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Head and Heart
- The Art of Modern Leadership
- Narrated by: Kirstin Ferguson
- Length: 9 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's Summary
If leadership is simply a series of moments, every moment gives you the opportunity to leave a positive legacy for those you lead.
In this ground-breaking book, award-winning leadership expert and business leader Kirstin Ferguson upends the traditional notion of a strong leader. Everyone, she argues, is a leader. YOU are a leader. Whether you are the head of one of the largest companies in the world, supervising a small team or working from home you impact people through the words you use, the choices you make and the behaviours you role model to others.
Kirstin invites you to rethink how you lead and to integrate your head and your heart. Combining studies from leading thinkers in the field with her own research and more than three decades of personal experience, she explains the eight key attributes of a head and heart leader, and provides you with the tools to measure your own approach. Along the way, she shares her conversations with modern leaders from a broad range of backgrounds whose stories will surprise you, challenge your thinking and inspire you to be the type of leader the world needs today.
PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.
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- Denyse
- 13-03-2023
Leaders Never Stop Learning.
As a now long retired K-6 Principal I listened to Kirstin Ferguson's book with great interest. I thought about situations I may have managed differently with a greater understanding of head/heart leadership. However. I also recognise that over 20 years ago, I was working within a VERY different setting to the more flexible ones of modern leadership.
I found Kirstin's personal stories, mixed with many from differing ages/backgrounds and experiences of great interest.
My husband (retired counsellor and teacher) and I did the head/heart quiz and it was good to see our different results and talk about them. If nothing else, this book leads to conversations and that in turn leads to systems which may benefit from change and understanding of modern leadership.
I found the author's narration spot on and her personality shone through.
Thank you for sharing...and leaders (in all fields, at home and work) never stop learning.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-11-2023
Such great leadership advice
I have really enjoyed Kirstin's book, her message and the great real life examples she has shared in this book. Also a great pdf to use after listening to the book. I love how she has used her emotional intelligence as part of her leadership. Highly recommend this book to everyone . As Kirstin says - we are all leaders or role models
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- Anonymous User
- 05-07-2023
Refreshingly honest
Loved this book for its simple, honest , yet effective & ordinary approach to leadership in life
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- Kaz English
- 26-06-2023
Love this
If you’re into hearing about leadership, then give this a listen. It’s entertaining and thought provoking. It just makes sense…
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- Greg
- 02-05-2023
A book confused on its own identity
Some good points undermined by a clear “patriarchy is bad” ideology and an unappreciative view of historical leadership methods. Ironic where she attacks the romantisised view of old school “great” leaders in history and then proceeds to romanticise the leadership roles of mothers, trans-activists, teachers, and kids.
Towards the end of chapters where she focuses in on practical, implementable ideas, there is some value to be found. However they feel weakened by the previous onslaught of seemingly injected ideological dialogue shouted towards the bitter hearts of the world scorned feminist.
Whilst I can appreciate the different perspectives, this came across as a very one dimensional view. Arguing for semantics on what it means to be a leader more than how to be one.
Some decent concepts distilled down and blended with unnecessary ideology leave a weak aftertaste of a narrative. Would have been better to focus on her own experiences and examples.
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- Jillian Lee Hamilton
- 22-03-2023
A dot point collective
A summary of many other leadership approaches
Topics changed often
Good for beginner and hopeful leadership position holders
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