Reviewed by Rama Gaind.
By Wendy Born, Major Street Publishing, $29.95.
“Complexity hurts my brain.” This is an honest admission by leadership expert Wendy Born. She points out that she’s “simple” and whenever she works with a leader or leadership team she will “never give them anything complex or too hard to implement”.
“Wherever possible I look for simple and easy ways to apply techniques and tools because if something’s too hard it will never get done,” Wendy says. That’s why this book is designed to be a practical handbook.
“You’ll find simple tools and techniques that don’t take an age to practise, or hours and hours to master. Rather, they are simple and effective actions you can start taking today that will change how you lead, forever.”
Start by understanding the journey of leadership, discover the six languages and learn how to balance each of them that fall under the categories of active, directive and perceptive.
The point is: managing relationships positively, effectively and productively starts with you. “You don’t have control over others, but you do over yourself … your words, actions, behaviours … that is your leadership challenge”.
Born draws on more than 25 years of experience in corporate and management roles, showing how to make small changes with a big impact.
Form your own style and brand to ensure you have the skills to influence and lead in today’s workplace. When you learn to balance the languages of leadership you start to get yourself noticed, to manage anyone at any level and to build your reputation in the market.
Who is responsible for managing relationships positively, effectively and productively? If your answer is correct, then you could win one of two personally signed copies of The Languages of Leadership. Entries should be sent to [email protected] by Monday, 6 April 2020. Names of the winners will be announced in Frank Cassidy’s PS-sssst…! column on 7 April 2020.
