The Search for Leadership

The Search for Leadership: Topics Covered

The book tackles both aspects on a theme-by-theme basis and chapters examine issues like:

the difference between managing and leading
what is working and what’s not
why the process of leadership needs to be managed and how to do it
ways of improving leadership, besides development
how to balance supply of leadership talent with the organisation’s demand
gaps down which leadership escapes
how to stop wasting leadership
the importance of the context in development, but why this is not enough
differences between management and organisation development in building leadership
the contribution of leadership competencies
how to develop a leadership culture
how to arrest the natural processes of decline and decay
how the learning of leadership is affected
how to talk the language of systems and how to think systemically
what is below the surface in the organisation’s parallel shadow leadership system
a range of processes by which leadership can be properly held to account
how to diagnose organisations to discover where the potential lies for releasing leadership and how to achieve that.