Ruth Spellman advocates that, to bring about the changes necessary to move on in management and leadership, we need a different kind of business leadership. Leadership that is responsive to societys expectations and needs, that is capable of taking account of a much wider range of issues than most business leaders have considered in the past, and which encourages a leadership role to be taken on by people at all levels in an organisation. Especially at the most senior levels, leaders will need to have a much stronger value-set, and a much broader range of interests and skills, to be able to embrace the more complex issues that businesses will confront in future. There is a need to make sense of the economic crisis we are passing through and its implications for management and leadership, and for leaders and managers to understand the unique role they play in rebuilding the national economy, re-establishing organisational dynamism and growth, and supporting the personal growth and career development of individual managers and leaders. The book provides a vision and road-map for making sense of this new world as it affects management and leadership. It offers practical recommendations for adapting to the new circumstances and turning them to advantage. It focuses on the reasons for hope as well as the challenges. It will be a succinct book that takes the new economic and social circumstances of the post-recession world and examines the implications holistically for management and leadership, for government, employers and individuals alike, and provides practical guidance and illustrations on how to take forward the development challenge (whether national, organisational or for the individual leader or manager) that this represents.
Book Details:
- Author: Ruth Spellman
- ISBN: 9781119208259
- Year Published: 2011
- Pages: 240
- BISAC: BUS071000, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS/Leadership
About the Book and Topic:
Ruth Spellman advocates that, to bring about the changes necessary to move on in management and leadership, we need a different kind of business leadership. Leadership that is responsive to societys expectations and needs, that is capable of taking account of a much wider range of issues than most business leaders have considered in the past, and which encourages a leadership role to be taken on by people at all levels in an organisation. Especially at the most senior levels, leaders will need to have a much stronger value-set, and a much broader range of interests and skills, to be able to embrace the more complex issues that businesses will confront in future. There is a need to make sense of the economic crisis we are passing through and its implications for management and leadership, and for leaders and managers to understand the unique role they play in rebuilding the national economy, re-establishing organisational dynamism and growth, and supporting the personal growth and career development of individual managers and leaders. The book provides a vision and road-map for making sense of this new world as it affects management and leadership. It offers practical recommendations for adapting to the new circumstances and turning them to advantage. It focuses on the reasons for hope as well as the challenges. It will be a succinct book that takes the new economic and social circumstances of the post-recession world and examines the implications holistically for management and leadership, for government, employers and individuals alike, and provides practical guidance and illustrations on how to take forward the development challenge (whether national, organisational or for the individual leader or manager) that this represents.
The book is written from the premise that we are fatally deluding ourselves if we think that capitalism in its present form will continue to be a successful world economic system without making some fundamental changes that respond to the changing nature and expectations of society. In brief, capitalism has to become more robust, more acceptable and more sustainable. In various ways politically, economically and socially this is a watershed moment. Old models and ways of doing things have been shown to be ineffective or redundantor (in the case of some financial/business models) unacceptably risky. Policy-makers, organisations and individuals are struggling to adapt to new circumstances. But, equally, the new world has many opportunities. In particular some of the new leaders in government and in business are building coalitions of interest groups together so that we can make progress against a backdrop of unprecedented economic turmoil.
Author Platform: Future Leaders is written by a leading and authoritative public figure in the world of management and leadership development, the CEO of the CMI (Chartered Management Institute) the UKs leading professional body for management and leadership. The book will have the CMI branding and their full backing. Highly Topical: The book redefines leadership. It provides an indispensable guide, new principles, and aspirations for future managers and leaders faced with the challenge of making sense of the economic crisis we are passing through and its implications for management and leadership, and the unique role they play in rebuilding the national economy, re-establishing organisational dynamism and growth. Cases and evidence-based research: draws on the unrivalled knowledge, experience and contacts of CMI case studies from the CMIs vast repertoire including industry giants such as the BBC, Cadbury, Cable & Wireless, TNT, McDonalds, the National Grid, and the Army.
About the Author
Ruth Spellman, Chief Executive, Chartered Management Institute As chief executive of the Chartered Management Institute, Ruth Spellman OBE leads the drive to encourage greater focus on the high level skills needed to build UK competitiveness and productivity. She is also responsible for the Institutes campaign to ensure 50 per cent of managers are professionally qualified by 2020. Prior to joining the Institute in June 2008, Ruth served as the first female chief executive of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE). She also spent 7 years as chief executive of Investors in People UK (IIPUK) where she helped raise the profile of this employer-led organisation across 27 countries. During this period she was appointed Chair of the Skills Body for the Voluntary Sector, in a non-executive role and was a non-executive director of Thompsons solicitors. As HR Director for the NSPCC, Ruth was responsible for HR strategy, change management, resourcing strategy, employee communications, external communications and media relations. Her consultancy knowledge and strength resulted in new NSPCC policies which helped them to win the coveted Employer of the Year Award in 1996. Ruth also spent 5 years working for Coopers and Lybrand. During this time, she worked with the Boards of six of the top 100 companies and set up one of the firms HR branches. In 2007 Ruth was awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours List for services to Workplace Learning. She was also recently voted 14th out of the 100 most influential HR individuals in the UK. The CMI is the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards of management and leadership excellence. CMI is the guardian of the National Occupational Standards for Management and Leadership and sets the standards that others follow. It maintains its position as the premier authority on key management and leadership issues through constant research and consultation with its 86,000 individual and 450 corporate members.