Leadership OS The Operating System You Need to Succeed
Based on years of original research, this book controversially counters almost every existing leadership model and approach.It shows how as leaders rise to senior levels, their roles become less about doing things that directly drive results and more abou
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Leadership OS The Operating System You Need to Succeed
Leadership OS
Nik Kinley · Shlomo Ben-Hur
Leadership OS The Operating System You Need to Succeed
Nik Kinley Woking, UK
Shlomo Ben-Hur Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland
ISBN 978-3-030-27292-0 ISBN 978-3-030-27293-7 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-27293-7 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To our families —Connie, Lukas, Robin, Daniel & Arielle— for being the OSs that enabled us to do this, and pretty much everything else for that matter.
Preface
This book is the third part of a trilogy. The first, Talent Intelligence, was published in 2013. The second, Changing Employee Behaviour, was published two years later, in 2015. Now, nearly five years on, we have the last part. We did not mean to write a trilogy. It just happened that way. In Talent Intelligence, we explored how businesses can identify and measure talent. One of the ideas that emerged as we wrote the book was the critical role that context plays in determining whether someone is successful or not. We described the research showing that talent is not always transferable: just because you are a good fit for one role or business does not mean that you will be a good fit for another. And we ended up challenging the idea that there is such a thing as ‘world-class’ leaders, who can succeed anytime, anyplace, anywhere. In Changing Employee Behaviour, we turned to how leaders and businesses can develop and change people’s behaviour to improve performance. Again, we became interested in the role of context. We reve
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