The Five Pillars of Leadership During Transition
Gebonden Engels 2026 1e druk 9781041425786Samenvatting
This book explores the essential pillars of leadership during transition to help leaders effectively manage the tension between protecting core values and achieving goals while responding flexibly to changing circumstances.
Jakob van Wielink demonstrates how to transform the five most common failure factors – Bonding, Risk, Conflict, Change and Calling – into powerful principles for successful transition. Based on his own experience, using the latest scientific research, and enriched by compelling examples from world literature and philosophy, the author encourages the reader to embark on their own leadership development journey in preparation for the diverse roles they will fulfil in life. Throughout, the book offers indispensable perspectives, personal reflections, and concrete tools that challenge the reader to deepen and strengthen their own leadership.
This book is for current and existing leaders looking to enhance their own leadership skills to lead with influence, impact and results. It will also be of interest to students of management and leadership, particularly those with an interest in identity and change management.
Specificaties
Lezersrecensies
Inhoudsopgave
Preface by Yvonne Burger
Prologue
Where Leadership Begins
My Own Journey and the Pillars
Leadership Is an Invitation to Embark on a Journey
Bonding: The Power of Genuine Connection
Risk: Dare to Grow
Conflict: The Invitation of Difference
Change: Lasting Effect Requires Transition
Calling: Knowing Who You Are and What You Stand For
I'm Going on a Trip and I'm Bringing...
The First Pillar: Bonding
Bonding Starts with Connectedness
Self-image
Person Effect
Leadership and Parenting
Dialogue as an Empathetic Encounter
Dialogue and Safety
Embodied Dialogue
Listening and Suspending Judgment
Paraphrase
Listening and Asking Questions
Listening and Silence
Intimacy and Closeness
Recognition and Appreciation
Key Insights to Take Away
Three Questions for Leaders
The Second Pillar: Risk
Boundary Experiences
Secure Bases
Mind's Eye and Learning
Mindset
Place and Position
Inspiration
Sources of Inspiration
Hope and Disappointment
Power and Authority
Ethical Aspects of Power
Vulnerability and Postponing Risks
Important Insights for the Journey
Three Questions for Leaders
The Third Pillar: Conflict
The Fish on the Table
Boundary Encounters
The Origin of Our Discomfort
Excellence and Psychological Safety
The Window of Excellence
Psychological Safety
Misunderstandings About Psychological Safety
The Paradox of Safety
Conflict and Fighting
Being the Hero?
Conflict and Energy
Conflict as a Mirror
Making Conflict Productive
Forgiveness
(Self) Forgiveness
Back to Conflict
Important Insights for the Journey
Three Questions for Leaders
The Fourth Pillar: Change
Threshold Experiences and Border Crossings
Liminality
The Desert
Saying Goodbye
Don't Look Back?
Bearers of Meaning
Shaping Rituals
Unloading and Reconnecting with Hot Soup After the Pandemic
Gathering Around the Campfire
A Meaningful Farewell to a Colleague
Collective Transition Rituals in Difficult Times
Daily Rituals as Small Transitions
Crisis
Spirituality and Transition
Resistance
Important Insights for the Journey
Three Questions for Leaders
The Fifth Pillar: Calling
Your Calling and Your Leadership Journey
Calling and Roles
Discovering your calling
Not the Easiest Path
Trials by Fire
Calling, Community, and Organization
Calling and Secure bases
Legacy
Identity
Men and Women’s Unique Leadership Journeys
Burnout Is a Crisis of Calling
Meaning
Freeing Yourself to Lead from Your Calling
At the End of This Journey—A New Beginning
Important Insights for the Journey
Three questions for the leader
Epilogue
Rubrieken
- advisering
- algemeen management
- coaching en trainen
- communicatie en media
- economie
- financieel management
- inkoop en logistiek
- internet en social media
- it-management / ict
- juridisch
- leiderschap
- marketing
- mens en maatschappij
- non-profit
- ondernemen
- organisatiekunde
- personal finance
- personeelsmanagement
- persoonlijke effectiviteit
- projectmanagement
- psychologie
- reclame en verkoop
- strategisch management
- verandermanagement
- werk en loopbaan