Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World

Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World explores the critical leadership concepts of Altruism, Compassion, and Empathy (ACE) and their application to today's disruptors, such as sustainability, global health, inequality, digital transformation, and erosion of trust. It investigates ACE behaviors and attributes to strengthen existing leadership capability and create more human workplaces and a more humane society.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 208 pages
Publication date: 09 March 2021
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited

In the face of a rapidly changing world, Expert Humans: Critical Leadership Skills for a Disrupted World delves into the essential principles of altruism, compassion, and empathy (ACE) and their profound impact on the major disruptors of our time. These disruptors include sustainability, global health, inequality, digital transformation, and the erosion of trust, spanning social, historical, and psychological perspectives. By examining these ACE behaviors and attributes in depth, the book aims to enhance existing leadership capabilities and foster more human workplaces and a better world.

With an increased presence of ACE leaders, we can better address the challenges of our disrupted world, creating more humane workplaces and a more compassionate society for present and future generations. Drawing from a wealth of data from the social sciences, close human observation, inspiring stories of working individuals, and mini-case studies from across the globe, Expert Humans encourages readers to adopt a more human-centered and effective way of living, working, and being.

This book serves as a gentle provocation to leaders of small, medium, and large organizations, as well as human resources and organizational development professionals, to rethink what it means to be a leader and drive positive change for the better. By embracing the principles of ACE, we can cultivate a more inclusive, empathetic, and sustainable world, shaping a future that is both prosperous and fulfilling for all.

Weight: 266g
Dimension: 138 x 214 x 19 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781800712614