This book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it.
Leadership is not about position, or authority.It's not about big speeches or grand visions.
Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families-and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed.
They are not.
Because, leadership is an activity-small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too.
That's why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.
When Everyone Leads : How The Toughest Challenges Get Seen And Solved
Description
Table of Contents
1 (Re)Defining Leadership: A Manifesto
Part One: Identify The Gap
2 Seeing The Gap
3 The Gap Starts with Concerns
4 The Gap Is Fueled By Aspirations
5 Everyone Can See The Gap
6 Adaptive Challenges and Technical Problems
Part Two: Barriers to Progress
7 Our Toughest Challenges Involve Loss
8 Values Clash When You Seek To Close The Gap
9 Quick Fixes Make The Gap Wider
10 Authority Is Never Enough To Close The Gap
11 Leadership is Risky
Part Three: Start With You
12 Start Authorizing Yourself To Lead
13 Start With Your Challenge
14 Start Where You Have Influence
15 Start With Your Part of The Mess
16 Start Engaging Others
Part Four: Use The Heat
17 Work Avoidance: When The Heat Is Too Low
18 Tempers Flare: When The Heat Is Too High
19 In The Productive Zone
Part Five: Everyone Can Lead
20 Everyone Can Ask Powerful Questions
21 Everyone Can Make Multiple Interpretations
22 Everyone Can Act Experimentally
23 Make Leadership Less Risky for Others
24 When Everyone Leads: A Call To Action
Author Description
Ed O'Malley is president and CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation. He founded the Kansas Leadership Center in 2007, serving as president and CEO for 15 years. A former Kansas state legislator and gubernatorial aide, Ed has co-authored three previous books including Your Leadership Edge and For the Common Good.
Julia Fabris McBride is chief leadership development officer at the Kansas Leadership Center, where more than 15,000 people around the world have attended programs since 2007. A certified coach, former actor and co-author of Teaching Leadership, Julia splits her time between Wichita and Matfield Green, Kansas.