David Pendleton – författare

Ifyou only read one book on leadership this year, make it this one! Leadershipexperts David Pendleton and Adrian Furnham present an innovative model forleadership success in a turbulent world.When times are hard, leadership makes the greatest difference. This thoroughlyupdated second edition shows how to make the kind of difference that allorganizations, both public and private sector, want and need. Early chaptersshow the powerful effect leadership can have on organizations; subsequentchapters present new ideas that are elegantly simple, conceptually coherent andradically different, based on the best research in the field. The ideas in thisbook have also been tested in major multinational organizations over recentyears. The aim is to provide leaders and those who work with them with apractical guide to how to increase the effectiveness of leadership in anyorganization.

Leadership is most needed in times of change, uncertainty and crisis.  We are living through those times. 

To support leaders in all spheres, this book provides a guide to the territory of leadership and its three domains: the strategic (head), the operational (hands) and the interpersonal (heart).  It describes the tasks leaders have to achieve and explains the psychology of leadership based in personality.  It argues strongly that complete leadership is the province of diverse teams of leaders made up of complementary differences.

And now the best has just got better.  The new edition shows how leadership has to change over time, describes how the most highly rated leaders achieve their goals and also elucidates the neuroscience of leadership to enhance understanding of leadership’s foundations.

Pendleton, Furnham and Cowell’s work is a powerful combination of the best research on the psychology of leadership and years of iteration and practical implementation in the field – working with thousands of leaders from all walks of life and learning from their successes and challenges.

There is no one secret recipe for success as a leader.

What this book provides is a framework to enable you to achieve success in your own way.

Work-life balance isn’t about where or how you spend your time. At least not solely. It’s about where and how you use and replenish your energy. Work matters. Life matters. Work-life matters.

As we start to navigate life during and after the pandemic, employers and employees are increasingly re-evaluating how work can be made more sustainable and more fulfilling. Many employees - particularly Gen X and Gen Z - are seeking a new psychological contract with their employers. 

Putting these trends into context and offering practical solutions, this book takes a deep dive into why work matters as part of a healthy and fulfilling life. The authors present a new and different way of thinking about the matter of balance, arguing that there is no hard divide between ‘work’ and life’ because ‘work’ takes place entirely within ‘life’ and you can’t balance two things when one is a subset of the other. To achieve the balance required for a healthy existence, we need to recognisethat there are activities in all parts of work-life that drain our energy and others that give us a buzz. Rather than trying to solve the drain of hard work by living it large at the weekend – or compensating for an unfulfilling home life by working like a demon, we need to create balance at work and balance at home.

Now is a golden opportunity to re-examine the world of work and job-craft to make them more satisfying, less draining and more energising. The ideas in this book provide a practical guide to help that process.