Hilarie Owen is an authority on what makes great leaders and how top teams excel. She has worked for global companies and two government departments, as well as with the RAF Red Arrows and Harvard University. She has resolved leadership challenges in many different countries and is in regular demand as a keynote speaker. She is recognised as an expert for her research on how leadership is learnt, the crossovers with neuroscience and how decisions are made. Alongside her work in mentoring senior directors and top teams, Hilarie has launched a programme for women who are aiming to take up leadership roles. This is her ninth book on leadership.

`This is a book I will buy for myself, for my daughter, for my leadership team and for anyone who ever says to me "I'm not a leader", because I believe that we are all leaders - sometimes we just don't recognize ourselves as such,' Karen Dusgate, chief executive, Family Housing Association (Wales). `Hilarie Owen has written a potentially life-changing guidebook for women ... distilling compelling steps to further personal leader development, effectiveness and executive career progress,' Dr Tracey Manning, University of Maryland. `This detailed, rigorous and constructive analysis of how 30 women came into leadership reveals many surprises about the workings of power and influence. Better still, it is very practical and will be valued by anyone who is keen to get things done,' Jonathan Gosling, emeritus professor of leadership, University of Exeter.

• Part 1: Construct. Part 2: Credibility. Part 3: Courage. Part 4: Clarity. Chapter 1: Context. Chapter 2: Affirmation. Chapter 3: Identity. Chapter 4: Perspective. Chapter 5: Authenticity. Chapter 6: Integrity. Chapter 7: Purpose. Chapter 8: Action. Chapter 9: Impact. Chapter 10: Power. Chapter 11: Culture. Chapter 12: Route map. All the way through the book, lessons on leadership appear from high-achieving women who have become chief executives, senior police officers, entrepreneurs, air vice-marshals, polar explorers and round-the-world skippers.

Hilarie Owen is an authority on what makes great leaders and how top teams excel. She has worked for global companies and two government departments, as well as with the RAF Red Arrows and Harvard University. She has resolved leadership challenges in many different countries and is in regular demand as a keynote speaker. She is recognised as an expert for her research on how leadership is learnt, the crossovers with neuroscience and how decisions are made. Alongside her work in mentoring senior directors and top teams, Hilarie has launched a programme for women who are aiming to take up leadership roles. This is her ninth book on leadership.

`This is a book I will buy for myself, for my daughter, for my leadership team and for anyone who ever says to me "I'm not a leader", because I believe that we are all leaders - sometimes we just don't recognize ourselves as such,' Karen Dusgate, chief executive, Family Housing Association (Wales). `Hilarie Owen has written a potentially life-changing guidebook for women ... distilling compelling steps to further personal leader development, effectiveness and executive career progress,' Dr Tracey Manning, University of Maryland. `This detailed, rigorous and constructive analysis of how 30 women came into leadership reveals many surprises about the workings of power and influence. Better still, it is very practical and will be valued by anyone who is keen to get things done,' Jonathan Gosling, emeritus professor of leadership, University of Exeter.

• Part 1: Construct. Part 2: Credibility. Part 3: Courage. Part 4: Clarity. Chapter 1: Context. Chapter 2: Affirmation. Chapter 3: Identity. Chapter 4: Perspective. Chapter 5: Authenticity. Chapter 6: Integrity. Chapter 7: Purpose. Chapter 8: Action. Chapter 9: Impact. Chapter 10: Power. Chapter 11: Culture. Chapter 12: Route map. All the way through the book, lessons on leadership appear from high-achieving women who have become chief executives, senior police officers, entrepreneurs, air vice-marshals, polar explorers and round-the-world skippers.