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Leadership Transitions
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Leadership Transitions

How Business Leaders Take Charge in New Roles

Richard Elsner and Bridget Farrands
Kogan Page, 2012

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6

Qualities

  • Analytical
  • Concrete Examples

Recommendation

Organizational consultant Richard Elsner and his colleagues investigated the forces that shape new leaders. Separately, consultant Bridget Farrands interviewed more than 50 freshly promoted senior leaders across various industries and identified their common experiences. In this book, they unite their ideas. getAbstract recommends this useful compendium of advice about leadership progression, even if it may prove somewhat academic for the general reader. The authors explain the “tensions of transition” and cite worthy tools for senior managers and executives to use as they move into higher roles.

Take-Aways

  • New leaders often struggle because they don’t understand why they haven’t performed as well as expected and why they haven’t received the support they anticipated.
  • They must recognize the difference between reality and “the myths of transition.”
  • Transitional myths include new leaders’ beliefs in organizational transparency and in their own ability to act fast to heal an ailing organization.

About the Authors

Organizational consultants and coaches Richard Elsner and Bridget Farrands co-founded The Turning Point, a consulting firm for leaders moving into new roles.

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