Leadership, regardless of what many leaders believe, means a lot more than just technical proficiency and formal authority asserted by the title on one’s business card. Then, what makes leaders great? This book explains how leaders can create successful organizations by following the 7 golden rules: Define your leadership style, summon the right people, build up the trust, ensure the clarity of direction, create support and motivation, get feedback and monitor the results, and be alert for changes.

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Editorial Reviews:
This book is not just another “How to” guide, but is a highly readable and penetrating must-read guide for all leaders who aspire to lead high-performing organizations.
Richard Lee, Senior Solutions Director, LG

An outstanding contribution to the leadership literature and a must-have addition to your library of management know-how.
Scott Bennett, VP of Marketing, AT&T

Insightful, educational and practical. An excellent blend of theory and practise.
Takahiro Yamato, Member of the Advisory Board, Toyota Motor Corporation

Ilker Cingillioglu introduced brand-new concepts combining a wide range of leadership literature with his personal experience, and came up with a top-notch business book.
Glen Johnson, Risk Talent Project Leader, Commonwealth Bank of Australia

Traditional Styles of Leadership

Figure 1.1 illustrates that the more control and decision-making power leaders exhibit, the less competent and empowered their followers are expected to be. Employee competence may include various related attributes from technical skills to experience to creativity. Empowerment, on the other hand, mainly demonstrates to what extent people are ready or fit to assume responsibility and feel determined and motivated to carry out the tasks assigned to them. The figure also suggests that as the employee competence and empowerment levels gradually increase in an organization, a systemic shift is observed in the strength of the leader’s influence from coercion to persuasion.