Leader's Guide to Emotional Agility (Emotional Intelligence), The

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Becoming a more effective and influential leader using the seven steps of EA

The contemporary leader – your challenges

In order to write an effective book on leading, it is important to take stock of what a contemporary leader’s world looks like. As a business school who works with thousands of leaders every year, we surveyed our clients, mostly senior executives, to assess what the real issues are that they, as leaders, are grappling with in post-recession times. The biggest challenges that emerged include globalisation, changing demographics, synergising acquisition capabilities to make global products and working effectively across cultures. Other issues that emerged are the building of creative and innovative environments in spite of shareholder ...