How to Lead: The 5th Edition of the bestselling guide

by Jo Owen

‘Not only an unusually helpful book on leadership but also a great read.’ Russell Hobby, CEO, Teach First ‘A must read for all private, public and third sector.’ Professor Sonia Blandford, Founder and CEO, Achievement for All ‘ How to Lead is a tour de force, ambitious and resolutely practical – the very essence of leadership.’ Sharath Jeevan, CEO of STIR Education This book is your essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership. Whatever your level in an organisation, this is your practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there. Anyone can learn to be a great leader. And everyone can learn to lead better. This book will show you how. Its clear focus on practical, straightforward advice and guidance, delivered with refreshing honesty and humour, and with a relentless focus on the practical skills of leadership, will make sure you quickly understand and master all the core skills you’ll need to succeed. Based on original research into some of the world’s best organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors, How to Lead cuts right through all the myths and mysteries to get straight to the heart of what you need to do and how you need to do it in order to succeed. This new edition features a new section about 21st century leadership, featuring generic skills and a focus on influencing

Genres: Leadership, Collections, Business

400 pages, Paperback

First published July 13, 2015

About the author

Jo is the first person to be awarded the CMI gold medal three times, for Mindset of Success; How to Manage and Leadership Skills Handbook.

He practices what he preaches as a leader: he has started seven NGOs with a collective turnover above $100million annually. He was a partner at Accenture; he started a bank, was sued for $12 billion and was the best nappy (diaper) salesman in Birmingham.

His research on leadership has taken him to the ends of the earth and resulted in Tribal Business School: what modern business can learn from traditional societies. He has worked with over 100 of the best , and a few of the worst, organisations on our planet and has interviewed everyone from spies to sportspeople as well as leaders around the world to find the essence of leadership.

His latest work is on Global Teams, which is the first book to look at the plumbing of globalisation: how global teams do and do not work.

Reviews

[MuuLee · Rating 5 out of 5]

great book!

[Per Flitig · Rating 3 out of 5]

Think of it as a leadership manual

I had rather high expectations on this book so that’s probably why it got three stars.
The book covers basically everything you need to know about leadership and management, which means it discusses every topic very briefly. Parts of the book felt like reading a bunch of strung together blog posts, which is unfortunate because some of the topics really deserve more in-depth discourse.
I would probably have gotten more from the book if I read it at the beginning of my career.

[AHMAD J · Rating 5 out of 5]

Interconnected practical guide. exceptional

[Hussein Jaber · Rating 5 out of 5]

I a good book for new managers or supervisors whom want to be on higher rank to read it and learn the basics to move forward