Cracking the Leadership Code

Book 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.

Table of contents

  1. COVER
  2. INTRODUCTION
    1. MIRED IN MEDIOCRITY
    2. THE PURPOSE OF CRACKING THE LEADERSHIP CODE
    3. KEYS TO READING THIS BOOK
    4. THE STORY BEHIND MY STORY
    5. CRACKING THE CODE
    6. LET'S GET CRACKING
  3. Part I: CONTEXT
    1. Chapter 1: BECOMING A BETTER LEADER
      1. CONNECTION
      2. COMMUNICATION
      3. COLLABORATION
      4. LOOKING IN THE MIRROR
      5. FOCUS ON THE FUNDAMENTALS
    2. Chapter 2: YOUR INHERITED LEADERSHIP LEGACY
      1. A BRIEF HISTORY OF LEADERSHIP IN ORGANIZATIONS
      2. THE TAYLOR APPROACH TO LEADERSHIP
      3. WHY COMMAND AND CONTROL ENDURED
      4. SCIENTIFIC MANAGEMENT'S INFLUENCE ON BUSINESS SCHOOLS
      5. THE LEGACY STOPS PAYING DIVIDENDS
    3. Chapter 3: WHY OLD-SCHOOL LEADERSHIP STOPPED WORKING
      1. MEGATREND 1: GLOBAL AFFLUENCE AND CHOICE
      2. MEGATREND 2: COMPUTERIZATION
      3. MEGATREND 3: TRANSPARENCY
      4. THE LEADER OF THE FUTURE
  4. Part II: CONNECTION
    1. Chapter 4: EMPATHY
      1. WHAT IS EMPATHY?
      2. LEADERSHIP BENEFITS OF EMPATHY
    2. Chapter 5: EMPATHY
      1. CHALLENGES TO LEADING WITH EMPATHY
      2. FACING THE CHALLENGES TO BUILD EMPATHY
      3. BECOMING A CONNECTED LEADER
    3. Chapter 6: BUILDING YOUR CREDIBILITY
      1. THE GIFT OF LEADERSHIP
      2. LEADERSHIP IS A ONE-ON-ONE RELATIONSHIP
      3. HONESTY
      4. SHOWING UP ON TIME
      5. DOING WHAT YOU SAY YOU WILL DO
      6. BEING CONSISTENT
      7. COMMITMENT CREATES CREDIBILITY
  5. Part III: COMMUNICATION
    1. Chapter 7: THE CONFUSING CONUNDRUM OF COMMUNICATION
      1. CATASTROPHIC COMMUNICATION
      2. OBSTACLES TO COMMUNICATING WELL
    2. Chapter 8: CRACKING THE COMMUNICATION CODE
      1. COMMUNICATION GONE WRONG
      2. THE RIGHT WAY TO COMMUNICATE
      3. RAISE YOUR COMMUNICATION GAME
  6. Part IV: COLLABORATION
    1. Chapter 9: MOTIVATION
      1. UNDERSTANDING THE DRIVERS OF MOTIVATION
      2. THE SECRET ABOUT MOTIVATION
    2. Chapter 10: LEADING BY DESIGN
      1. MOTIVATIONAL DESIGN
      2. HUMAN NEEDS
      3. MEETING THE PRIMARY NEEDS
    3. Chapter 11: LEADING BY DESIGN
      1. PERFORMANCE NEED 1: PURPOSE
      2. PERFORMANCE NEED 2: OWNERSHIP
      3. SATISFYING PERFORMANCE NEEDS SATISFIES PERFORMANCE
    4. Chapter 12: CREATING GREAT EMPLOYEE EXPERIENCES
      1. WHAT IS AN EXPERIENCE?
      2. WHAT DOES CUSTOMER EXPERIENCE HAVE TO DO WITH LEADERSHIP?
      3. THE POWER OF PEAK MOMENTS
      4. LEAVE THEM WITH A WOW EXPERIENCE
      5. MASTERING GREAT EXPERIENCES: GENERATE POSITIVE EMOTION
      6. MASTERING GREAT EXPERIENCES: CREATING DELIGHT
      7. TAILORING A PERSONALIZED EXPERIENCE
    5. Chapter 13: MAKING THINGS SIMPLE
      1. THE SIMPLE ADVANTAGE
      2. MEETINGS
      3. EMAIL
      4. SUMMING UP SIMPLE
  7. EPILOGUE
    1. THE MYTH OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
    2. THE POWER OF SMALL CHANGES
    3. YOU'RE AS READY AS YOU NEED TO BE
  8. NOTES
    1. INTRODUCTION
    2. CHAPTER 1
    3. CHAPTER 2
    4. CHAPTER 3
    5. PART II
    6. CHAPTER 4
    7. CHAPTER 5
    8. CHAPTER 6
    9. PART III
    10. CHAPTER 7
    11. CHAPTER 8
    12. PART IV
    13. CHAPTER 9
    14. CHAPTER 10
    15. CHAPTER 11
    16. CHAPTER 12
    17. CHAPTER 13
    18. EPILOGUE
  9. BIBLIOGRAPHY
  10. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  11. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  12. INDEX
  13. END USER LICENSE AGREEMENT

Product information

  • Title: Cracking the Leadership Code
  • Author(s): Alain Hunkins
  • Release date: March 2020
  • Publisher(s): Wiley
  • ISBN: 9781119675549