Cracking the leadership code: three secrets to building strong leaders
- New Jersey John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2020
- xiv, 271 p.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction: Deciphering the Code: Why I Wrote This Book
Part One: Context
Chapter 1: Becoming a Better Leader: The Basics
Chapter 2: Your Inherited Leadership Legacy
Chapter 3: Why Old-School Leadership Stopped Working
Part Two: Connection
Chapter 4: Empathy: The Basis of Connection
Chapter 5: Empathy: Connection in Action
Chapter 6: Building Your Credibility
Part Three: Communication
Chapter 7: The Confusing Conundrum of Communication
Chapter 8: Cracking the Communication Code
Part Four: Collaboration
Chapter 9: Motivation: The Search for the Magic Pill
Chapter 10: Leading by Design: The Primary Needs
Chapter 11: Leading by Design: The Performance Needs
Chapter 12: Creating Great Employee Experiences
Chapter 13: Making Things Simple
Epilogue: Time to Leap
Bibliography
Acknowledgments
About the Author
Index
DESCRIPTION Become the effective, proactive leader you aspire to be with this practical tool kit for leading people and organizations
Yes, you can learn the skills to effectively lead people, organizations, and employees. With the right motivation and knowledge, you can be a leader who knows what it takes to succeed. Throughout his extensive experience in training leaders, author Alain Hunkins discovered that many leaders shared a common trait. They were mainly focused on what they were doing but not so focused on how they were doing it, especially when it came to working with other people. By strengthening their leadership capabilities, they could become trusted leaders within their organization, improve employee communications, and build bridges across hierarchies. Cracking the Leadership Code shares the valuable principles and practices that Hunkins developed and refined during the 20+ years he’s worked with leaders.
When you crack the code, you’ll have a new operating model for organizational leadership that will help your teams thrive in a 21st century economy.
Discover the brain science behind leading people Get inspired by real life leadership stories Use a practical leadership tool kit to become a better leader Learn how to communicate, influence, and persuade others, more effectively than ever before With this book as a resource, you’ll have a new perspective, a new framework, and new tools at your disposal, readily available to guide your leadership. You’ll learn to establish proactive, leader-follower relationships. To do this, you’ll use the interconnected elements of Connection, Communication, and Collaboration.
When you learn from the author’s insightful experiences working with organizations around the world, you can accelerate your leadership development and become the leader you’ve always aspired to be.