Backstage Leadership : The Invisible Work of Highly Effective Leaders

Title: Backstage Leadership : The Invisible Work of Highly Effective Leaders
Author: Charles Galunic
ISBN: 3030361705 / 9783030361709
Format: Hard Cover
Pages: 274
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Year: 2020
Availability: 10-15 days

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Most of us would recognize a star leader by their charisma, emotional intelligence and public communication prowess. What is truly impressive but often overlooked is the silent work of leadership that garners real results. Exercising influence in a complex and global organization – whilst also shaping and executing strategies across borders in a disruptive age – is the true mark of success as a leader. Backstage Leadership takes a comprehensive look at the background processes that leaders must master in order to shape the culture, direction and capability of a successful company. With an emphasis on strategy, the author provides an integrated toolkit for developing your knowledge and skills as a 'backstage leader.' You will learn how to:

         Mobilize people towards new strategic directions
         Scan your business environment for threats and disruptive forces
         Diagnose and help to shape the culture of your organization
         Develop talent and capabilities towards a specific goal.

Focusing on the key and consistent underlying processes of leadership, this book is essential reading for managers who wish to bring focus and coherence to their leadership role and integrate themselves within the engine of the organization.

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Chapter 1 : Leading, Front and Back
Chapter 2 : Scanning and Sensemaking
Chapter 3 : Building and Locking in Commitment to Strategy
Chapter 4 : Handling Contradictions: The Structural Work of Leadership
Chapter 5 : Harnessing the Silent Power of Culture and Norms
Chapter 6 : Developing Talent and Capabilities
Chapter 7 : Back to the Front: Foundational Leadership Traits and Skills