The Financial Times Guide to Leadership

About the author
Author's acknowledgements
Publisher's acknowledgements
Foreword
Introduction
How to use this book

Part 1: What is leadership?
1. A definition of leadership
-Leadership in history
-The pathways to leadership
-The five key things leaders do
-Summary

2. Leadership today
-A fast-changing world
-New conundrums … new leaders
-Summary

Part 2: Finding the leader inside you
3. Building your self-awareness
-Finding the keys to your self
-Defining your personal leadership style
-Creating your own performance card
-Summary

4. Gaining self-confidence
-The three cornerstones of self-esteem
-Letting go of your fears
-Summary

5. Developing your leadership brand
-Building a powerful leadership brand
-Brand accelerators: charisma and gravitas
-Summary

Part 3: Leading and influencing – bringing others on the journey
6. Building your credibility as a leader
-Mastering career management
-Living by your values
-Authenticity and remaining true to yourself
-Summary

7. Leading teams
-Building rapport
-Motivation and setting objectives – getting the best out of your team
-Reward and recognition
-Summary

8. The art of influence
-Stakeholders, group dynamics and you
-Building networks and alliances
-Summary

Part 4: Building and executing your vision – from ideas to results
9. Building your vision
-Mission, vision, ideas and strategy: making sense of the melting pot
-How to create your vision
-Saying what you've got to say
-Summary

10. Cultivating your strategic thinking
-From vision to strategy – the translation exercise
-The pathway to superior strategic thinking
-Summary

11. Boosting your execution capabilities
-Better personal decision making
-Empowerment, accountability and change: the key concepts for delivering through others
-Summary
-Conclusion
-The leadership reading list

Appendix 1: Examples of an individual development plan and goals and objectives
Appendix 2: The basics of body language

Index