John Wiley & Sons Inc Ruthlessly Caring: And Other Paradoxical Mindsets Leaders Need to be Future-Fit

Across all industries, leaders today are operating on shifting sands, trying to carve out success in a landscape that's constantly changing and highly uncertain. Aside from the disruptive effects of the pandemic, reports and forecasting data shows how 14 megatrends are reshaping the world we live in, creating a complex array of tensions for businesses leaders to navigate. These megatrends include advancing technology, climate change, rising inequality, and hyper connection via social media and they are forcing leaders to perform under an array of business tensions such as creating long-term value whilst delivering short-term targets, driving change whilst building stability, creating values-based belonging whilst celebrating difference, and protecting well-being whilst delivering high performance. For leaders to combat these forces they need to embrace paradoxical thinking into their day-to-day decision making. This book explores the five paradoxical mindsets leaders need to thrive in today's business landscape, outlining how performance hinges the ability to lead in a way that is:1. Ruthlessly caring2. Ambitiously appreciative3. Politically virtuous4. Confidently humble5. Responsibly daringTo become future-fit, the best leaders will learn to combine all of these different mindsets within their behavior in order to achieve success and leave a long-lasting legacy.