Network Leadership
Navigating and Shaping Our Interconnected World
1st Edition
Published on 28. March 2022
Book
Paperback/Softback
278 pages
978-0-367-55254-1 (ISBN)
Description
Across organisations and communities there are leaders who manage to get things done through their ability to understand how a network of individuals connect, who to talk to and how to bring people together in the right constellation of effort. These are "network leaders".
Network Leadership enables readers to identify and make the most of informal social and organisational networks in order to challenge the status quo effectively and facilitate greater engagement and productivity. Not only will the research in these chapters help you become a better leader and manager of your own team or department, it will also help make you a better network leader, effecting positive change across teams, and departmental and organisational boundaries. Leaders who facilitate action do so through four key practices: they understand the social systems in which they work; they have convening power, uncovering and connecting underlying movements and giving voice to something that is worth listening to; they lead beyond their formal authority; and they possess the power of restless persuasion and a capacity to thrive in complexity and crises.
This book is invaluable reading for those who have mastered the basics of leadership but wish to take the next steps. It is particularly relevant to organisations and managers dealing with the geographic separation of business units, change, innovation, matrix management, project or portfolio management and other cross-departmental projects.
Network Leadership enables readers to identify and make the most of informal social and organisational networks in order to challenge the status quo effectively and facilitate greater engagement and productivity. Not only will the research in these chapters help you become a better leader and manager of your own team or department, it will also help make you a better network leader, effecting positive change across teams, and departmental and organisational boundaries. Leaders who facilitate action do so through four key practices: they understand the social systems in which they work; they have convening power, uncovering and connecting underlying movements and giving voice to something that is worth listening to; they lead beyond their formal authority; and they possess the power of restless persuasion and a capacity to thrive in complexity and crises.
This book is invaluable reading for those who have mastered the basics of leadership but wish to take the next steps. It is particularly relevant to organisations and managers dealing with the geographic separation of business units, change, innovation, matrix management, project or portfolio management and other cross-departmental projects.
Reviews / Votes
"We only truly grow up when we know what it is to be fully human. In our hands we are being given technology tools that are transforming what we can do and how we grow. But just because we can do it, doesn't make it good for us. The world needs leaders who thrive on living in this tension and use tools for growing transparency of truth. That's good for all of us."- Ruth Dearnley OBE, CEO STOP THE TRAFFIK
"Mike and James have produced a timely gem of a handbook for leaders at all levels. Leading amidst the profound shifts in how we live, work and relate to one another demands we evolve how we lead and Network Leadership shows us how."
- Neil Ventura, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Innovation (De Beers Group)
"In Network Leadership, James and Mike connect the dots beautifully in laying out what it means to be an agile and resilient leader in a rapidly changing world. I hope that you will find in Network Leadership, tangible ideas to help you elegantly navigate your networks and galvanise action towards the change you believe in."
- Demi Edosomwan, Managing Director, TotalEnergies Ventures "In this important book the authors provide a new view of leadership that takes us beyond the traditional 'heroic' image of leaders and instead provides a new narrative that recognises the importance of context. As a leader I have always believed in the informal power of networks and convening to bring people together to achieve great things. This is the first book that provides an insight to my version of leadership."
Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, CBE
"We only truly grow up when we know what it is to be fully human. In our hands we are being given technology tools that are transforming what we can do and how we grow. But just because we can do it, doesn't make it good for us. The world needs leaders who thrive on living in this tension and use tools for growing transparency of truth. That's good for all of us."
Ruth Dearnley OBE, CEO STOP THE TRAFFIK
"Mike and James have produced a timely gem of a handbook for leaders at all levels. Leading amidst the profound shifts in how we live, work and relate to one another demands we evolve how we lead and Network Leadership shows us how."
Neil Ventura, Executive Vice President, Strategy & Innovation (De Beers Group)
"In Network Leadership, James and Mike connect the dots beautifully in laying out what it means to be an agile and resilient leader in a rapidly changing world. I hope that you will find in Network Leadership, tangible ideas to help you elegantly navigate your networks and galvanise action towards the change you believe in."
Demi Edosomwan, Managing Director, TotalEnergies Ventures
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Postgraduate, Professional, and Professional Practice & Development
Illustrations
24 s/w Abbildungen, 24 s/w Zeichnungen, 3 s/w Tabellen
3 Tables, black and white; 24 Line drawings, black and white; 24 Illustrations, black and white
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
453 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-367-55254-1 (9780367552541)
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Persons
James Whitehead is a Senior Lecturer in Strategic Management at Cardiff Metropolitan University, Wales, and an Associate of PSA Training and Development, where he worked as senior lead consultant for six years before taking up his current post. Prior to that he was an officer in the British Army, specialising in leadership and management education and influence operations in Afghanistan.
Mike Peckham is Managing Partner at Gadhia Consultants, Managing Director of PSA Training and Development and Chairman of Airbox Systems.
Mike Peckham is Managing Partner at Gadhia Consultants, Managing Director of PSA Training and Development and Chairman of Airbox Systems.
Content
Introduction Part I: The Leadership Stage 1. The World Is Changing 2. Work and Organisations Are Changing 3. Leadership Is Changing Summary Part II: Overview of Network Leadership 4. Public Sector Perspective 5. Third Sector Perspective 6. Corporate Sector Perspective 7. Our Perspective of Network Leadership Summary Part III: Understanding the Social System 8. Actor and Social Networks 9. Wicked Problems 10. Organisational Networks 11. Social Network Analysis 12. The Reflective Practitioner Summary Part IV: Convening Power 13. Power, Influence and Behaviour 14. Personal Manifesto 15. Politics, Ethics and Trust 16. Connective Power Summary Part V: Leading beyond Authority 17. Leading from a Different Place 18. Leading in a Different Way 19. Dealing with Wicked Problems Summary Part VI: Restless Persuasion 20. Resilience 21. Being Comfortable in Chaos 22. Leading in a Crisis 23. Being Unreasonable with a Smile Summary Conclusion Appendix 1: A Brief History of Social Network Analysis Appendix 2: Leader Biographies