{"product_id":"rewriting-leadership-with-narrative-intelligence-greg-morgan-9781787567764","title":"Rewriting Leadership with Narrative Intelligence: How Leaders Can Thrive in Complex, Confusing and Contradictory Times","description":"Leadership is a slippery concept. Researchers disagree on its essence, describing it variously as behaviours, character traits or styles. Effective leaders understand that we make meaning of our experiences by creating stories we believe to be true, but which are largely based on fragmentary evidence filtered through our biases, beliefs and dispositions. \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRewriting Leadership with Narrative Intelligence\u003c\/i\u003e draws on a range of disciplines and scholarly traditions to build a compelling case for a new perspective on leadership, seeing it as a deeply embodied, intuitive skill of curating shared narratives, in influence relationships. \u003cbr\u003e Defining narrative intelligence as 'our ability to evaluate the efficacy of the stories we create to serve our needs, our capacity to rewrite them, and the practical skill to take effective action', this book methodically outlines how leaders cultivate their own narrative intelligence to: \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eBecome the person they seek to be by aligning narratives and core values with actions \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eNavigate through the challenging leadership space of populism and the erosion of traditional values\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eEthically curate the narrative others hold of them \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStrengthen self-efficacy, take more effective actions, and avoid stories which inadvertently undermine goals \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCommunicate with trust and influence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBuild energy and alignment within teams by generating shared narratives \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCultivate a culture of narrative intelligence \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e This book will prepare leaders to reshape their own and others' stories to be more aligned with achieving goals and wellbeing. It will prove a useful resource to undergraduates and post-graduates in courses on leadership and management, as well as organizational development consultants and senior executives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Greg Morgan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1787567761\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781787567764\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Emerald Publishing Limited\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/22\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.90d","brand":"Greg Morgan","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":46807019127039,"sku":"9781787567764","price":111.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_227ce08a-0a83-4d98-84b3-834a4d24e6a7.jpg?v=1745378329","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rewriting-leadership-with-narrative-intelligence-greg-morgan-9781787567764","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}