The Leadership Mind Switch: Rethinking How We Lead in the New World of Work
Introduction: The Fourth Industrial Revolution
Part One: Leading Today and Tomorrow
Chapter 01: The Changing World of Leadership
Chapter 02: Rethinking Our Leadership Qualities
Chapter 03: Developing Our Leadership Behaviors
Chapter 04: Good Leaders Start as Good Followers
Chapter 05: The Ups and Downs of Being a Leader
Part Two: Management, Leadership, or Both?
Chapter 06: Basic Leadership Responsibilities
Chapter 07: Creating Culture in the New World of Work
Chapter 08: Addressing Feedback and Rewards
Chapter 09: Prioritizing Decisions
Chapter 10: Managing Conflict and Handling Controversy
Conclusion: Getting Results
Acknowledgments
Further Resources
Index
Lead your company to success in the New Industrial Revolution!
The world of business has completely transformed in recent years—and the pace of change will only increase in coming years. But one thing remains the same: Quality leadership is the hinge on which the fate of every organization swings.
The Leadership Mind Switch provides the critical lessons you need to lead your company in a fully globalized business world where radical technologies reign supreme.
Debra Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford have helped some of today’s most top executives successfully position themselves and their companies for the future. Now, in this groundbreaking leadership guide, they share their insight with you. Learn how to effectively lead a workforce that:
- Is rich in demographic texture—representing as many as four different generations
- Has varying—and sometimes conflicting—expectations of the company
- Operates with different ideas about what success looks like
- Uses, approaches, and even understands technology in different ways
The answers to these questions and many others are all here. You’ll learn how to be the kind of leader who is both firm in his or her decisions but maintains an air of approachability. You’ll learn how to drive high productivity while keeping your workers happy and satisfied in their jobs. And you’ll learn how to embrace new technologies without sacrificing the human touch—which is the hallmark of great leadership.
It will take unprecedented levels of agility, confidence, and fearlessness to lead into the future. Make the leadership mind switch to seize the competitive edge now in order to drive profits and growth tomorrow.