Description
Integrate your purpose, identity, and actions to lead with clarity and conviction
In Leading With Your Whole Heart: Become the Leader the World Needs and You Long to Be, two senior Boston Consulting Group leaders draw on 60-plus years of combined experience advising executives at more than 500 companies worldwide. They present a framework for becoming a wholehearted leader, one whose inner values, sense of self, and outward behavior are fully aligned and mutually reinforcing.
The book introduces the integration of three core elements: Calling, Being, and Doing. Rather than treating leadership growth as a collection of isolated competencies, Leading With Your Whole Heart shows how to align deep purpose with daily action, build trust through genuine self-awareness, navigate difficult conversations, and develop the emotional and temperamental fortitude that contemporary leadership demands of every leader.
Readers will also discover:
- How to identify and articulate your personal leadership calling so it guides decisions, priorities, and long-term direction
- Strategies for developing the emotional, temperamental, and spiritual fortitude required to lead through geopolitical shocks and AI disruption
- Practical approaches to building trust and navigating hard conversations with authenticity rather than relying on charisma alone
- A framework that integrates Calling, Being, and Doing into a cohesive leadership practice distinct from traditional development models
- Insights drawn from the authors' work across Fortune 500 companies, multinationals, public-sector organizations, and nonprofits worldwide
Leading With Your Whole Heart is written for business professionals, managers, and leaders across industries who seek more than conventional leadership advice. Whether navigating organizational transformation, workforce burnout, or eroding trust, readers will find a rigorous, personally grounded approach to leading with purpose and conviction.
Table of Contents
Foreword ix
Preface xiii
PART I A Whole New Way 1
Chapter 1 Why We Need a Whole New Way 3
Chapter 2 The Way of Wholeheartedness 11
PART II Becoming Wholehearted 27
Chapter 3 Developing Your Calling 29
Chapter 4 Shaping Your Being 49
Chapter 5 Embodying Your Doing 85
Chapter 6 The Magic of Integration 107
PART III Harnessing the Full Power of Wholeheartedness 131
Chapter 7 The Transformative Power of Experience 133
Chapter 8 Leading Wholeheartedly in an AI World 163
Chapter 9 The Way of Becoming Wholehearted 175
Chapter 10 Parting Words of Encouragement 193
Appendix 199
Notes 219
Acknowledgments 227
About the Authors 231
Index 233
