Future-Ready Leadership : Strategies for the Fourth Industrial Revolution.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1. Leadership for the Fourth Industrial Revolution -- What Is the Fourth Industrial Revolution? -- A (Very) Brief History of the 4IR -- What Does the 4IR Mean for Leaders, Followers, and Organizations? -- Smart, Connected Leadership: A Strategy for Collaborative Advantage -- Toward a Smart, Connected Model of Leadership -- Let the Journey Begin -- Chapter 2. Presence -- Future-Ready Leadership Demands Presence -- Smart, Connected Presence of Mind -- The Captain's Leadership Presence -- Should We Believe the Captain's Story? -- How to Cultivate Presence in Self -- Minding Your Presence of Mind -- Struggling with Presence? Put on Your SCARF -- Cultivating Presence in Others -- Peer-to-Peer Dialogue -- Wanted: More Deep Dialogue -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 3. Agility -- Future-Ready Leaders Are Responsive and Agile -- What Is Velocity? -- Some Sobering Statistics about Workplace Disruption -- Becoming an Agile, High-Velocity Leader -- What Are the Benefits of Speed? -- What Are the Risks of Too Much Speed? -- Mastering Direction in an Age of Uncertainty -- The Paradox of Acceleration -- Connecting Speed, Direction, and Acceleration -- Measuring Your High-Velocity Capabilities -- Preparing Followers for High-Velocity Change -- A How-To Guide for Getting Followers Ready for High-Velocity Change -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 4. Collaboration -- The Case for Collaborative Advantage -- Collaborative Advantage Requires Upskilling Team Leaders and HR -- Why Collaborative Leaders Are So Hard to Find -- A Smarter Collaboration Framework -- Collaboration Myths -- Seven Elements of Smart Collaboration -- The Seven Elements of Smart Collaboration Alignment Audit -- Deeper Diagnosis of Dimitri's Dilemma -- The Smart Collaboration From/To Table -- Developing a Collaborative Mindset.

Beyond an Empowerment Mindset -- Transforming Mindset Thought Experiment -- Cultivating Collaborative Partnerships -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 5. Development -- A Solution for Our Broken Approaches to Development -- The Five Principles of Deep Development -- Using Deep Development to Create a Future-Ready Organization -- Findings from Report #1 -- Findings from Report #2 -- From Raising Awareness to Designing a Deep Development Approach -- Step 1: Build a Deep Development Strategy -- Step 2: Develop a Plan to Implement Your Deep Development Strategy -- Step 3: Conduct a Deep Development Inventory and Audit -- Step 4: Starting Small Is Better Than Not Starting at All -- Step 5: Measure for Success -- Chapter Summary -- Chapter 6. Discernment -- What Is Discernment? -- Two Models: Simple Decision Making versus Discernment -- The Value of Discernment? -- The ABCs of Discernment -- Discernment Skill Building -- Improving Discernment Efficiency and Effectiveness -- Chapter Summary -- Conclusion: Leading in the New Frontier -- Appendix: Future-Proofing Strategies Tool Kit -- Notes -- Index.

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