This is a ground-breaking book based on extensive research which challenges accepted ‘Norms’ and encourages fresh thought. In a book which is full of both insight and practical advice, Michael Williams defines the seven key competencies required for successful leadership in today’s environment. He has based his new book on over seven years’ work with over 2,500 senior managers in ten different companies in both Europe and USA. He establishes and explains the seven key competency dusters that matter most today: goal orientation, integrity, close engagement with others, ‘helicopter’ perception, resilient resourcefulness, personal ‘horcepower’ and resonant communications. He then demonstrates how, for ultimate success, these key competencies need to be linked closely to : Personal consistency, discipline and integrity, Intolerance of mediocrity, A concern to build mutual trust, Focused passion for the business, Recognition of the importance of emotional intelligence. He also shows how much talent lies untapped in many organizations and provides new and effective ideas for mobilizing all this potential.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Michael Williams
Michael Williams M.Sc. is an international management consultant who established his company, Michael Williams & Partners in 1979 and now works closely with associate companies in Geneva, Vienna and Copenhagen. He is also a director on the Board of British Ceramic Tile, based in Devon, in the UK. His main clients include leading Business Schools, e.g. IMD at Lausanne and the Theseus Institute, located in Nice, as well as several universities and a wide range of companies and consultancies throughout Europe, Canada and the United States. He is the author, or co-author, of many books in the field of leadership, management practice and organizational Psychology. His areas of specializaiton include senior executive development, the identification of leadership potential, transforming corporate culture and team development, using several unique and exclusive methods. He draws on over twenty years' managerial experience in the printing, iron and steel, engineering, automotive and ceramic industries, including roles in manufacturing, sales and marketing, HR and organization development. Mike is a member of the British Psychological Society, the Institute of Directors and the Association of Management Education and Development. He originally read psychology, with moral philosophy and subsequently took his M.Sc., by research, at The University of Aston, in the fields of influencing management performance and the identification of executive potential. He served full-time-and subsequently as a volunteer reservist-in teh Royal Navy and the Royal Marines.
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