Real-Time Leadership: Find Your Winning Moves When the Stakes Are High

by David Noble, Carol Kauffman

The best leaders, in the biggest moments, know how to read the situation, respond in the most effective way possible, and move forward. You can, too.

The hardest part of leadership is mastering the inevitable high-risk, high-stakes challenges you will face. Whether you're making a split-second decision when your business is knocked sideways or you're finding the best strategy to navigate business-critical long-term circumstances, how can you be in peak form in those most crucial moments?

Leadership coaching legends David Noble and Carol Kauffman show you how with their innovative new framework—MOVE—which equips you with the tactics you need to slow down high-stakes situations before they speed you up. You'll learn to master the moment, generate response options, and quickly evaluate those options before acting. As you get better and better at using the framework, you'll find you can recognize these moments as they arrive, like a great athlete who can read the field as a play unfolds or a great conductor who anticipates what's needed to deliver a great performance.



Noble and Kauffman bring decades of experience coaching thousands of leaders, along with a deep base of research, to show why their unique two-on-one coaching method works and how it's done. The MOVE framework comes to life in these pages through the personal stories of real leaders living through their own crucible moments. Real-Time Leadership is a compelling and demystifying look at how the MOVE framework delivered positive results for them—and how it can for you, too.

Genres: Leadership, Business

348 pages, Kindle Edition

Published February 21, 2023

Reviews

[Lennie Noiles · Rating 3 out of 5]

Over all a good book.

Let me start with what I did not like. This book is based on the author’s MOVE framework (Mindful, Options, Vantage point, Engage). I have to say I am tired of frameworks. The world dose not need any more catchy frameworks or models. “All models are wrong…" ~ George Bog. The book would have been stronger without trying to fit its message into their model framework.

The strong points of this book is how it contrasts different leadership strengths / stances of Leaning in, Leaning with, Leaning back, and not leaning. It uses many real life client experiences of how leaders default to their strength, which has limits, and how they become more effective when taking alternative approaches.

[Patrick Walker · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good, but not great. Kind of “leadership guidance: greatest hits”

Didn’t love the book but I definitely liked it - lots of good ideas, frameworks, questions, stories and case studies - especially for new leaders or older leaders who might feel stuck and need some inspiration.

Nothing here seemed new to me - lots of familiar, recycled ideas (tho still useful) and some very tired quotes at the start of each chapter. Liked the chapter summaries - if you’re pressed for time, read these and derive approx 80% of the value of the book.

[Daniel Astacio · Rating 5 out of 5]

I started reading Real Time Leadership to learn how to become a more effective leader and this book helped me gain insight into being a more effective person not just in terms of running a company but a formula for the way to lead a life. Important frameworks and concepts that are important to memorize, implement, and refer to time and time again.

[Christoph Kappel · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book contains lots of useful information and a plethora of examples and real world examples. I'd say the targeted audience isn't directly line managers, but more business leaders, but was still an interesting read.

For me the main take away is the 10/10 rating and an adapted version of the CCCC model.

[Melissa Richards · Rating 5 out of 5]

Every leader and aspiring leader should read this book. I appreciate how the authors explain the different stances of “leaning” as leading and the importance of being agile to use them as needed in different situations.

[Amanda · Rating 5 out of 5]

I thought this was great: it gave real examples that helped explain different leadership styles and works under the concept that none are wrong - flexibility of style is key.

[Tim · Rating 4 out of 5]

Slow to start, but good as it goes through. I like the narratives told as it goes along giving different real world examples

[Bronson Reed · Rating 5 out of 5]

Good advice for improving leadership self-awareness. Really appreciate the coaching questions and case studies explored.

[Darya · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is delivered by two coaches who work with C-level executives which makes it valuable from the content and practical application perspectives. Another area is the focus on leadership capacity while opersting in a dynamic and high risk envitonment. There is an interesting concept introduced in the book called MOVE (mindfulness alert, options generation, validation of vantage point, engaging and effecting change). Following the framework and applying it efficiently can support leadership in challenging environments and time.