What You Really Need to Lead
The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner
- 224 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
WHAT MAKES A LEADER? CAN YOU REALLY LEARN TO LEAD?
You might believe that leaders are born, not made. Perhaps you think that you need to hold an important job to be a leader—that you need permission to lead. Leadership is one of the most important aspects of our society. Yet there is enormous disagreement and confusion about what leadership means and whether it can really be learned.
As leadership expert Robert Steven Kaplan explains in this powerful new book, leadership qualities are not something you either have or you don't. Leadership is not a destination or a state of being. Leadership is about what you do, rather than who you are, and it starts with an ownership mind-set. For Kaplan, learning to lead involves three key elements:
- Thinking like an owner
- A willingness to act on your beliefs
- A relentless focus on adding value to others
Kaplan compellingly argues that great organizations are built around a nucleus of people who think and act with an ownership mind-set. He believes that leadership is not a role reserved only for those blessed with the right attributes or situated in the right positions of power. Leadership is accessible to each of us—today. It requires a process of hard work, willingness to ask questions, and openness to learning.
This book aims to demystify leadership and outlines a specific regimen that will empower you to build your leadership skills. Kaplan tells real-life stories from his own experience of working with various types of leaders seeking to improve their effectiveness and make their organizations more successful. He asks probing questions, provides exercises, and suggests concrete follow-up steps that will help you develop your skills, create new habits, and move you toward reaching your unique leadership potential.
What You Really Need to Lead will help you develop your capacity to lead by unlocking your power to think and act like an owner.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Introduction: Demystifying Leadership: What It Really Means, How It Can Be Learned, and Why Ownership Is Essential
- 1. The Ownership Mind-Set: The Power of Thinking and Acting Like an Owner
- 2. Tackling the Challenges of Leadership: Making a Commitment to Learning, Asking the Right Questions, Seeking Advice, and Fighting Through Isolation
- 3. Mastering the Essential Processes of Leadership: A Regimen for Learning How to Think and Act Like an Owner
- 4. You Can’t Do This Alone: Learning to Build Relationships and Harness the Power of a Group
- 5. The Ownership Path as a Lifelong Journey: Taking Steps and Making Use of Tools That Will Help You Become a Better Leader
- Appendix A: Essentials of What You Really Need to Lead
- Appendix B: A Leadership Reading List
- Notes
- Index
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author