Provides you with a significant competitive advantage by preparing you for leadership in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) business environment

Introduction PART ONE The objective world of 'doing' ('IT') 01 The escalating leadership challenges in the VUCA worldBusiness then compared to business now
The swing to shareholder value
Disastrous shift from real market return to expected future return
Technological acceleration
The risk and the opportunity in the VUCA environment
Consequences of 1D emphasis on 'IT' dimension
The responsibility virus
'Buckeroo management'02 Vertical development in the 'IT' dimensionThe performance curve
Performance management is hampered by the mis-measurement of talent
Common pitfalls in assessing leadership behaviour
Vertical development of the behaviour line of development
The 11 performance-driving behaviours
Level of competency within the 11 behaviours
Developing performance-driving behaviours and behavioural constructs
Increasing effectiveness in the exterior world of 'IT'
Active pressure and polarity management
Holacratic or effective governance
Network analysis
Action stepsPART TWO The subjective world of 'being'03 Vertical development of the 'I' dimensionThe integrated performance model
Leadership is an inside job - the power of 'I'
The role of physiology on leadership
Coherence as the vertical development springboard
How to cultivate your interior world of 'I'
Physical skills
Personal skills
Identifying your purpose
The appreciation skill
Action steps04 The untapped potential of adult maturityIdentity and the disease of meaning
The road to salvation: forget, distract or mature?
Adult ego maturity
Child to adult to mature adult
The leadership maturity profile (LMP)
Focus on what matters
Action steps

PART THREE The inter-personal world of 'relating' 05 Vertical development of the 'WE' dimensionWe are defined by our relationships
Relationships are tough
Spiral dynamics and the evolution of value systems
Using spiral dynamics to better understand yourself and others
How to cultivate the interpersonal world of 'WE'
The MAP skill
Appreciation of others' skill
Action steps06 The secret of successful relationships in the 'WE' dimensionPerspective taking
Ego maturity and perspective taking
Why 2nd person perspective is so rare
Getting into 2nd person perspective
Leadership behaviours and perspective taking
Team development
Effective feedback
Intention and impact
The MAP skill and relationship cache
Dimensions of feedback
Customizing the feedback
Network analysis revisited
Action stepsConclusion References
Index