Living Leadership: A Practical Guide for Ordinary Heroes

by George Binney, Colin Williams, Gerhard Wilke

Reassess your leadership style, discover how to connect with people, and become a leader who can make things happen in the real world. Built on a unique four-year experiment working alongside real leaders in real businesses, Living Leadership explodes the myth of the charismatic, transformational leader, to show that real progress comes from the dramatically ordinary aspects of leadership. From building relationships, to working with the grain of the organisation rather than against it, and to knowing our limitations as much as pushing every boundary, the new edition of this book will challenge you to push your leadership skills to a new level. “Living Leadership shows how, when you take away the myths and misconceptions, leading can genuinely be made easier.” Hans Straberg, CEO, Electrolux “A ‘how to’ book that redefines leadership in terms of the realities and choices facing people in organisations today.” Professor Michael Osbaldeston, Director of Cranfield School of Management

Genres: Leadership, Business

320 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Christine · Rating 4 out of 5]

When you get the note from your manager that this is a book you read, you may not start out from the most enthusiastic point of view.

However, I was really positive about this one.
Alot of great advise on what to do and what not to do.

[Adam · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked up this book on a two week management workshop in England in 2008. This deals with many of the soft issues of leadership like manufacturing charisma, dealing with yourself before others, two way communication, bad news, good news, transitions, etc. It reads nearly like a leadership instruction manual. The message is easy to read and effective if I force myself to think about the book. I just can't get the lessons of this book to stick with me. There are other leadership books around with lessons that I am able to stick with and implement in the daily routine.

[Khair Jalees]

This book was read by "Al-Hokama'a" group in the Khair Jalees book club.