Bøker av Nik Kinley

An important part of every manager's job is changing people's behavior: to improve someone's performance, get them to better manage relationships with colleagues, or to stop them doing something.

Where do your instincts come from and how can you improve them? Stretched by heavy workloads and facing ever more complex environments, leaders increasingly find themselves running on automatic and relying on their instincts. But depending on instincts is a bit like gambling, and as a result, stress levels, mistakes and failure rates are all on the up. In this ground-breaking book, leadership experts Nik Kinley and Shlomo Ben-Hur reveal how our instincts are the products of childhood experience - lessons learnt that have become written into the structure of our brains. Like the source code at the centre of a computer, they underpin almost every aspect of our functioning as leaders. They affect how we interpret and experience things, how we react to events, the environments we choose, the impact we have on people, and even the responses we trigger in others. Often these instincts and tendencies are hidden beneath professional poise. But under pressure, when we are deprived of time, they come to the fore. This is why leading under pressure can bring out the best and the worst in us. And it is why - ultimately - leadership is a test of the character of our instinctual code. Based on decades of research, this book shows how we get to be the leaders we are today. It explains the tendencies and inclinations that past experiences can leave us with and the hidden ways in which they can affect who we are as leaders and how we behave. And crucially, it shows how we can make better use of our instincts and even improve them to become better leaders.

The basic foundations of effective leadership, we are told, include decisiveness, strategic thinking and the ability to influence others. In fact there are a vast array of models that can tell us about the skills, qualities and behaviours that leaders need - but this is only half the story. As leaders rise to more senior levels, their roles become less about doing things that drive results and more about direction and supporting others to achieve the end goal. What if you could create an operating environment, or system, that empowers people to make decisions, speak up, challenge thinking and raise new ideas?Taking the analogy of an iPhone operating system, which is so well designed that even children intuitively know how to use them without ever being shown, this book presents a new way of thinking about leadership and gives you a clear model that captures this approach. With real life case studies, this book will help you to: ┬╖         Create an OS system that is personal to you┬╖         Optimise your system to produce the best results┬╖         Become a high-performing leader┬╖         Get people to work together more effectivelyBased on years of original research, this book controversially attacks almost every existing leadership model and approach. Through case studies, insights and practical frameworks you will learn that leadership success is not about having the core capabilities, but about creating the right systems for your organization.

The challenge with most companies' talent intelligence is that it is just not that intelligent. Having good talent intelligence an accurate understanding of the skills, expertise, and qualities of people is essential for the people decisions that all businesses make.