Broaden the Vision and Narrow the Focus

Today''s managers and leaders are faced with paralyzing challenges. There is never enough time or resources to get everything accomplished and every organization is constantly being pulled in multiple directions. Every decision has consequencessome immediate some longer-term. Add to these challenges the politics of corporate culture where issues of power influence and authority are constantly in play. Whether you are a CEO business owner department head team leader or in any other managerial position you need to learn how to navigate these treacherous shoalsto be flexible and decisive supportive and commanding tactical and strategic. In this fascinating analysis of business life James Lucas identifies over a dozen fundamental paradoxes of leadership and demonstrates how the greatest leaders embrace rather than avoid them. From exercise authority and share power to encourage cooperation and encourage conflict Lucas shows readers how to pursue seemingly incompatible goals simultaneously and thrive in a world of ambiguity. Whether you are formally in charge or find yourself in a position of de facto influence this book will open your mind to new ways of solving problems overcoming inertia and turning uncertainty into opportunity. For more information and resources please visit paradoxbasedleadership.Today''s leaders are faced with paralyzing challenges. There is never enough of anything to get everything accomplished. Every decision has consequencessome immediate some longer-term all serious. Every organization is constantly being pulled in multiple directions and our frustration can swell as we see value in all of them. One authority instructs us to take charge while another tells us to empower our employees. We''re instructed to challenge our people with high expectations and to allow for human error; to tightly align our organizations and to open them organizations up to all possibilities. We face one crippling dilemma after another. Are we going to do A or B? The answer is yes we''re going to do it all. We''re going to have high expectations and high tolerance; strong leadership that takes a back seat; crisp alignment with anarchic creativity. Whether you are a CEO division or department head team leader or entrepreneur you''re going to learn how to navigate these treacherous shoalsto be flexible and decisive supportive and commanding tactical and strategic. For more information and resources please visit paradoxbasedleadership.Great leaders understand that leadership is a both/and not an either/or game. In this groundbreaking book James Lucas demonstrates how to pursue seemingly incompatible goals and thrive in a world of ambiguity. You''ll see that while a paradox seems to require irreconcilable actions it is only an apparent contradiction. The value comes from seeing through the illusion. You will explore twenty fundamental paradoxes of leadership culture talent management and strategy. You''ll learn how to embrace rather than avoid these unavoidable paradoxes examine both sides find practical techniques for avoiding common pitfalls and ultimately discover creative solutions that reconcile apparently conflicting priorities. Whether you are formally in charge or find yourself in a position of de facto influence anywhere in your organization this book will open your mind to new ways of thinking and allow you to turn uncertainty into opportunity. You''ve always sensed that these paradoxes were there. With this book you''ll be able to bring them into the light and make them work for you.