How to Lead

Jo Owen has worked with over 100 of the best, and a couple of the worst, organisations on our planet. He is a founder of eight NGOs which have a collective turnover of £100 million annually. He led businesses in Japan, North America and Europe; he created a business bank; he was a partner at Accenture and is one of the founders of Teach First which is now the largest graduate recruiter in the UK.

'How to Lead is a tour de force, ambitious and resolutely practical – the very essence of leadership.' Sharath Jeevan, CEO of STIR Education

• Part 1 Idea: set your direction1. Take control2. Why your idea matters3. Crafting your idea: creating the future perfect4. Ideas when you are leading from the middle5. Communicating your future perfect idea6. Build your idea into a plan7. Sell your idea8. Dealing with strategy9. Strategy and the art of unfair competition10. How to evaluate your ideaPart 2 People: make your network work11. Find your role12. Attract the right team13. Motivate your team: theory14. Motivate your team: practice15. Motivation and moments of truth16. Delegate well17. Coach your team for performance18. Manage performance19. Dealing with difficult people20. Difficult conversations21. Firing peoplePart 3 Action: make it happen22. Managing change23. Managing projects24. Handling conflicts25. Handling crises26. Negotiate your budget and targets27. Control your costs28. Making decisions in uncertainty29. Build your machine: the rhythms and routines of successPart 4 Skills of success: the tradecraft of leaders30. Use time well31. Present to persuade32. Making meetings work33. Write effectively34. Read for insight35. Work the numbersPart 5 Skills of success: the 21st century leader36. Leading professionals37. Manage your boss38. Build influence across your organization39. Influencing decisions40. Listen to influence41. Leading in a global world42. Careering versus careers43. Craft your personal success formula44. Stepping up, not back: moments of truth45. Act the part46. Be the part