The Executive Leadership Trilogy, Step by Step for 2027

Gives senior leaders practical, step-by-step methods for the three jobs at the top: leading yourself, leading a senior team of managers and leading a whole organisation.

Who it's for

Senior managers, directors, executive committee members and chief executives, and anyone about to step into one of those roles. Volume 1 deals with you as an individual, Volume 2 with the senior team of managers who report to you, and Volume 3 with the whole organisation and the people who hold it to account. Each volume stands on its own, but they are designed to be read in order.

What you'll learn

• Diagnose the situation you have inherited with Michael Watkins's STARS model and turn it into a one-page 90-day plan with early wins
• Manage your energy across four dimensions (after Loehr and Schwartz), triage decisions by reversibility and impact, and learn from experience with Kolb's learning cycle
• Turn your direct reports into a real team (after Katzenbach and Smith), delegate whole areas of decision with a delegation board (after Jurgen Appelo) and give candid feedback using Kim Scott's Radical Candor
• Resolve conflict between senior colleagues, make the hard call on a director who is not succeeding and build a succession bench with a readiness ladder
• Craft a vision people can repeat (after Collins and Porras) and close the gap between plans and action with intent briefs and back-briefs, drawing on Stephen Bungay
• Shape culture through leadership signals (after Edgar Schein), run today's business while building tomorrow's, and map the leadership passages of Charan, Drotter and Noel
• Lead through a crisis with a Gold, Silver and Bronze command structure, work with your board on a "no surprises" basis and test significant decisions against four ethical questions

What's inside

• 190 pages, 3 volumes · 24 chapters
• Three PDF volumes: Leading Yourself (65 pages), Leading Teams (63 pages) and Leading the Organisation (62 pages)
• Every chapter follows the same pattern: key concepts, a step-by-step method, an illustrative example from a fictional UK organisation, a ready-to-use tool, common mistakes, a key-steps recap and a "Try it" exercise to apply the chapter to your own work
• An action plan in each volume, with checklists: 30-60-90 day plans in Volumes 1 and 2 and a 12-month plan in Volume 3, plus a glossary in every volume
• PDF in A4 format — read on screen or print
• Instant download after purchase

Contents

Volume 1: Leading Yourself

1. Taking Charge in a Senior Role
2. Writing Your Leadership Purpose
3. Seeing Your Blind Spots
4. Setting Your Executive Agenda
5. Managing Your Energy, Not Just Your Time
6. Making the Calls Only You Can Make
7. Building a Reflective Practice
8. Building Your Personal Board and Resilience

Volume 2: Leading Teams

1. Turning Your Direct Reports into a Real Team
2. Assessing the Talent on Your Team
3. Delegating Outcomes, Not Tasks
4. Giving Feedback to Senior People
5. Resolving Conflict Between Your Direct Reports
6. Building Your First Team Across Silos
7. Making the Hard Call on a Senior Colleague
8. Building Your Succession Bench

Volume 3: Leading the Organisation

1. Crafting a Vision People Can Repeat
2. Closing the Gap Between Plans and Action
3. Shaping Culture Through Leadership Signals
4. Running Today’s Business While Building Tomorrow’s
5. Building the Leadership Pipeline
6. Leading Through a Crisis
7. Leading with Your Board and Key Stakeholders
8. Leading Responsibly at Scale

Part of The Business Library

This title is one of the 55 ebooks in The Business Library, available together for £109 (worth £1,437 if bought separately: the total of the individual prices of the included titles in our store). It is also included in The Ultimate Business Bundle, which adds 8 checklists and toolkits and 10 workbooks — all 73 products for £147.