{"product_id":"ruthlessly-caring-and-other-paradoxical-mindsets-leaders-need-to-be-future-fit-hardcover","title":"Ruthlessly Caring: And Other Paradoxical Mindsets Leaders Need to Be Future-Fit - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eAmy Walters Cohen\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA startlingly insightful exploration of contemporary leadership\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRuthlessly Caring: And other paradoxical mindsets leaders need to be future-fit\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author shows you how to: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eWeave together multiple, seemingly contradictory, mindsets to enhance decision making and day-to-day leadership\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAdapt to the megatrends that are driving much of the change we see throughout the world\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eShake up the thinking, habits, and behaviours that are holding you back from unleashing your full potential as a leader\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn indispensable roadmap to leading modern organisations, \u003ci\u003eRuthlessly Caring\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeading contemporary organisations requires a different set of mindsets and skills from the ones required by past generations of leaders. At least 12 megatrends are radically redefining the leadership environment and sustaining high performance is becoming increasingly difficult to do. It is not enough for leaders to just 'do what's always been done' but do it better and faster. To achieve high performance and effective decision making in this new era of business, a fundamental shift in leadership thinking and behaviour is required. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eRuthlessly Caring\u003c\/i\u003e, leadership strategist Amy Walters Cohen delivers a relentlessly insightful and practical exploration of what it means to lead in a 21st-century landscape. In the book, she explains the five paradoxical mindsets senior leaders must embrace to become more adaptable and aligned to the times, exploring how they can elevate their own and their organisation's performance by becoming: ruthlessly caring, ambitiously appreciative, politically virtuous, confidently humble, and responsibly daring. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author examines the megatrends that are reshaping the world and creating a complex \"washing machine\" environment, where the presence of paradoxes is amplified; highlighting how navigating paradoxes, at both an organisational and individual level, is no longer a 'nice-to-have' but a necessity. Next, she dedicates a chapter to each paradoxical mindset before outlining how to become more adaptable by continuously developing and expanding your leadership identity. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book will shake up the thinking, habits, and behaviours that are holding you back from unleashing your full potential as a leader. It is an essential resource for any executive, director, manager, or aspiring senior business leader who hopes to perform well in their role and get the best out of themselves and the people they lead.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eA STUNNINGLY EFFECTIVE SET OF NEW MINDSETS FOR CONTEMPORARY LEADERSHIP\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRelentless change. Pressing global challenges. Mounting societal expectations. The world today's leaders are operating in is fundamentally different from that of previous generations. To sustain high performance, it won't be enough to 'do what's always been done'. Fresh thinking is required. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eRuthlessly Caring\u003c\/i\u003e is a uniquely incisive discussion of how to lead contemporary organisations and successfully navigate this new era of business. You'll discover how the five mindsets --ruthlessly caring, ambitiously appreciative, politically virtuous, confidently humble, and responsibly daring -- can raise your leadership game to the next level. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhilst based in research, \u003ci\u003eRuthlessly Caring\u003c\/i\u003e takes a practical look at the day-to-day realities of leadership, offering fresh insight into how you can tackle tough decisions in the minefields of modern business. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book won't make leadership easy, but it will help evolve and expand your thinking. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is a must-read for any executive, director, manager, or aspiring senior leader who wants to get the best out of themselves and the people they lead, now and in the years to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAMY WALTERS COHEN \u003c\/b\u003eis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 24, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51765487599904,"sku":"9781394177172","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/d4a8626d90ca212b888a94dfbf93900c.webp?v=1780271469","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/ruthlessly-caring-and-other-paradoxical-mindsets-leaders-need-to-be-future-fit-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}