Leading in Times of Crisis: Navigating Through Complexity, Diversity and Uncertainty to Save Your Business - Hardcover

Dotlich, David L.; Cairo, Peter C.; Rhinesmith, Stephen H.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 047040230X ISBN 13: 9780470402306

Publisher: Jossey-Bass, 2009

Synopsis

Praise for Leading in Times of Crisis

"Building on the solid base of their book Head, Heart, and Guts, Dotlich, Cairo, and Rhinesmith lay out the ways to become the kind of leader needed to navigate through today's complexities and uncertainties. Leading in Times of Crisis is a necessary guidebook to survive and thrive in the global perfect storm."
—John Naisbitt, author, Megatrends and Megatrends 2000

"The risks and opportunities that confront today's leader have never been greater. Leading in Times of Crisis provides unique and valuable insights, along with straightforward principles, that will help point the way in an increasingly diverse and rapidly changing environment."
—Ken Frazier, president, global human health, Merck & Co., Inc.

"This book blends practical business solutions with useful insights about leading people.It should help anyone looking for new ideas to deal with the uncertainty and complexityfacing leaders everywhere today."
—Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN (formerly Home Shopping Network)

"The main message of this provocative book is that leadership as we have known it ischanging rapidly and dramatically. Moreover, research shows that well over half of people in leadership positions fail. The challenge for leaders today is daunting. But a carefulreading of what Dotlich, Cairo, and Rhinesmith have to say from their extensive experiences will help to reduce significantly this troublesome failure rate."
—W. Warner Burke, Edward Lee Thorndike Professor of Psychology and Education; chair, Department of Organization and Leadership, Teachers College, Columbia University

"Research demonstrates that the #1 leadership competency in shortest supply is 'dealing with ambiguity and complexity.' Dotlich, Cairo, and Rhinesmith give you the real-world tools to actually do it. This book helps us to reach deep inside ourselves, our organizations, and our markets to achieve dynamic, sustainable success. Get this book to effectively navigate change, inside and out!"
—Kevin Cashman, senior partner, Korn/Ferry Leadership & Talent Consulting, and best-selling author, Leadership From the Inside Out

About this title

From the Inside Flap

Leaders today are grappling with complex choices, diverse customers and employees, and unprecedented uncertainty in the economic environment. Business models are becoming obsolete, cost and performance pressures are growing, regulatory requirements are changing, and trust in institutions is declining. Tackling these and other growing demands requires every leader to radically rethink what constitutes effective leadership.

Leading in Times of Crisis presents a new approach and concrete steps to compete in this complex, diverse, and uncertain marketplace. Drawing on compelling research and more than twenty interviews with CEOs and top-level executives, former executives and professors David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmith highlight the growing urgency to evolve from a traditional, one-dimensional leadership model to what they term “whole leadership.” Whole leadership allows leaders to act in three ways that are important now but absolutely essential to their business in the future:

• Rethink Your Business
• Connect with Stakeholders
• Live Your Values

In an accessible, no-nonsense style, the authors provide new and experienced leaders with specific action steps for facing difficult choices, engaging diverse customers and employees, and acting in the face of uncertainty to deliver results and move companies forward in a turbulent, demanding, and resource-constrained world.

Leading in Times of Crisis will help you become a “whole leader” by aligning your purpose, skills, and decisions with the outcomes your business requires. Read it and find out how every leader has the potential to make a difference in this new world.

About the Author

David L. Dotlich is an adviser, author, researcher, teacher, and speaker on leadership, business strategy, developing high potential, and succession. He was formerly executive vice president of Honeywell International and is the founder and former president of the Oliver Wyman Executive Learning Center.

Peter C. Cairo is a senior partner of the Oliver Wyman Executive Learning Center and is former chairman of the Department of Counseling and Organizational Psychology at Columbia University.

Stephen H. Rhinesmith is a senior partner of the Oliver Wyman Executive Learning Center. He is former special ambassador to the Soviet Union and was president of Holland America Line.
Dotlich, Cairo, and Rhinesmith are the authors of Head, Heart, and Guts. Dotlich and Cairo are the authors of Why CEOs Fail, Unnatural Leadership, and Action Coaching, all from Jossey-Bass.
Delta Organization & Leadership LLC, a unit of Oliver Wyman, provides a unique combination of consulting services and customized programs to help CEOs and other senior leaders transform individual and organizational capabilities in ways that will enable them to compete, to succeed, and to grow.

Edition details

• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 047040230X
• ISBN 13: 9780470402306
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 240