num_pages: 256
description: Too many companies are managed not by leaders, but by mere role players and faceless bureaucrats. What does it take to be a real leader—one who is confident in who she is and what she stands for, and who truly inspires people to achieve extraordinary results?Rob Goffee and Gareth Jones argue that leaders don’t become great by aspiring to a list of universal character traits. Rather, effective leaders are authentic: they deploy individual strengths to engage followers’ hearts, minds, and souls. They are skillful at consistently being themselves, even as they alter their behaviors to respond effectively in changing contexts.In this lively and practical book, Goffee and Jones draw from extensive research to reveal how to hone and deploy one’s unique leadership assets while managing the inherent tensions at the heart of successful leadership: showing emotion and withholding it, getting close to followers while keeping distance, and maintaining individuality while “conforming enough.” Underscoring the social nature of leadership, the book also explores how leaders can remain attuned to the needs and expectations of followers.Why Should Anyone Be Led By You? will forever change how we view, develop, and practice the art of leadership, wherever we live and work.
language: English
title: Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: What It Takes To Be An Authentic Leader
titlecomplete: Why Should Anyone Be Led by You?: What It Takes To Be An Authentic Leader
genres: Self Help, Management, Buisness, Personal Development, Psychology, Leadership, Nonfiction, Business
ratings_count: 636
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Financial Times Business Book of the Year
category: Longlist
publisher: Harvard Business Review Press