Ruthlessly Caring - And Other Paradoxical Mindsets Leaders Need to Be Future-Fit

A startlingly insightful exploration of contemporary leadership
 
In Ruthlessly Caring: And other paradoxical mindsets leaders need to be future-fit, leadership strategist Amy Walters Cohen delivers a one-of-a-kind insight into contemporary business leadership. In the book, you'll explore how the leadership environment is being radically redefined by 12 megatrends and how five paradoxical mindsets are necessary to achieving high performance and effective decision making in this new era of business. From ambitious appreciation to political virtue, humble confidence, and responsible daring, you'll discover how to develop and expand your leadership identity. Whilst being heavily based in research, this revolutionary approach takes a practical look at the day-to-day realities of leading in business, offering fresh insight into how to tackle tough decisions, change behaviour, and evolve habits to become future-fit and thrive in a modern environment.
 
The author shows you how to:
* Weave together multiple, seemingly contradictory, mindsets to enhance decision making and day-to-day leadership
* Adapt to the megatrends that are driving much of the change we see throughout the world
* Shake up the thinking, habits, and behaviours that are holding you back from unleashing your full potential as a leader
 
An indispensable roadmap to leading modern organisations, Ruthlessly Caring is a must-read for c-suite executives, directors, senior managers, and aspiring business leaders who hope to perform well in their role and get the best out of themselves and the people they lead.

List of contents

Chapter 1 - Megatrends that are reshaping the world
 
The megatrends shaping the current and future leadership context
 
A washing machine effect: interactions and tensions
 
Paradoxes are endemic in the megatrend context
 
Becoming future-fit: a paradoxical environment calls for a paradoxical leader
 
Chapter 2 - The five paradoxical mindsets of future-fit leadership
 
The five mindsets: high-level summary
 
What exactly is a paradox?
 
Embracing paradoxes: why bother?
 
What makes paradoxical thinking so difficult
 
Paradoxical thinking: preferences and pendulums
 
Unfreezing your leadership identity: old habits and current assumptions
 
Chapter 3 - Ruthlessly Caring
 
What is a 'ruthlessly caring' mindset?
 
Why embracing a 'ruthlessly caring' mindset matters amidst the megatrends?
 
Leading ruthlessly: making tough performance focused decisions
 
The ruthless leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Leading with care: staying compassionate no matter what
 
The caring leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Chapter 4 - Ambitiously Appreciative
 
What is an 'ambitiously appreciative' mindset?
 
Why being ambitiously appreciative matters amidst the megatrends
 
Leading ambitiously: the relentless drive to achieve
 
The ambitious leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Leading with appreciation: keeping goals and work in perspective
 
The appreciative leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Chapter 5 - Politically Virtuous
 
What is a 'politically virtuous' mindset?
 
Why a politically virtuous mindset matters amidst the megatrends
 
Leading politically: being savvy in the circumstances
 
The political leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Leading virtuously: doing 'the right thing' at the first opportunity
 
The virtuous leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Chapter 6 - Confidently Humble
 
What is a 'confidently humble' mindset?
 
Why confidence and humility matter amidst the megatrends
 
Leading confidently: trusting yourself and inspiring others to trust you
 
The confident leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Leading with humility: harnessing the knowledge and skills of those around you
 
The humble leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Chapter 7 - Responsibly Daring
 
What is a 'responsibly daring' mindset?
 
Why leading in a responsibly daring way matters amidst the megatrends
 
Leading responsibly: making a difference and safeguarding the organisation
 
The responsible leader continuum: how to stay on track
 
Leading daringly: being willing to take risks and push boundaries
 
The daring leadership continuum: how to stay on track
 
Chapter 8 - Developing and expanding your leadership identity
 
Why identity is important in relation to paradoxical mindsets
 
What identity refers to
 
The troublesome myth of 'true self'
 
The ability to integrate multiple identities is a predictor of leadership success
 
Identity isn't fixed, but continuously created, shaped, and spotlighted
 
Narratives: how identity is built through the stories we tell
 
Quick recap
 
Embracing all 5 mindsets: how to develop and expand your leadership identity
 
Concluding remarks: the challenge of being adaptably authentic

About the author

AMY WALTERS COHEN is a Head of Research within one of the largest professional services networks in the world, and responsible for delivering rigorous, cutting-edge thought leadership insight into pressing business issues. With nearly 10 years' experience working in applied psychology, she has led an array of research projects and generated fresh insight into topic areas including: the future of leadership, digital transformation, the future of learning, hybrid working, 21st century career development, organisational culture change, and team performance in a disruptive age. Amy is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Bath.

Summary

A startlingly insightful exploration of contemporary leadership

In Ruthlessly Caring: And other paradoxical mindsets leaders need to be future-fit, leadership strategist Amy Walters Cohen delivers a one-of-a-kind insight into contemporary business leadership. In the book, you'll explore how the leadership environment is being radically redefined by 12 megatrends and how five paradoxical mindsets are necessary to achieving high performance and effective decision making in this new era of business. From ambitious appreciation to political virtue, humble confidence, and responsible daring, you'll discover how to develop and expand your leadership identity. Whilst being heavily based in research, this revolutionary approach takes a practical look at the day-to-day realities of leading in business, offering fresh insight into how to tackle tough decisions, change behaviour, and evolve habits to become future-fit and thrive in a modern environment.

The author shows you how to:
* Weave together multiple, seemingly contradictory, mindsets to enhance decision making and day-to-day leadership
* Adapt to the megatrends that are driving much of the change we see throughout the world
* Shake up the thinking, habits, and behaviours that are holding you back from unleashing your full potential as a leader

An indispensable roadmap to leading modern organisations, Ruthlessly Caring is a must-read for c-suite executives, directors, senior managers, and aspiring business leaders who hope to perform well in their role and get the best out of themselves and the people they lead.

Product details

• Authors: a Walters, Amy Walters, a Walters Cohen, Amy Walters Cohen
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2023
• EAN: 9781394177172
• ISBN: 978-1-394-17717-2
• No. of pages: 336
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Business administration, companies; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Management, Führung, Ratgeber Wirtschaft, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Business Self-Help, Wirtschaft /Ratgeber, Management f. Führungskräfte, Management / Leadership