Leadership in Complexity and Change
eBook - PDF

Leadership in Complexity and Change

For a World in Constant Motion

  1. 258 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Leadership in Complexity and Change

For a World in Constant Motion

About this book

If we needed a reminder that the world is complex and in constant motion, then 2020 certainly delivered. Suddenly, the inherent uncertainties and ambiguities of leadership were starkly revealed for all to see as the dynamics of complexity and change played out intensively, and very publicly, on the global stage.

Leadership in Complexity and Change draws on complexity science to paint a picture of a world in constant motion, where leadership is enacted in the midst of complexity and continuous change. We must learn to engage with complexity. If not now, when?

Part I of this insightful book brings complexity science to life by considering the practical challenges of complexity and its implications for leadership. Part II considers how leaders can reinvigorate existing tools and approaches with a new mindset, before offering some new tools and practices for learning informed leadership. Part III concludes by considering the person in the practice of leadership in complexity and change. Key ideas are presented through mini-cases and practical examples embedded throughout the book.

This book will help executives, managers, and professionals

  • recognise where some of the challenges come from
  • understand why those challenges persist
  • engage with the dynamic patterning of organisational life
  • appreciate the scope for leadership
  • recognise the choices that can be made
  • choose how to manage themselves

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Information

Publisher
De Gruyter
Year
2021
Print ISBN
9783110713060
eBook ISBN
9783110713343
Edition
1
Subtopic
Management

Table of contents

  1. Acknowledgements
  2. Foreword
  3. Contents
  4. Preface
  5. Introduction
  6. Part I: A dynamic landscape for leadership and change
  7. Chapter 1 In constant motion
  8. Chapter 2 Complexity, straightforwardly
  9. Chapter 3 Leadership in the midst
  10. Part II: Tools and techniques for leadership
  11. Chapter 4 Applying complexity thinking
  12. Chapter 5 Noticing what is changing
  13. Chapter 6 Spotting the vital signs of change
  14. Chapter 7 Interpreting reality in flight
  15. Chapter 8 Adapting leadership responses
  16. Part III: Leadership in person
  17. Chapter 9 It all starts with you
  18. Glossary
  19. References
  20. List of figures
  21. List of tables
  22. About the author
  23. About the series editor
  24. Index