Executive Advantage: Resilient Leadership for 21st-Century Organizations Grey, Jacqui

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The pressures on executives to succeed, both internal and external, are intense. They are constantly fighting to make sense of their changing worlds and to make the right decisions for themselves, their teams and their business. Executive Advantage gives ambitious leaders the powerful strategies they need to become authentic 21st century leaders. It makes sense of the complexities faced by organizations, especially in the face of aggressive growth or, conversely, recession and downsizing. Any change presents challenges and it's the leader's role to tackle these head on. Understanding human needs, and the consequences of not meeting these needs, is key to effective handling of change, conflict and executive 'gremlins', the barriers and sticking points that can get in the way of optimal business performance. Leadership expert Jacqui Grey presents a 10 step solution for leaders who are looking to make a real difference in their business.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

• Acknowledgements (p. ix)
• Biography (p. xi)
• Introduction (p. 1)
• 01 Resilience under fire - Executive Gremlins are derailing your business (p. 17)
• Why Executive Gremlins cause strategic change programmes to fail (p. 17)
• MBO to flotation (p. 22)
• Joint venture (p. 23)
• Recession, downsizing and internal takeovers (p. 25)
• An internal takeover (p. 26)
• Social media, whistleblowing and breaking the brand (p. 27)
• Bullying (p. 29)
• Leaders' experiences (p. 31)
• Feeling threatened through change (p. 32)
• Why is it important to talk about change? (p. 33)
• 02 The secret weapon! (p. 37)
• Human needs and Executive Gremlins (p. 37)
• Belief systems - where do they come from? (p. 40)
• The emotional bucket (p. 42)
• Executive Gremlin: Unimportant (p. 44)
• Executive Gremlin: Unlovable (p. 47)
• Executive Gremlin: Control (p. 50)
• Learning to handle your gremlins (p. 53)
• 03 Your reality is not their reality (p. 55)
• Your reality and conflict (p. 57)
• Exploders, stuffers and covert stabbers (p. 57)
• LEAP! (p. 60)
• 04 The Executive Advantage 10-Step Solution for Resilient 21st-century Leaders® (p. 67)
• A process for identifying and handling Executive Gremlins in the context of the organization (p. 67)
• 05 Neuroleadership and the 10-Step Solution (p. 97)
• The evolution of brain development (p. 98)
• So what is going on in our heads now? (p. 98)
• The SCARF model and Executive Gremlins (p. 103)
• Neuroleadership and gender - are we wired differently? (p. 111)
• Does SCARF apply differently to men and women? (p. 114)
• 06 Women on the edge (p. 119)
• Women need to start believing in themselves and self-promote (p. 123)
• Don't try to be superwomen! (p. 126)
• Use your gender difference; don't just be a stereotype (p. 128)
• The double glass ceiling (p. 128)
• Why aren't there more women on boards? (p. 131)
• Women must want it badly enough (p. 137)
• Getting more women on boards - top tips for CEOs (p. 140)
• Actions for the individual (p. 143)
• 07 The rot starts at the top (p. 145)
• Poor leadership behaviours derail business performance (p. 145)
• Authenticity and storytelling (p. 147)
• Factions and mafias (p. 150)
• Underperforming boards, leadership teams and individual board members (p. 151)
• Off target! (p. 152)
• The investment in improving leadership behaviours and performance is worth it (p. 154)
• Think longer term and bigger picture (p. 156)
• Leaders must be willing to take personal risks (p. 157)
• Risk (p. 159)
• Organizational investment (p. 161)
• 08 The Executive Advantage 21st-century Solution for Organizations (p. 163)
• Key trends for 21st-century leadership (p. 163)
• Key 21st-century behavioural capabilities (p. 164)
• Loss of meaning (p. 165)
• Loss of community (p. 165)
• Employees are more cynical than they used to be (p. 165)
• So how do we encourage inclusive leadership? (p. 170)
• Support for 21st-century organizations (p. 172)
• What is mentoring? (p. 174)
• The benefits of mentoring for mentors (p. 175)
• Qualities of a good mentor (p. 176)
• The benefits of mentoring for mentees (p. 176)
• Conclusions and summary (p. 183)
• Further reading (p. 187)
• Bibliography (p. 189)
• Index (p. 199)