The A to Z of leadership Success

“What do you wish you had known before you became a leader for the first time?”.
Every section – all 33 insights – draws on the responses to this question. More

This book captures the results of a research program where we asked the question: “What do you wish you had known before you became a leader for the first time?”.
Every section – all 33 insights – draws on the responses to this question.
When the group of leadership consultants who designed this questionnaire added the question above, it was almost an afterthought. When we looked at the extraordinary insights offered by hundreds of respondents, we knew we had to share them with a wider audience.
Most of the respondents to our survey were – people who haven’t been in management roles for long. We think this is why the responses were so raw – our cohort of emerging leaders were still feeling the pain of some of these hard learned lessons.
These are key pieces of practical wisdom that resonate with new leaders.
These are the lessons that make the difference between months of anxiety and anguish, versus a calm and controlled new leader, confidently finding their way, and enjoying the promotion they have worked so hard to achieve.
To make the book easily digestible we’ve listed each insight alphabetically, from A is for Accountability to Z is for Zero-in. But there’s no particular order of importance – so start anywhere you like and flick backwards and forwards to what’s useful for you.
It has been written so you can read an insight a night, or the whole lot on a short plane trip.