The I of Leadership: Strategies for Seeing, Being and Doing Hardback - 2013 - 1st Edition

THIS IS THE LEADERSHIP BOOK YOU HAVE TO READ: A BARN-STORMING NEW TAKE ON WHAT MAKES A VERSATILE, INTEGRATED AND EFFECTIVE LEADER.

Using stories and examples from the lives of leaders, (from the sports stadium to the White House to the office of the CEO), Nicholson shows vividly how the capacity of leaders to see what others do not see frames their actions and allows them to transform, build, destroy, or stabilize. Leaders fail through lack of insight - into themselves and into the worlds they inhabit.

The strategic challenge of leadership is to find the right balance between impact and versatility and the successful crafting of an identity that merges the leader and the surrounding culture or 'zeitgeist'.

This book resonates with insights and searching questions on the nature of human leadership. It will be an invaluable guide to managers, consultants and people everywhere.

"Each leader has a story but it is a story in progress, a story that probably could be written in different ways. Behind the story is what Nigel calls the "I" of Leadership: the consciousness of the leaders, their self management and strategy. The book is not about global leaders and celebrities, it is about all of us because we all experience that 'Moment', the Leadership Moment when we have to act."
MO IBRAHIM, FOUNDER, CELTEL AND CHAIRMAN OF THE MO IBRAHIM FOUNDATION

"Three comments on this wonderful book: #1. Beware. If you pick up it, you will not put it down. #2. Pick it up. You will learn a lot. Who you are as leader will change (because you will know more about leadership) and 'Who you are matters. What you do with who you are matters even more.' (from Chapter 1). #3. Don't wait. Our world is never going to slow down but you can get ahead of the curve with what you learn here."
J. KEITH MURNIGHAN, HAROLD H. HINES JR. DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT, KELLOGG SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY AND AUTHOR OF DO NOTHING! HOW TO STOP OVERMANAGING AND BECOME A GREAT LEADER