Myths of Leadership

Chapter - 00: Introduction; Section - ONE: We Know What Leadership Is; Chapter - 01: Myth 1 - We Know What Leadership Is; Chapter - 02: Myth 2 - The Perfect Leader; Chapter - 03: Myth 3 - Leadership is About Your Rank, Title or Position; Chapter - 04: Myth 4 - Managers are Leaders; Chapter - 05: Myth 5 - Leaders Know What Leadership Is; Chapter - 06: Myth 6 - The Founder is the Leader; Chapter - 07: Myth 7 - Leadership is Universal; Section - TWO: We Know What Leaders Do; Chapter - 08: Myth 8 - We Know What Leaders Do - Top Level Leaders; Chapter - 09: Myth 9 - We Know What Leaders Do - Your Leadership Journey; Chapter - 10: Myth 10 - Leaders Motivate their Followers; Chapter - 11: Myth 11 - Leaders Communicate Well; Chapter - 12: Myth 12 - Leaders are Decisive; Chapter - 13: Myth 13 - Leaders Set Goals and Give Directions; Chapter - 14: Myth 14 - Great Leaders Build Great Teams; Chapter - 15: Myth 15 - The Leader Knows What's Going On; Section - THREE: We Know What Leaders are Like - Character and Traits; Chapter - 16: Myth 16 - Leaders are Born, not Bred; Chapter - 17: Myth 17 - Leaders are Visionary; Chapter - 18: Myth 18 - Leaders are Charismatic and Inspirational; Chapter - 19: Myth 19 - Leaders are Honest; Chapter - 20: Myth 20 - Leaders are Brave; Chapter - 21: Myth 21 - The Leader is the Smartest Person in the Room; Chapter - 22: Myth 22 - The Best Leaders are Clever; Chapter - 23: Myth 23 - Male and Female Leaders are Different; Chapter - 24: Myth 24 - Psychopaths Succeed as Leaders; Chapter - 25: Myth 25 - Leaders are Reasonable; Chapter - 26: Myth 26 - An Effective Leader is a Skilled Leader; Section - FOUR: We Know How Leaders Succeed; Chapter - 27: Myth 27 - Leaders Succeed on Merit; Chapter - 28: Myth 28 - Leadership is About Survival of the Fittest; Chapter - 29: Myth 29 - It's Not What You Know But Who You Know; Chapter - 30: Myth 30 - Power Comes from Your Position; Chapter - 31: Myth 31 - Leaders Need Experience; Chapter - 32: Myth 32 - The First

Jo Owen is the only person to win the Chartered Management Institute Gold Medal three times for his best selling books which include How to Lead, Global Teams and The Mindset of Success. He has featured on CNN, Forbes, Fortune, Financial Times and many magazines and news media.
Jo practices what he preaches as a leader. He is founder of Teach First, the UK's largest graduate recruiter and seven other NGOs with combined turnover above £100 million. He has started a bank from scratch and built businesses in Japan, America and Europe. He was a partner at Accenture and the MAC Group and started his career at Procter & Gamble in brand management. His career highlights include becoming the best nappy salesman in Birmingham, putting the blue speckle in Daz and getting sued for $12 billion, when a billion was worth something.
He has also spent 20 years researching tribes from Mali to Mongolia, from the Arctic to Australia to Papua New Guinea and beyond to discover what businesses can learn from them about survival and success.
Jo is in demand as a coach and keynote speaker and can be reached at jo@ilead.guru