Character Insights for a Regenerative Future : : 5 Leadership Superpowers to Drive Growth, Innovation and the Future of Work.

• Author: Steenkamp, Paul.
• TeilnehmendeR: Meeson, Tanya.
• Place / Publishing House: Randburg : : Knowledge Resources,, 2022.; ©2022.
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (174 pages)

Table of Contents

Cover -- Title Page -- ENDORSEMENTS -- Copyright Page -- Full Title Page -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ABOUT THE AUTHORS -- PREFACE -- PART 1: THE GROUNDWORK -- Reality bites -- Poking the giant -- So why even bother? -- Why not? -- Working on the ecosystem, not just in it -- What is the ecosystem? -- Implementation: The ecosystem's health status indicator -- Working on the right problem: innovate the system -- Character might crack the culture code -- Character: A hypothesis -- Character is not personality -- Character trumps talent, skills and expertise -- The culture DNA of your business is set first by the character traits of the founders and then the management team -- Bad character is a rot that spreads -- Good character creates high-trust relationships -- Forging high-trust relationships depends on good character -- Looking forward to the 21st century -- The case for character -- Being a leader of high character affects your bottom line -- Down the rabbit hole with the dirty hands -- PART 2: CHARACTER: UNPACKING THE DNA OF ORGANISATIONAL INNOVATION -- 1. Intellectual humility -- Innovation doesn't need your ego involved -- The ability to collaborate -- Harnessing the power of the collective -- It's how you get buy-in -- It's how you get alignment -- And then the real work begins… -- The ability to change -- Grendel's Mom - leadership and the status quo -- Taking off the armour -- The ability to learn -- It's all spaghetti -- 2. Grit -- How purpose and perseverance affect your innovation game -- Purpose: The intrinsic motivation that drives innovation -- 'It's what gets me out of bed in the morning.' -- Collective purpose in the corporate innovation space -- Into the future -- Perseverance: The time and patience for taking the long view -- Leadership and perseverance -- The Long-Term Stock Exchange.

Levels of work and the long-term leadership game -- Chicken or Pig -- 3. Other-centredness -- How not being a jerk benefits innovation -- Other-centredness is a long-term strategy -- Trust me, this is totally going to hurt a bit -- Building trust - one step at a time -- It's not as easy as it looks -- The servant leader -- Between the old guard and the new -- Who are we serving? -- But what does it matter? -- It takes a whole lot of courage -- Good relationships -- Social intelligence for innovation -- Diversity can be a beautiful foundation for great relationships -- 4. Growth mindset -- The power to see further and do more -- The ability to see beyond -- The value of a leadership growth mindset for innovation -- Rate of learning -- Curiosity and what's next -- How to be curious -- Curiosity for the people -- Creativity -- Creativity responds to context -- Is it possible in your organisation? -- 5. Empathy -- Going where few business leaders dare to tread -- What is empathy exactly? -- Empathy, people and innovation -- Empathy and your 'internal customer' -- The value of empathy in the ecosystem -- Empathy supports progress over perfection -- Getting the best out of your people -- It collapses the gap -- Empathy and your leadership capacity -- Practicing empathy -- Get a mentor -- Learn how to listen -- Show appreciation -- PART 3: THE TREASURE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD -- Outsourcing the journey for a cookie-cutter product -- Your organisation is its own Superman -- Be realistic about your treasure -- Getting the right people in -- How do we measure character? -- Painting a picture of character -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.