Description:
A must-read! The book reviews 150 years of leadership literature to provide a uniquely comprehensive, clear set of the required leadership competencies for the 21st century.
Brief description: Dr. Guy M. Ngayo Fotso is the founder and managing director of the Swiss Institute for Leadership. He is a 2021 nominate for the ACBSP International Teaching Excellence Award and an Award winning Distinguish Professor of Bachelor, Master of Science, MBA and doctoral program in Toulouse Business School in France and in Business School Lausanne in Switzerland. He holds undergraduate and master's degrees in Psychology and Sociology from University of Rouen, a master degree in Business Management from HEC Montreal, an MBA from Thunderbird in Arizona and a Doctoral degree from Toulouse Business School. Dr. Ngayo Fotso has 20+ years of proven track records in leadership positions in global fortune 500 organizations as a change manager, a marketing and strategic planning executive.
Review Quotes:
A great book! Guy digs deep into the leadership literature and provides, in a straight-forward and nice to read style, a great framework for everyone to become a better leader in the 21st century. I loved the competencies and the "Skills in Action" chapter that I regularly go back to for inspiration.
Christophe Merkel, CEO Active brands (former executive: Nike, L'Oreal and Danone)
A must-read for everyone who aspires to become a great leader and to engage in thoughtful and meaningful actions. Guy has a powerful ability to demystify complex, but fundamental, subjects. He frames them in a clear, concise, digestible and, most importantly, applicable manner. This book is a superb kaleidoscope of leadership approaches and presents the set of leadership skills essential to succeed in our modern world.
Yulia Kalinina, Vice President, J.P. Morgan
For every HR executive, this book is a great blueprint to develop and hire leaders that can be efficient in our current time. The book is well written and very helpful to develop and hire leaders. I particularly enjoyed the chapters on the emerging leadership competencies for the 21st century and on the six principles for leadership training and development. I found that the competencies were very clearly described as well as the skills and traits they were associated with, making that part very practical and action oriented for today's leaders."
Orelie P., Chief Human Resources Officer
Leadership can be learned; successful leaders balance teams and management with inspiration and purpose for greater productivity and top results. But how can you learn to be such a successful Leader? Mr Ngayo Fotso's little book offers an enlightening read. It is logically organised, its contents rest on many years of research, and it provides an excellent orientation in clear English on a complex topic that is hotly debated among business leaders, HR managers and management consultants around the world. With this little book, the old debate on the Leader' skills and competencies comes to a fruitful end.
Olivier Brenninkmeijer PhD, Academic Dean of European University Business School, Munich, Germany, and former Leadership Development Trainer at the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), Geneva, Switzerland.