Fit for the Leadership Challenge

The 17 Keys Leaders Need to Win Big in High-Risk Environments

Casey J. Bedgood

• Publisher: Productivity Press
• Year: 2022
• ISBN:
  9781000787481
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: Business Skills
• Index: Business

The key to effective leadership is being fit for the challenge. Leadership is a perpetual boxing match in many respects in which preparation, stamina and skill are required. Only the strongest survive. Every decision and tollgate along the career journey is laden with risk. Those leaders who harness risk to their advantage will land the knockout punch in every fight. The only question is how many leaders will be fit enough for the challenge?

The purpose of this book is to provide insight on how risk impacts every aspect of leadership, including the mundane, routine and nonglamorous aspects of leadership. This is important because often the small things can easily turn into big disruptors. Moreover, the end goal is to equip leaders with a journey map and quick guide to win in high-risk environments. Change is the new normal and only constant in today's world. As change increases, so will risk and its subsequent impacts on humanity. This includes leaders, organizations and customers. No one is exempt.

In this book, readers learn how to:

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• Determine which career battles to fight and which ones to avoid

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• Prepare to fight the unavoidable challenges along the career journey

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• Leverage risk to choose the right leaders for the team

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• Leverage risk to invest time wisely and avoid wasting it

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• Leverage risk to predict, identify and resolve leadership burnout

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• Risk assess leadership credentials so only those that produce a return are added to the portfolio

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• Risk assess performance outcomes so the path ahead is smooth sailing instead of a rough ride

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• Leverage risk so high performance is a reality instead of a pipe dream

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• Leverage risk to find the right leadership sponsor

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Author
• Introduction
• 1 Leveraging Risk to Determine Organizational Efficiency: Is High Performance a Reality or a Pipe Dream?
• 2 Is Finding the Right Leadership Sponsor Risky Business?
• 3 Leadership Guide to Maximizing Career Value Potential
• 4 The Risk of a Leadership Brand: Is It a Stamp of Approval or Scarlet Letter?
• 5 The Risk of Investing Time
• 6 Is Variation High-Risk Poker or a Sure Bet?
• 7 Is Decision-Making a Risky Proposition?
• 8 Is Positive Leadership Reporting a Risky Proposition?
• 9 Leveraging Risk to Grow Organizational Hierarchy: Is It Value Added or a Waste of Resources?
• 10 Risk Assessing Succession Planning: Is the Talent Pipeline Full or All Dried Up?
• 11 Risk Assessing Leadership Credentials: Is It a Game Changer or Just Another Plaque on the Wall?
• 12 Risk Assessing Leadership Burnout: Is the Tank Full or Running on Fumes?
• 13 Risk Assessing Leadership Outcomes: Are We On Track or Off Target?
• 14 Leveraging Risk to Find the Right Fit: Remote or In-Person Work?
• 15 When the Early Bird Misses the Worm: Signals of When to Promote, Not to Promote and Transition Leaders Out
• 16 Out With the Old, In With the New: Expected Roles of the Top Leader for the 2020s and Beyond
• 17 Leveraging Maturity Models as Operational Truth Serum
• Conclusion
• Index