Liberating the Leader in Each of Us.
The business world is desperate for leaders. Yet, in today's world where chaos is "normal" and paradoxes can't be resolved, old-style leaders no longer offer the solution. Today's world , instead, requires inspired leadership from all levels of the organisation. "Inspired leadership" literally means in-spirited leadership, and this book explores the intimate connection between spirit and leadership it implies. It presents the radical notion that spirit is the most important ingredient of any organisation and that leadership means opening space for that spirit to show in powerful and productive ways.
In practical steps, Owen explains how you can uncover your own capacity for leadership and how to exercise that capacity for your own and your organisation's benefit - no matter whatever position you find yourself in. The "New Rules of Leadership" layed out by Owen turn out, surprisingly, to be the same as those informal organisations have always played by. For the keys to these new rules he looks to those who have always successfully operated outside the formal levers of power and authority - women.
