Head, Heart and Guts: How the World's Best Companies Develop Complete Leaders

by David L. Dotlich, Peter C. Cairo, Steven H. Rhinesmith

Overview

This book reveals the three most important capabilities leaders must demonstrate today: the ability to set strategy, empathize with others, and take risksall at the same time. In Head, Heart, and Guts, leadership experts David Dotlich, Peter Cairo, and Stephen Rhinesmithwho teach and coach CEOs and executive teams throughout the worldargue that to be successful in a complex, matrixed, fast-moving world, whole leaders must set strategy, develop trusting relationships with others, and consistently do the right thing based on personal values. Partial leaders, often the product of traditional executive programs, may be successful in the shortrun, but their companies lose over time. Filled with case studies of companies such as Bank of America, Johnson leadership comfort zone and an action plan for companies that want to move beyond tried-and-true leadership development in order to develop whole leaders throughout their leadership pipeline.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780470730607
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	08/22/2023
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	551 KB

About the Author

David L. Dotlich is president of Mercer Delta Executive Learning Center (formerly CDR International). He is former executive vice president of Honeywell International. Peter C. Cairo is head of executive programs and leadership strategy for Mercer Delta Executive Learning Center and former chairman of the Department of Counseling and Organizational Psychology at Columbia University. Dotlich and Cairo are the coauthors of Action Coaching, Action Learning, Unnatural Leadership, and Why CEOs Fail, all from Jossey-Bass. Stephen H. Rhinesmithis a partner of Mercer Delta Executive Learning Center. He is former special ambassador to the Soviet Union and was president of Holland America Line.

Table of Contents

Introduction.

Part One: The Case for Whole Leadership.

1. Whole Leadership Versus Partial Leadership.

2. Developing Leaders the Systemic, Integrated Way.

Part Two: Head Leadership.

3. Rethinking the Way We Do Things Around Here.

4. Reframing the Boundaries.

5. Getting Things Done.

6. Developing and Articulating a Point of View.

Part Three: Heart Leadership.

7. Balancing People Needs with Business Requirements: Touching All the Bases.

8. Delivering Integrated Solutions Through Trust.

9. Working with and Leading People from Diverse Cultures: Developing True Empathy.

10. Overcoming Personal Derailers in Working with Others.

Part Four: Guts Leadership.

11. Taking Risks with Little or No Data.

12. Balancing Risk and Reward.

13. Acting with Unyielding Integrity.

Part Five: Mature Leadership.

14. Developing Mature Leaders for the Twenty-First Century.

References.

About the Authors.

Index.

Editorial Reviews

According to leadership experts Dotlich, Cairo and Rhinesmith, a leader must be able to set strategy, develop solid relationships with others and take risks — essentially have head, heart and guts. This is the definition of a "whole" leader, as opposed to a "partial" leader who may be successful in the short run but will eventually lose. Head, Heart & Guts provides individuals and companies with a new model for leadership and how to successfully obtain it. Copyright © 2006 Soundview Executive Book Summaries

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"balanced, progressive view of leadership." (CPO Agenda, September 2006)

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