Making Shift Happen

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Providing striking examples from her broad practice and experience, historical comparisons, human interactions, analytical schemes, and evidence-based methods, de Wit paints a picture of the road that leads to effective leadership.

Leadership is learnable. Furthermore, future developments within our organizations will be strongly influenced by our leadership effectiveness. In ten steps Margareth de Wit describes how, as a leader, you can train yourself to achieve desired transitions within your organization. Educated at INSEAD and Wharton, Margareth de Wit has a long and rich experience working at the top of international companies in the USA, India, the UK, and Africa, providing intensive leadership sessions to CEOs, commissioners, managers, and directors.

Margareth de Wit has inspired hundreds of professionals within the education sector to see themselves as playing the central role in providing better education through intelligent collaboration in self-managing school teams. Her experiences show that systematic attention to leadership and group dynamics creates organizations that are both successful and future-proof. Providing striking examples from her broad practice and experience, historical comparisons, human interactions, analytical schemes, and evidence-based methods, de Wit paints a picture of the road that leads to effective leadership. While this transition is never finished, it is nevertheless one that always leads to both personal and organizational improvement.

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Timeline, Foreword, Preface, Introduction: The playing field, Leadership and emotional contagion, Professional contagion on four levels, The balance between cognition and emotional engagement, Show your warmth before showing your competence, Is it better to be loved or to be competent as a leader? Leadership and your transition 1. Leadership 2. The sweet spot 3. The quest for the holy grail 4. Impact on the team5. Transforming the organization 6. Feedback as an engine for development 7. Leadership through the generations 8. Leadership male/female 9. Inclusive leadership 10. Making Shift Happen! Afterword, Notes, Bibliography.