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The Leadership Mind Switch: Rethinking How We Lead in the New World of Work
Lead your company to success in the New Industrial Revolution! The world of business has completely transformed in recent years―and the pace of change will only increase in coming years. But one thing remains the Quality leadership is the hinge on which the fate of every organization swings. The Leadership Mind Switch provides the critical lessons you need to lead your company in a fully globalized business world where radical technologies reign supreme. Debra Benton and Kylie Wright-Ford have helped some of today’s most top executives successfully position themselves and their companies for the future. Now, in this groundbreaking leadership guide, they share their insight with you. Learn how to effectively lead a workforce The answers to these questions and many others are all here. You’ll learn how to be the kind of leader who is both firm in his or her decisions but maintains an air of approachability. You’ll learn how to drive high productivity while keeping your workers happy and satisfied in their jobs. And you’ll learn how to embrace new technologies without sacrificing the human touch―which is the hallmark of great leadership. It will take unprecedented levels of agility, confidence, and fearlessness to lead into the future. Make the leadership mind switch to seize the competitive edge now in order to drive profits and growth tomorrow.
- GenresLeadership
289 pages, Hardcover
Published May 24, 2017
About the author
D.A. Benton
19 books27 followers Debra Benton is a globally-recognized executive coach, bestselling business author, and popular conference keynote speaker on leadership and executive effectiveness. Her articles have been published in numerous publications including The Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and Fast Company.
Benton has written ten business books, many of which have been on The New York Times and Businessweek bestseller lists. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Today Show, CNN and CBS This Morning, and her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Benton specializes in helping people take ownership of their potential and make positive, lasting change in their attitudes, actions, and interactions—both for themselves and their organizations.
Benton has written ten business books, many of which have been on The New York Times and Businessweek bestseller lists. She has appeared on Good Morning America, Today Show, CNN and CBS This Morning, and her articles have appeared in numerous publications including Harvard Business Review, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Benton specializes in helping people take ownership of their potential and make positive, lasting change in their attitudes, actions, and interactions—both for themselves and their organizations.
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September 27, 2017
While everyone understands that the rate of change in business is very high, not everyone is able to adapt. Most of the time the emphasis in written material about this issue focuses on the workers that have been displaced by automation, globalization and other factors. The commentators talk about the need for retraining programs designed to teach the skills needed in the “new world.”
Generally lacking is an emphasis on the leaders of these companies and how they often react to the new economy in old economy ways. They also need to be retrained. Modern workers do not have the expectation that their predecessors counted on, work for decades in the same job, accrue a pension and then have a retirement party with gifts. Which is sensible, for such a system simply does not exist.
In the new economy the marginal value of employees varies far more than it ever has. Acquiring and keeping the high achievers is now essential and it is up to the leaders of the organization to keep them engaged. That of course means that the nebulous term “leadership” is now far more important than ever before.
Many people throw the term around with ease without ever attempting to explain the characteristics that define leadership. That is not the case here, the authors make it very clear what they consider to be the definition of leadership in the modern world and they nail it in ways that surpass anything that I have ever read on the topic.
A lot of people could save and make a lot of money if they would read this book and take the message very seriously. The only other thing that they will need will be the courage to follow the advice. As is stated on page 240, “To be able to do your job, you need to be willing to lose your job.”
Generally lacking is an emphasis on the leaders of these companies and how they often react to the new economy in old economy ways. They also need to be retrained. Modern workers do not have the expectation that their predecessors counted on, work for decades in the same job, accrue a pension and then have a retirement party with gifts. Which is sensible, for such a system simply does not exist.
In the new economy the marginal value of employees varies far more than it ever has. Acquiring and keeping the high achievers is now essential and it is up to the leaders of the organization to keep them engaged. That of course means that the nebulous term “leadership” is now far more important than ever before.
Many people throw the term around with ease without ever attempting to explain the characteristics that define leadership. That is not the case here, the authors make it very clear what they consider to be the definition of leadership in the modern world and they nail it in ways that surpass anything that I have ever read on the topic.
A lot of people could save and make a lot of money if they would read this book and take the message very seriously. The only other thing that they will need will be the courage to follow the advice. As is stated on page 240, “To be able to do your job, you need to be willing to lose your job.”
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