
19 Deal with difficult people
20 Difficult conversations
21 Firing people
Part 3 Action: Make it happen
22 Manage change
23 Manage projects
24 Handle conflicts
25 Handle crises
26 Negotiate budget and targets
27 Control costs
28 Make decisions in uncertainty
29 Build your machine: the rhythms and routines of success
Part 4 Skills of success: The tradecraft of leaders
30 Use time well
31 Present to persuade
32 Make meetings work
33 Write effectively
34 Read for insight
35 Work the numbers
Part 5 Skills of success: The twenty-first-century leader
36 Lead professionals
37 Manage your boss
38 Build influence across your organisation
39 Influence decisions
40 Listen to influence
41 Lead in a global world
42 Careering versus careers
43 Craft your personal success formula
44 Step up, not back: moments of truth
45 Act the part
46 Be the part
Conclusion: your leadership journey