How to Lead - Softcover

Owen, Jo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 129242544X ISBN 13: 9781292425443

Publisher: Pearson Business, 2022

Synopsis

This book is your essential guide to the theory and practice of leadership. Whatever your level in an organisation, this is your practical handbook for getting to the top and staying there. Learn how to:

• Get promoted, and survive promotion
• Influence and persuade someone, particularly when they're not your direct report
• Handle a crisis and survive adversity
• Step up and know when to step back in moments of risk, opportunity and uncertainty

About this title

About the Author

Jo Owen has worked with over 100 of the best, and a couple of the worst, organisations on our planet. He is a founder of eight NGOs which have a collective turnover of £100 million annually. He led businesses in Japan, North America and Europe; he created a business bank; he was a partner at Accenture and is one of the founders of Teach First which is now the largest graduate recruiter in the UK.

From the Back Cover

Anyone can learn to be a great leader. And everyone can learn to lead better. This book will show you how.

Its clear focus on practical, straightforward advice and guidance, delivered with refreshing honesty and humour, and with a relentless focus on the practical skills of leadership, will make sure you quickly understand and master all the core skills you'll need to succeed.

Based on original research into some of the world's best organisations across the public, private and voluntary sectors, How to Lead cuts right through all the myths and mysteries to get straight to the heart of what you need to do and how you need to do it in order to succeed.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson Business
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 129242544X
• ISBN 13: 9781292425443
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 6
• Number of pages: 320