Leading with Vulnerability: Unlock Your Greatest Superpower to Transform Yourself, Your Team, and Your Organization

Some of the world's top leaders unlock the potential of others, create trust, and lead through change by developing both competence and vulnerability, which Jacob calls "The Vulnerable Leader Equation." This book shares candid stories and research that show how leaders can tap into vulnerability to transform themselves, their teams, and their organizations. It also offers insights into what makes leaders feel most vulnerable at work and how to overcome it.

Format: Hardback
Length: 288 pages
Publication date: 03 October 2023
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc

How do some of the world's top leaders unlock the potential of others, create trust, and lead through change?

Jacob began his journey with a fundamental question: Is vulnerability the same for leaders as it is for everyone else? The answer, it turns out, is not. On August 20, 1991, Hollis Harris, the CEO of struggling Continental Airlines, addressed his 42,000 employees, urging them to pray for the company's future. The following day, he was fired. What Hollis did was vulnerable, but it was not leadership.

While vulnerability can cripple some leaders, others harness it and use it as a superpower. Vulnerability alone makes leaders appear incompetent. Competence alone can make it challenging for leaders to connect with their people. The key lies in developing both competence and vulnerability, what Jacob refers to as "The Vulnerable Leader Equation."

Based on over 100 CEO interviews and a survey of nearly 14,000 employees, renowned leadership thought leader and futurist Jacob Morgan shares candid stories and original research in this book that demonstrates how leaders can tap into vulnerability to transform themselves, their teams, and their organizations.

This book will reveal why leading with vulnerability is crucial and provide practical guidance on how to do it effectively. You will learn:

The difference between being vulnerable and leading with vulnerability.

The 5 vulnerable leader superheroes.

What makes leaders feel most vulnerable at work and why.

The Return on Investment (ROI) of leading with vulnerability.

The 8 attributes of vulnerable leaders.

What happens when vulnerability is used against you.

How to climb the "vulnerability mountain."

What keeps leaders from being vulnerable at work and how to overcome it.

Leading With Vulnerability is not just a book to share with leaders and co-workers. It is an invitation to a paradigm-shifting adventure. Nothing like this has ever been written before.

Weight: 568g
Dimension: 159 x 236 x 24 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781119895244