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Leadership is a slippery concept. Researchers disagree on its essence, describing it variously as behaviours, character traits or styles. Effective leaders understand that we make meaning of our experiences by creating stories we believe to be true, but which are largely based on fragmentary evidence filtered through our biases, beliefs and dispositions.
Rewriting Leadership with Narrative Intelligence draws on a range of disciplines and scholarly traditions to build a compelling case for a new perspective on leadership, seeing it as a deeply embodied, intuitive skill of curating shared narratives, in influence relationships.
Defining narrative intelligence as 'our ability to evaluate the efficacy of the stories we create to serve our needs, our capacity to rewrite them, and the practical skill to take effective action', this book methodically outlines how leaders cultivate their own narrative intelligence to:
- Become the person they seek to be by aligning narratives and core values with actions
- Navigate through the challenging leadership space of populism and the erosion of traditional values
- Ethically curate the narrative others hold of them
- Strengthen self-efficacy, take more effective actions, and avoid stories which inadvertently undermine goals
- Communicate with trust and influence
- Build energy and alignment within teams by generating shared narratives
- Cultivate a culture of narrative intelligence
This book will prepare leaders to reshape their own and others' stories to be more aligned with achieving goals and wellbeing. It will prove a useful resource to undergraduates and post-graduates in courses on leadership and management, as well as organizational development consultants and senior executives.
Price: $111.99
Pages: 308
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication Date:
22 May 2019
ISBN: 9781787567764
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Leadership, Management: leadership & motivation, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Organizational Behavior, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Management
‘Many people live in a fixed narrative. Few people see themselves as the creators of their own culture. Leaders are rare people who learn to create genuine, shared narratives. In such networks people flourish and expectations are exceeded. This is a landmark book that explains how to do what many people cannot imagine doing.’
Greg Morgan, PhD, is an Executive Partner at Allora Leadership and Coaching, consulting in personalised, action-oriented leadership development. His concept of leading with narrative intelligence is a culmination of over thirty years' experience of research and experience in leadership positions in the education and corporate sectors.
Introduction
Part One. A Case for Narrative Intelligence
Part Two. The Practical Wisdom of Leading with Narrative Intelligence
Epilogue
Appendix