Preface: How This Book Evolved
Leaders Engaged in Deliberate Conversations for This Book
Acknowledgments
Introduction: Putting the Spotlight on Leadership
Part One: Leadership Has Never Been Harder – The Changing Context Drives It
1. Today’s Unmistakable Game Changers: No One Is Exempt
2. Game Changer #1: Increased Stakeholder Expectations
3. Game Changer #2: The Ever-Changing Workforce and Workplace
4. Game Changer #3: Short-Lived Strategies and Digital Dominance
Part Two: Long-Held Beliefs, Myths, and Habits – Challenges to Leaders’ Success
5. Dispelling Myths Takes Energy and Courage
6. Leadership Is Not Timeless – It Has a Shelf Life
7. Softer Skills Do Not Improve with Just Time
8. Mentors Are Not Just for Emerging Leaders
9. High Performers Do Not Always Equal High Potential for Leadership
10. The Leadership Pendulum Has Shifted
Part Three: The Big 8 Crystallizes – Setting Leaders Apart
11. Where and How the Big 8 Fit in a Leader’s Overall Role
12. The Big 8 #1: Personal Adaptability
13. The Big 8 #2: Strategic Agility
14. The Big 8 #3: Self-Renewal
15. The Big 8 #4: Certainty of Character
16. The Big 8 #5: Empathy
17. The Big 8 #6: Contextual Communication
18. The Big 8 #7: Spirited Collaboration
19. The Big 8 #8: Developing Other Leaders – Not Only Followers
Part Four: Leadership Starts with You – It Must Be Intentional
20. Self-Reflection: Feedback, Self-Awareness, and Adjustment
21. Building Teams and Leaders: Selecting and Developing
22. Being a Mentor and a Mentee: A Great Leader Is Both
23. So What Now?
Appendix
Notes
Index
