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Overcome Leadership Shock and Transform Your Approach
How to adapt your leadership style to new challenges and environments
"Leadership shock" can strike even the most seasoned professionals when assuming a new role. What brought past success suddenly doesn't work, creating self-doubt. In Leadership Shock, executive coach and Olympic rugby coach Pete Steinberg draws on his decades of experience of guiding leaders through transitions and uses case studies to introduce the "Authentic Leadership Model," which allows a leader to redefine their priorities and leadership styles to thrive in their new position.
About the author
PETER STEINBERG is an executive coach who partners with leading global organizations to develop leaders and high-performing teams. He holds a PhD in environmental science and resilience from Australia National University and has over twenty years of experience coaching executives across sectors. Peter was head coach of the USA Women's Rugby Team, leading them to two Rugby World Cups. He lives in Boulder, Colorado with his wife and two children.
Summary
Even the most experienced leaders can find themselves suddenly lost when facing a new role or work environment. Despite past success, long-held instincts lead to frustration and a sense of ineffectiveness. This phenomenon is called leadership shock.
In Leadership Shock, executive coach Peter Steinberg draws on decades of experience guiding leaders through major transitions to provide a clear framework for recognizing, overcoming, and preventing leadership shock. Using insightful case studies from his own practice, Steinberg introduces the authentic leadership model—a process for leaders to examine their purpose, role expectations, vision, priorities, and approach to reset their leadership style to thrive in new environments.
Leadership Shock teaches readers to view leadership as an adaptive, continuous process rather than a fixed set of behaviors. By regularly re-evaluating their leadership models, professionals at any level can evolve their principles and actions to lead with authenticity as they navigate new challenges.
With practical exercises and tools, Dr. Steinberg outlines a methodology to help leaders recover from the disorientation of leadership shock and unlock their full potential. The book provides the self-awareness and resilience today's professionals need to embrace change fearlessly and lead with purpose. Leadership Shock offers hope and a clear path forward for leaders facing the inevitable shocks of a complex world.
