Leadership Mastery In The Digital Age

We are living and working in fast paced times with ongoing and rapid change. The intersection of leadership skill and technological skill is now here. To be a leader who leads the new and future workplace you need to have the ability to master personal skills leadership as well as have a heightened level of technological skill. This book provides insight for leaders to integrate their skills to be a master leader for these times and beyond.

As a leader the need for enhanced skills is increasing, the future leader is a collaborative leader and the old style of command and control leadership just doesn't cut it anymore. Current leaders need to be flexible and adaptable and leaders of change. In this book strategies are provided on how to increase all areas of leadership skill such as communication, conflict management, dealing with remote teams, increasing technological aptitude and more. A master leader today is someone who engages all of the generations, who can inspire performance through the ability to coach, mentor and grow team members. A master leader also takes full accountability for their teams performance and works to focus on the strengths of the individuals on the team. The book contains a leadership assessment as well as tools on how to adapt your leadership to the personalities on your team. It also contains a peek into the future workplace and the style of leadership needed for the future workplace. Table of Contents FOREWORD BY DR. RALPH KILMANN 1 INTRODUCTION 5 Part 1: A Technology Driven World 8 CHAPTER 1 8 Leadership Mastery the Integration of Tech Skills and People Skills CHAPTER 2 12 The Leadership Styles Assessment CHAPTER 3 20 Leader Know Thyself for Success Part 2: Lead in a Fast Pace Workplace and Getting Others Up to Speed 24 CHAPTER 4 24 Lead Change in a Fast Pace Workplace CHAPTER 5 30 Lead Your Teams to Get Things Done Quickly CHAPTER 6 34 Proactively Lead to Minimize Conflict Part 3 Lead Techies and Non Techies to High Performance 39 CHAPTER 7 39 Lead Diverse Personalities & Technology Types CHAPTER 8 49 Lead Generations, X, Y and Zoomers CHAPTER 9 63 Be the Leader They Stay For Part 4: Leadership Mastery To Lead Change Across the Digital Divide 70 CHAPTER 10 70 Understand The Psychology of Change CHAPTER 11 77 People Centered Leadership in a Tech Reality CHAPTER 12 81 Lead in a Social Media and Multiple Devices Reality Part 5: Final Tech and Leadership Tips 89 CHAPTER 13 89 Lead Diverse Teams CHAPTER 14 94 Lead Up CHAPTER 15 99 The Workplace of the Future: Technology, Change & Focused on People

Cheryl Cran is the best selling author of "101 Ways to Make Generations X, Y and Zoomers Happy at Work" and is a leadership expert who works with leaders to help them lead change, transform people and grow business. She is the CEO of Evolutionary Business Solutions a division of Synthesis at Work Inc. Her work and research has been delivered globally in North America, Italy, Romania, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Malaysia and more. Cheryl is a renowned keynote speaker on leadership, change management and future trends in business. To find out more go to: http://www.cherylcran.com