Toolkit for Turbulence

Introduction

This book will give you deep practical insights into the thinking, behaviours and tools of leaders who thrive in times of turbulence. You will hear about the fundamental mindsets that can make or break people and teams during disruption. You will learn how to recalibrate your thinking to suit a continually disrupted world. You will be introduced to frameworks to form, build and accelerate the performance and wellbeing of your team, and learn how to scale this approach across your life, team and enterprise.

This is not a theoretical or academic book, and neither is it a typical management or self-help guide. The ideas covered are drawn from the experiences of highly successful leaders who are navigating the emotional roller coaster of the pandemic and its aftermath. They have coached, cared for and built high-performing teams. They have rebounded from setbacks such as cyber-attacks, supply chain disruption and massive budget shortfalls, and pivoted then pivoted again when the unimaginable has become the inevitable.

Their mindset and leadership toolkit helped them to be the best leaders they could be and to coach others to unlock their potential at a time when the default response for many was to be more defensive and protective. If you are reading this book, our guess is you'd also like to bring your best self to leadership, when and where it is needed, and to unlock the potential of the people, teams and enterprises you lead. In short, you want to be an advantage ...