When Execution Isn't Enough: Decoding Inspirational Leadership - Hardcover

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CLAUDIO FESER is a senior partner in the Zurich office of McKinsey & Company. He is the leader of McKinsey Academy, a practice of the firm that focuses on helping organizations develop leaders. He is the author of Serial Innovators: Firms That Change the World, published by Wiley.

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Great leadership drives organizational health and performance. So what makes a great leader? A special research initiative by McKinsey & Company analyzed twenty leadership behaviors to learn that it takes “top down leadership” to keep organizations out of trouble, and great execution to build strong organizations. However, “top down leadership” and execution are not sufficient to build great organizations. To build great organizations―organizations that innovate, outperform competitors, engage their members, attract great talent, and outperform investors’ expectations―one more ingredient is needed: inspiring leadership.

Identifying the leadership behaviors that inspire excellence and drive growth with research-based insight is nothing short of catching lightning in a bottle, and no one is more qualified to present the groundbreaking findings than McKinsey’s own head of leadership development, Claudio Feser. Inspiring people comes down to keying into the neurological and psychological triggers in all of us. With simple clarity, he shows you the secrets to harnessing the power of human behavior by increasing your emotional intelligence and psychological sensitivity and equips you with intuitive frameworks and tools to better understand how people are inspired. This single resource is all you need to inspire individuals, large groups, and entire organizations―and as you’ll see inside, the key is knowing when and how to apply this influential toolbox for optimal value. If you don’t consider yourself a “people person,” this guide is especially for you because the behaviors to inspire can be taught. All the material inside comes to life in the fictional parable of a leader at an international health-care corporation, including:

• What inspirational leadership is, why it works, and how to use it
• How to identify a person’s emotions and values and tap into them to inspire action
• How to inspire entire organizations to action

When Execution Isn’t Enough empowers you with the knowledge and soft skills to lead through inspiration and accelerate change at scale.

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Great leadership drives organizational health and performance. So what makes a great leader? A special research initiative by McKinsey & Company analyzed twenty leadership behaviors to learn that it takes "top down leadership" to keep organizations out of trouble, and great execution to build strong organizations. However, "top down leadership" and execution are not sufficient to build great organizations. To build great organizations—organizations that innovate, outperform competitors, engage their members, attract great talent, and outperform investors' expectations—one more ingredient is needed: inspiring leadership.

Identifying the leadership behaviors that inspire excellence and drive growth with research-based insight is nothing short of catching lightning in a bottle, and no one is more qualified to present the groundbreaking findings than McKinsey's own head of leadership development, Claudio Feser. Inspiring people comes down to keying into the neurological and psychological triggers in all of us. With simple clarity, he shows you the secrets to harnessing the power of human behavior by increasing your emotional intelligence and psychological sensitivity and equips you with intuitive frameworks and tools to better understand how people are inspired. This single resource is all you need to inspire individuals, large groups, and entire organizations—and as you'll see inside, the key is knowing when and how to apply this influential toolbox for optimal value. If you don't consider yourself a "people person," this guide is especially for you because the behaviors to inspire can be taught. All the material inside comes to life in the fictional parable of a leader at an international health-care corporation, including:

• What inspirational leadership is, why it works, and how to use it
• How to identify a person's emotions and values and tap into them to inspire action
• How to inspire entire organizations to action

When Execution Isn't Enough empowers you with the knowledge and soft skills to lead through inspiration and accelerate change at scale.