INTEGRATED LEADER, THE: A FOUNDATION FOR LIFELONG MGMT LEARN

The Integrated Leader is a contemporary search for the questions to which 'leader' or 'leadership' is an answer. Taking a thoughtful approach to management education and learning, this book explores and explains ideas not usually found in books written for managers. Its purpose is to provoke the kind of reflection and thinking that experience (and most leadership training) tends not to reach.

The book will get leaders and managers to stop and think. This may not sound like much, but it is very important and significant. It represents a shift in gears in personal leadership thinking and is written for anyone who wants to ask better questions of themselves. The Integrated Leader is practical and also philosophical. It is easy to read and will reward multiple readings. Informed by the experience of practicing managers who re-enter education, it does not simply regurgitate tired old leadership theory. It neither talks down to the reader nor dumbs down any of the complex concepts needed to sustain organisational and personal health and well-being. The book includes between-chapter reflections on the Integrated Leader's Manifesto, an eleven-point declaration for leading self in various contexts.

The Integrated Leader is a must-read for anyone sincere in their need for sustainable personal development.

Contents:

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Preface
• Introduction
• The Integrated Leader's Manifesto
• Getting in Your Own Way:
  • The Beginner's Mind
  • Punctuation
  • Difference
• Getting Out of Your Own Way:
  • The Leader Complex
  • Today is Not a Stepping Stone to Tomorrow
  • Outside-In and Inside-Out
  • The Familiar Self
  • Universal Mental Health and Well-Being
• Don't Forget You're Change:
  • Let's Meet at Infinity
  • Everything and Everyone Needs to Change
  • The Principle Uncertainty
  • A List of Human Universals
  • A Learning Journal Extract
• Glossary
• Index

Readership: Experienced and senior managers interested in making the most of their career in business and management, and who are already in leadership roles; mid-career managers who are about to lead others and suspect that they first need to know how to lead themselves; MBA and Executive MBA students; aspiring/new managers who want to build their personal development on a strong foundation.

'Although at many times in recent human history societies have faced huge hurdles and felt they are unique in doing so, there are questionably few instances that compare with the challenges faced by leaders today. The present health crisis notwithstanding, the all-encompassing climate and natural world crises are monumental in scale as are many societal, belief system and political ones. The Integrated Leader, with immaculate timing and even better articulation, puts forward an argument for the only type of leadership that will now make a difference. It calls upon polymath leaders who simply put can and do 'connect the dots' for positive outcomes, and do so at a time when the dots are big, complex, overlapping, and impacting billions of fellow humans and the vast communities of countless other species. Put aside your other reading and embrace the challenge of becoming an Integrated Leader. We need you.' - Ian DunnChief Executive OfficerPlantlife (UK)

'Clever and thought-provoking, this book and its approach is something I would draw on in my support of others as well as my own development. The Integrated Leader is a fresh and challenging manifesto for leadership that stimulates new thinking about people, personal development, systems, change, and much more. A stimulating blend of theory, examples, exploration, and provocation that invites the reader to think deeply about their leadership style and learning, it is a pertinent and relevant readvital in understanding leadership more fully and critically in our hyper-integrated world.The book poses powerful questions for leaders at any stage of their development and career stage.' - Helen GordonChief Executive OfficerScience Council

'In a dynamic, increasingly complex world, leaders continue to search for ways to make a difference and have lasting impact. The Integrated Leader offers a compelling look into the importance of conscious awareness of both ourselves and the environments and systems in which we exist. This book is an important read for anyone curious about how they can become a more complete, more fulfilled leader and human being.' - Geoff BrockwayHead of Learning & Development — Global Finance and GBSAstraZeneca

'Chris invites us in for something that feels like a tasting menu of eleven servings in three sittings. Emerging from a lifetime of insights on management theories, and acutely relevant and susceptible to the state of the planet today, he presents no definitive answers but challenges us to slow down and consider how we think about ourselves, our identity as leaders and our relationship with the ecosystem we are impacting. It takes courage to dine with Chris, but I highly recommend you invest the time to savor his reflections and allow them to challenge (and evolve) the self-awareness and interconnectivity of you and your organization.' - Xenia DuffyCEO and Chief Zebrazeal, Denmark

Key Features:

• Offers a challenge for the reader to work things out for themselves
• Contains an array of inter-connecting thoughts and ideas that will set the reader thinking about their own practice, and how they might improve themselves