Lead with Wisdom
How Wisdom Transforms Good Leaders into Great Leaders
1. Edition October 2017
296 Pages, Softcover
Wiley & Sons Ltd
A practical guide for leading others with wisdom, integrity, and humanity
This book argues that great leadership requires wisdom. Rather than a formulaic managerial approach to leadership, Lead with Wisdom presents the case for leadership based on our shared humanity and the stories that unite us. What emerges is a model of leadership based on learning to read key patterns of human experience: the way language shapes our reality, how we form new meaning through conversation, how relationships determine influence and how we deal with uncertainty.
It presents readers with the tools and illustrated examples to implement the four arts of leading wisely: how to draw out and create a new story in the organization, how to find and leverage the brilliance of people, how to speak with promise to restore meaning and hope, and how to show grace in dealing with the most demanding people and circumstances.
* Offers a leadership approach rooted in our shared humanity and the stories which unite and define us
* Ideal for corporate leaders, middle managers, administrators, and anyone else with management responsibilities
* Written by a popular speaker on leadership and the author of Arts of the Wise Leader, with personal CEO experience and a PhD in the history of ideas
* Structured as one key idea per page or double page spread with funky line drawings supporting the concepts and skills
For anyone who wants to lead with wisdom, integrity, and humanity, Lead with Wisdom offers a welcome alternative to traditionally robotic and formulaic leadership strategies.
PART I: WISDOM AND LEADERSHIP 01
The Story Behind Wisdom and Leadership 3
Chapter 1: Wisdom 5
Chapter 2: Leadership 27
PART II: PATTERNS 47
The Story Behind Patterns 49
Chapter 3: Naming 51
Chapter 4: Conversation 71
Chapter 5: Influence 95
Chapter 6: Character 113
PART III: ARTS 131
The Story Behind Arts 133
Chapter 7: Story 135
Chapter 8: Brilliance 155
Chapter 9: Promise 175
Chapter 10: Grace 193
PART IV: APPLYING THE PATTERNS AND ARTS 211
The Story Behind Application 213
Chapter 11: Leader's Journey 215
Chapter 12: Leading One 227
Chapter 13: Leading Many 243
Conclusion 257
Acknowledgements 259
Endnotes 261