Emmanuel Gobillot

The Connected Leader

Creating Agile Organizations for People Performance and Profit

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Produktbeschreibung

Traditional organizational boundaries limit our ability to deliver results. The Connected Leader argues that many of the old leadership recipes are outdated and don't take into account changes in the work environment and informal social networks within the organization. Taking a new approach to leadership theory, the author argues that modern leaders engage with employees and improve performance by building on trust, giving meaning to workplace relationships and by creating dialogue within the organization. The Connected Leader provides diagnostic tools for readers to evaluate their own skills and directly relate the insights from the book to their own situation. International case studies provide clear examples of connected leadership.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 371g
• ISBN-13: 9780749452766
• ISBN-10: 0749452765
• Artikelnr.: 23345446

Autorenporträt

Emmanuel Gobillot is a senior practitioner in the area of leadership and organization effectiveness.

Inhaltsangabe

Part 1: The case for connections
Chapter 1 What do people want?
What drives engagement and why does it matter?; How is the nature of
engagement changing?; What are the new rules of engagement?; The 30-second
recap; The leadership takeaway
Chapter 2 How do organizations respond?
How do organizations and individuals become disconnected?; What does an
organization designed for engagement look like? The 30-second recap; The
leadership takeaway
Part 1: Diagnostic questions
Part 2: The case for connected leadership
Chapter 3 What must leaders do?
What do leaders do?; What impact do leaders create?; The 30-second recap;
The leadership takeaway
Chapter 4 How can leaders succeed?
How do leaders achieve high performance in the people economy?; What is
different about the new high-performing leadership recipe? The 30-second
recap; The leadership takeaway
Part 2: Diagnostic questions
Part 3: The levers of connected leadership
Chapter 5 How to connect through trust
Why is trust critical to connected leaders?; How do connected leaders
create and sustain trust?; Becoming a trusted channel; Exercising
thoughtful influence; Having concern for impact; The 30-second recap; The
leadership takeaway
Chapter 6 How to engage through meaning
Why is meaning critical to performance?; How do connected leaders co-create
meaning?; Having no boundaries; Doing the groundwork; Being tenacious; The
30-second recap; The leadership takeaway
Chapter 7 How to sustain performance through dialogue
Why does real dialogue matter to performance?; How do connected leaders
sustain dialogue?; Listening first; Humility; Infectious passion; The
30-second recap; The leadership takeaway
Part 3: Diagnostic questions
Part 4: Developing connected leadership
Chapter 8 Step 1: Understand the 'real'
Mapping your 'real' organization; Patterns of 'real' organizations;
Creating a 'real' map
Chapter 9 Step 2: Map out the 'formal'/'real' gap
The gap matters; The key questions
Chapter 10 Step 3: Evaluate your impact
iPod leadership; Developing strategies
Chapter 11 Step 4: Develop connected leadership characteristics
Integrated versus sequential development; Developing characteristics;
Developing trust; Developing meaning; Developing dialogue; Development
tactics; TWISTED development
Chapter 12 Step 5: Build a supporting context
Contextual improvement; Impact as the key to unlocking connections; The
leadership takeaway
Chapter 13 Concluding thoughts

Rezensionen

"The Connected Leader belongs on the shelves - and in the hearts and minds - of leaders everywhere." - Terence Mauri, bestselling author of The Upside of Disruption

"This updated edition of Emmanuel's seminal text is an essential read for anyone looking to energise, inspire and transform their organisation." - Neil Mullarkey, Comedy Store Player and bestselling author of In The Moment

"This second edition of The Connected Leader is not merely an update, it is a thoroughly new and refreshing way to look at the challenges of leading change in organizations. Gobillot emphasizes agility and relationships. He shows that with agility and openness to new ideas organizations grow, without it they atrophy for lack of innovation. Everything in our lives is transformed through the medium of our relationships. Caring and inspired relationships are the fertile ground for growing new ideas, products and services. Instrumental relationships result in the motivation crisis we now have, as evident in the lousy engagement numbers." - Richard Boyatzis, PhD, Distinguished University Professor, Case Western Reserve University, Co-author of the international best seller Primal Leadership and the new The Science of Change

"The insights from Emmanuel Gobillot's The Connected Leader are indeed profound and resonate deeply with the challenges and opportunities present in today's dynamic business environment. His emphasis on agility, not merely in the technological sense but as a core characteristic of successful organizations, aligns closely with our understanding of how adaptive and responsive cultures can drive performance. The notion that connections-whether cultural, structural, or interpersonal-are central to navigating the complexities of modern organizations is a cornerstone of effective leadership.

Gobillot's discussion on the efficiency/intimacy conundrum and the balancing of the wobble board metaphor are particularly compelling. These concepts illustrate the delicate act leaders must perform in harmonizing diverse and often conflicting stakeholder demands, a theme that echoes through our work on reconciling cultural dilemmas. By fostering trust, purpose, and dialogue, leaders can effectively bridge the gaps between efficiency and intimacy, ensuring that organizations do not lose sight of their human-centric missions amidst growth and professionalization.

The challenges leaders face in fostering connections within their organizations are manifold. They must navigate the intricacies of organizational dynamics, harness the power of technology without becoming overly reliant on it, and maintain a clear sense of purpose that resonates with all stakeholders. How do you think the insights from The Connected Leader could address these challenges?" - Fons Trompenaars, Thinkers50 and Business magazine top management thinker and author of Riding the Waves of Culture