This book shows senior leaders how to leverage their unique personalities as an essential resource to help guide their organizations. Conventional leadership coaching approaches focus primarily on personal change, exploring the qualities that define successful leaders. But to truly play transformative and visionary roles within their organizations, C-suite and other senior leaders must accurately gauge their own strengths and weaknesses, and learn to identify and address the "shadow side" of their personality traits. This book offers a unique model for strategic leadership by encouraging leaders to think carefully about their personal leadership styles. The authors show readers how to use their Big Five personality profiles to identify their unique personality strengths, how to understand the personality styles of others they encounter in professional scenarios, and how to use this knowledge to steer their organizations to greater success. Becoming a Strategic Leader also provides guidelines for coaching staff, managing performance, creating an optimal work culture, and establishing best practices for planning and leadership in the workplace.
George W. Watts, MS, EdD, chairman of Top Line Talent, is a nationally recognized author, behavioral scientist, and senior executive. George delivers acclaimed leadership training programs throughout the world. He coaches CEOs on how to build and lead formidable "C" suite teams. Thousands of people have experienced his approach and commitment to teaching his powerful principles of professional development. Laurie Blazek, BS, MBA, president and CEO of Top Line Talent, is the cocreator of the associated online TLT leadership development program. Laurie has over 25 years of business development, marketing, and leadership experience at large multinational banks including JP Morgan, Citigroup, and Bank of America. She has held senior positions in a wide variety of financial services sectors including asset-backed finance, corporate and investment banking, leveraged finance, private banking, and financial advising. Visit their LinkedIn page at www.linkedin.com/company/top-line-talent and their website at www.tltcoaching.com.
Part I. Your Personality Introduction. The "Aha" Moment Chapter 1. Leadership Development Flaws Chapter 2. Self-Reflection and Assessment Chapter 3. Personality Traits Chapter 4. Your Top Two Traits Chapter 5. More on the Big Five Chapter 6. Head Versus Heart Chapter 7. Career Branding Chapter 8. Beware of the Shadow Chapter 9. Accurate Self-Knowledge Chapter 10. The Big Five - Recap Part II. Strategic Leadership Chapter 11. The Strategic Transacting Model Chapter 12. Your Platform Part III. Building Blocks of Strategic Leadership Chapter 13. Linguistics and Emotional Resonance Chapter 14. Emotional Intelligence Chapter 15. Interdependent Resonance Chapter 16. Listening Chapter 17. Improv and Body Language Exercises Chapter 18. How to Influence Behavior Chapter 19. Presentation Pointers Chapter 20. Call to Action Emails Part IV. Strategic Coaching Chapter 21. Your Leadership Style Chapter 22. Performance Management Chapter 23. Creating a Winning Culture Chapter 24. Coaching Habits and Practices Chapter 25. Team Building Conclusion Supportive References
