The Leader’s Path

Description

Nobody tells you when you become a leader. The transition is gradual, the demands are continuous, and the questions it raises — about trust, about vision, about the people you are now responsible for — do not resolve themselves simply by being faced.

This book is an honest account of what genuine leadership involves and what it makes possible when it is practiced well. It addresses the moment of transition that most leadership books skip past, the difference between leadership and its performance, the difficult conversations that leaders consistently avoid and what that avoidance costs, the work of growing people rather than simply managing them, and the question of what a leader leaves behind.

Drawing on the wisdom of Confucius, Lao Tzu and Zhuangzi, The Leader’s Path is written for the person who is already leading — or who is about to — and who has the honesty to recognize that experience alone has not answered all the questions.

Each chapter closes with ten reflective questions, a practical exercise, and a summary connecting the chapter’s ideas to the path ahead.

Part of The Path series, published by Greenfields Press.

Also available on Kindle — Buy on Amazon Kindle — $4.99