
The Power of Mandate: How Visionary Leaders Keep Their Organization Focused on What Matters Most, 1st Edition
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The book that reveals how today’s most successful leaders turn vision into reality—featuring profiles of Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Reed Hastings, Mike Lawrie, and more. Consensus. Negotiation. Compromise. A democratic approach to leadership drives most organizations today. Consensus based decision making may be popular, but it is far from the best approach in business. It’s also rarely the right approach for C-level executives—especially now that digital technology is driving real business disruption. Simply put, consensus is an innovation killer. The most successful, disruptive companies are propelled forward by mandate driven leaders. These leaders are inspired by a compelling belief, idea, strategy or tactic. Through their willpower, organizations are thrust into the future. The mandate driven leadership model is the hallmark of visionaries who have changed entire industries and sustained consistent innovation in their own companies. The Power of Mandate reveals what it takes to be an effective leader in today’s disruptive business environment. You’ll learn how the most audacious visionaries managed turn their visions into reality. This timely book will help you: • Discover your inner visionary • Avoid the pitfalls of consensus leadership • Create a mandate driven culture • Develop leadership skills in others, and more Profiles of the most successful mandate driven leaders—including Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Apple’s Steve Jobs, Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Netflix’s Reed Hastings, Airbnb’s Brian Chesky, DXC Technology’s Mike Lawrie, and Microsoft’s Bill Gates—provide invaluable leadership lessons you can begin applying today.
Acknowledgments
CHAPTER 1
Introducing the Mandate Driven Leader
CHAPTER 2
Steve Jobs of Apple: Reality Distortion Field
CHAPTER 3
Th e History and Pitfalls of Consensus Leadership
CHAPTER 4
Jeff Bezos of Amazon: Regret Minimization
CHAPTER 5
Mandate Driven Leadership Defined
CHAPTER 6
Mike Lawrie of DXC: Transforming the Giant
CHAPTER 7
What We Know About Leadership
CHAPTER 8
Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook: Connecting the World
CHAPTER 9
Eff ective Leadership Styles and the Mandate Driven Leader
CHAPTER 10
Reed Hastings of Netflix: Innovation Without Walls
CHAPTER 11
Creating a Mandate Driven Culture
CHAPTER 12
Brian Chesky of Airbnb: The Sleeper
CHAPTER 13
Mandate Driven Leadership and the Digital Economy
CHAPTER 14
Bill Gates of Microsoft: The Revolution Begins
CONCLUSION
Where Does a Leader Go from Here?
Endnotes
Additional References
Index
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