Leadering: The Ways Visionary Leaders Play Bigger

by Nancy Giordano

This transformative new era requires a radically different approach to leadership. The tactics put in place to reduce risk, drive success, and make us feel safe in the past are now the very things creating vulnerability today. In Leadering, Nancy Giordano provides clarity and urgency around what twenty-first century stewardship demands as exponential technologies and changing societal expectations converge to shape a better next. Ditching last century's industrial playbook—driven relentlessly, and almost exclusively, on growth—allows us to instead focus on building new, more expansive practices committed to human-centric innovation, regenerative solutions, and the creation of long-term value. With many years advising world-class enterprise leaders on ways to thrive in ambiguity, Nancy is convinced we don't need to change what we think as much as how we think to be successful. This book challenges us to shift our outdated thinking and adopt the mindset we need to build the future we all want.

Genres: Leadership

340 pages, Paperback

Published February 5, 2021

Reviews

[Christina Furtado · Rating 4 out of 5]

Nancy does a wonderful job of articulating how the business world is changing to place added value on connection and environmental/social responsibility -- how that makes business sense. From leaders to more active leaderING, Nancy's advice, including guidance for how we can help tomorrow's leaders for the future, is practical and actionable. In addition, I enjoyed the common thread woven throughout 'Leadering' about the importance of ecosystems, getting outside of our immediate network to lean in/learn from our curiosity and therefore expand both our perspective and our relevance.

[Rdmooers · Rating 4 out of 5]

May shift to 4.5 stars. Lots of great thought provoking concepts. Leadering is spot on in my opinion to how we need to shift mindsets towards a human centered approach. Lots of take aways and would recommend this to anyone who gets excited around creativity and innovation.

[Dee McLadha · Rating 1 out of 5]

Interesting core idea. The book, however, reads like a Linkedin feed, dipping a toe into many scattered topics while giving nonstop props to Fortune 500 companies.