7 Secrets of Great Leaders: Use what they know to get to the top

Description

The best leaders have a growth mindset and this book reveals the 7 secrets proven to help you build a strong growth mindset and be a better leader: mindfulness, focus, emotional control, motivation, reframing, communication, and emotional intelligence.

Lorraine Warne is founder and Head of People at international leadership development company Cambridge Inner Game Leadership (CIGL). She has over 20 years’ experience delivering innovative, customised training to senior managers, directors, and rising stars in companies of all sizes, from the largest international to two-person start-ups.

Kate Kirk has worked across communications in a number of roles, from writing and editing to marketing and PR. She has worked for international organizations such as the World Health Organization and the Asian Development Bank, leading international business schools (including the Cambridge Judge Business School and INSEAD), and for clients as diverse as the European headquarters of an international think tank and a café in a converted medieval chapel.

Introduction 

1. Secret 1: Mindfulness

2. Secret 2: Focus

3. Secret 3: Emotional Control

4. Secret 4: Motivation

5. Secret 5: Reframing

6. Secret 6: Communication

7. Secret 7: Emotional Intelligence

8. Take it from here

Let go of your fixed mindset and bad habits that are holding you back and start building a growth mindset with the good habits that will help you flourish as a leader.

The best leaders have a growth mindset – they are open to ideas, willing to learn, empathetic and proactive but how do you build a growth mindset? Based on the latest research into neuroscience, psychology and pedagogical methods, The 7 Secrets of Great Leaders distils the habits you need to become a great leader with a growth mindset:

• mindfulness
• focus
• emotional control
• motivation
• reframing
• communication
• emotional intelligence

You’ll be able to understand your own mindset, the habits that might be holding you back, and how to change them. Helping you to overcome fixed beliefs, this practical book helps you understand, build and reinforce these skills so you can be a more effective team leader and lead high-performing teams.

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