A Time to Lead, Craig Dowden
A Time to Lead, Craig Dowden
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A Time to Lead
Mastering Your Self...So You Can Master Your World

Author: Craig Dowden

Narrator: Adam Hill

Unabridged: 4 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Craig Dowden

Published: 04/25/2023

Synopsis

To successfully navigate the current and future terrain of leadership, we must be able to successfully lead ourselves. This is the fundamental premise of A Time to Lead: Mastering Your Self . . . So You Can Master Your World. Written by bestselling ForbesBooks author Craig Dowden (PhD) with Masterclasses in each chapter by legendary CEO Alan Mulally, A Time to Lead makes the case that the best leaders possess an advanced understanding of the inner workings of their minds and their hearts. In this groundbreaking book, Craig highlights the importance of our mindset and our emotions as fundamental building blocks for our success. A Time to Lead sheds light on the scientific secrets of resilience as well as how we can discover and leverage our strengths. It provides insights into how we can receive feedback well and navigate difficult conversations. Craig closes with the importance and challenges of authentic leadership and outlines key reflection questions, which enable us to bring our best selves to every situation. Based on cutting-edge academic research, insights from Craig’s extensive executive coaching practice, and lessons he has learned from over seventy-five interviews conducted with top CEOs, bestselling authors, and TED speakers, A Time to Lead provides an inspiring and practical roadmap to maximize your potential to be the leader the world needs you to be.

About Craig Dowden

Craig Dowden, PhD, is a highly respected executive coach with the Forbes Coaches Council as well as a bestselling author and an award-winning speaker who delivers interactive, evidence-based workshops that translate the science of leadership, team, and organizational excellence into everyday practice. Grounded in scientific research, his unique approach to leadership is driven by his lifelong passion to help people achieve their full potential, both professionally and personally.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Book

A Time to Lead: Mastering Yourself so You Can Master your World is a well-researched and rational book with tips that can equip any potential leader. The author writes with enthusiasm and is open to sharing his experiences with readers that are passionate about leading. The information found in the......more

Goodreads review by ∗ Elena ∗

First, to the audiobook: It was a pleasure to listen to the narrator. The pace was slow enough for me to think about what I was hearing, but not too slow for my mind to wander. Sometimes I would have liked the narrator to show a little more variation in his speech pattern because he sounded read off......more

Goodreads review by Amanda

This is one of my favorite leadership development books I’ve read in years. I listened to this audiobook narrated by Dr. Craig Dowden, and it was approachable, accessible, and applicable for leaders of all levels (including aspiring leaders). It perfectly balances information and research with real......more

Goodreads review by JM

This is an insightful and genuinely useful business book by a psychologist who consults to corporations and coaches executives. Leaders are often held up as all-knowing monolithic figures, but this book humanizes leaders as individuals who must master their thoughts, emotions, resilience, and streng......more

Goodreads review by Lauren

I'm not sure this really added to my knowledge and areas of the audiobook seemed to go off on a tangent about different companies so this seems more suited to higher level managers rather than a team leader managing a person for the first time. I really liked the bit about authentic leadership though......more

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