{"product_id":"optimal-leadership-wilf-blackburn-9781068718533","title":"Optimal Leadership: Reflections of a Serial CEO","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"After reading this book you will be armed with the tools and questions to succeed but above all with\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ethe confidence and clear-mindedness to tackle the task.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003eProfessor Andrew Scott, London Business\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSchool\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe high profile of a Chief Executive Officer, and the strong results of the best-performing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebusinesses, give an impression that business leadership constitutes the art of maximising: of short-\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eterm revenues, of pace of change, of employee engagement. Serial CEO Wilf Blackburn explains how\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eeffective organisational leadership involves an optimal blend of apparent opposites: humility and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003econfidence, delegation and decisiveness, reliability and innovative capability. This builds a culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethat combines high performance and psychological safety.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSuch findings are not new - yet they are not universally applied. Optimal Leadership includes a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ediscussion on why progress on implementing the evidence base for the high-performing workplace\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas been patchy. He addresses the real difficulties a CEO faces, and offers practical advice on how to\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eimplement the principles. In an age in which we have learned that resilience is as important as\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003einnovation, Optimal Leadership is an essential guide.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cstrong\u003eReading Optimal Leadership is like sitting down and having a conversation on how to become a\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003egreat CEO .... You get decades of experience in a single read.\"\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDean M Schroeder PhD, best-selling\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eauthor of Ideas are Free\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Wilf Blackburn\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1068718536\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781068718533\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Breakthrough Books Collective Ltd\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/02\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.48lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.38d","brand":"Wilf Blackburn","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47637406187775,"sku":"9781068718533","price":34.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8289f5da-984f-429b-bd5b-2cedb60e90a5.jpg?v=1765115999","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/optimal-leadership-wilf-blackburn-9781068718533","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}