Engineering Wisdom: A Practical Guide To Building Leadership That Lasts

Are you a leader people will follow because they have to - or because they want to? Wisdom shifts the outcome in your favor. There's only one problem. We aren't born with wisdom. In this book, Bates reveals how to supercharge your leadership potential by challenging myths and pivoting to a wisdom-building posture. Through skillfully woven stories from Cub Scout pinewood derby cars and piano recitals to NASA disasters and brain science, you'll learn how values-based leadership leads to success. Engineering Wisdom shows how you can purposely gather raw materials from all around you and turn them into wisdom that powers lasting leadership. Bates offers an unconventional view that the highest qualification for leadership is based on posture. He addresses the myths of technical competence, inspiration, grand visions, relationships, and survivorship as primary qualifications on the basis that they have historically led to low team engagement, decreased organizational effectiveness, financial loss, and even personal injury to the very people their organizations exist to serve. This book offers a fresh perspective on how to navigate your leadership journey. It's a thoughtful approach for shaping strong foundations in all new leaders. It's an actionable resource for experienced leaders who want to change the way they build management skills. This book is for you if you are on the path to building a legacy of successful leadership. With more than three decades of leading teams and companies, Bates offers insights on: The Essential Posture Of A Leader Embracing Change The Essential Communication Framework The Importance Of Clear Language Doing The Work Steady Growth Over Time Leading Well Through Frustrations Leading With Empathy Taking Care Of Ourselves As Leaders The Journey Ahead You can actually engineer wisdom into your leadership legacy. This book shows the way.
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Author/Artist:Bates, David C.
Binding: Paperback
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