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Reviews:
"A thought-provoking book that rattles through the physical and the metaphysical and provides a radical blueprint to reconnect us with our bodies, enabling us to become more effective in our everyday lives. If you’ve struggled with business school leadership models and the endless leadership ‘how to’ books then this will provide a refreshing alternative."
Chris Bones, Professor of Creativity & Leadership at Manchester Business School, Dean Emertius of the Henley Business School and winner of the UK’s Management Book of the Year 2012
"A thought-provoking, practical, accessible guide on how to use your body to develop authority, presence and impact as a leader."
John Leary-Joyce, CEO of the Academy of Executive Coaching
"I really enjoyed this book. Pete Hamill offers a very fresh and momentous perspective on leadership as an embodied practice, rather than an innate capability. His work is grounded on some great research and weaves in some of the latest thinking around leadership, neuroscience and somatics in a very practical and engaging way."
Paulo Pisano, EVP and Global People Director, Pearson International
Description:
We don’t need leaders who know about leadership - we need leaders who embody the capacity to lead in the midst of ambiguity and complexity. The concept of embodied leadership is derived from somatic coaching, a unique approach that brings the body forward as an advocate in creating a place for change and transformation. It brings together language, action, feeling and meaning and is based on the idea that the mind and body are inextricably linked: to develop one, you must cultivate the other.
Embodied Leadership deconstructs our thinking about the body using key discoveries in neuroscience to demonstrate the uses and benefits of a somatic approach, particularly in the area of emotional intelligence. It is full of practical exercises throughout to help you develop embodied leadership skills and personal development.
Contents:
Part One- Setting the foundations
Chapter 1: What do we mean by leadership anyway? • Leadership: the leaders • Leadership: the position • Leadership: actions and behaviours • Leadership: the results • Leadership: an integration • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 2: How do I get better at it? • Self-cultivation • What are you practising? • Deliberate practice • Embodiment and mastery • Beginnings • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 3: If I am to develop myself, what exactly is my ‘self’? • The evolution of an idea about who we are • Understanding the root question • Descartes’ answer • An alternative answer? • Can we find something that makes more sense? • An embodied mind • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 4: What does neuroscience have to say about the self? • Health warning: how to read neuroscience research • Growing a brain: understanding brain development • How the brain-body unit functions • Going with our guts • From somatic markers to the shape of the self • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 5: Embodying our selves • How somatic markers shape us • The impact of somatic markers • Applying this to leadership • New ideas for leadership development • Recommended reading • Notes
Part Two- Exploring the ideas in practice
Chapter 6: Developing choice and clarity as a leader • The meeting • Centering • Moving forwards • Applying Jane’s learning • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 7: Conflict, stress and our conditioned tendencies • Conditioned tendency response • Meeting again • Blending • John’s stress • Applying this learning • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 8: Giving feedback and being mindful rather than mindless • Somatic assessments • John’s programme • Ongoing practice • Mindfulness meditation • From mindfulness to mastery • Applying this learning • Recommended reading • Notes
Part Three- The wider implications for leadership
Chapter 9: Ethical leadership • Understanding group behaviours • Ethical reasoning versus rationalization • Ethical frameworks • Ethical dilemmas • Resisting social pressures and rationalizations • Taking a stand • Saying ‘no’/declines • Insists • Quits • What about controls? • Exercising ethical leadership • Creating an ethical code • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 10: Leadership for the 21st century • Working with complex systems • Innovation and creativity • We are motivated to be leaders • Innovation = leadership • Recommended reading • Notes
Chapter 11: Conclusions • Taking up this challenge • Practise, practise, practise... • Embodied leadership development programmes • Certifying as a somatic coach • Further resources for consultants and coaches ISBN - 9780749465643
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Pages : 280
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