This book strips away the fluff in leadership and unveils and describes the traits and characteristics that actually determine high-performance leadership. These talents provide a template against which career-driven managers and leaders can assess and develop their own capabilities. The five evidence-based talent dimensions are: – Direction: High-performing leaders describe a compelling, intrinsically good destination and help others understand that getting there will be worth the effort. – Drive: This dimension hardly needs a description. We all know it when we see it: strong work ethic, tenacity, goal-orientation… being a self-starter. – Influence: The ability to motivate, persuade, challenge, and change the minds of others. – Relationships: People matter to outstanding leaders. They can build commitment and trust among the people they work with. – Execution: Excellent leaders are obsessed with getting work done and how work gets done. Through meticulous research, assessment, and testing, Conchie and Dalton have built a database that predicts the talents and behaviours of the most successful leaders. In this book they present for the first the first time a scientific model that demystifies the aura and complexity surrounding high performing leaders.
