Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, Updated Edition of the Global Bestseller, With a New Preface (Revised)

Herminia Ibarra

Oct 2023 · Gildan Media · Narrated by Siiri Scott

About this audiobook

A new edition of the bestseller that has helped aspiring leaders worldwide advance their careers and step up to larger leadership roles. You aspire to lead with greater impact. The problem is you're busy executing on today's demands. You know you have to carve out time from your "day job" to build your leadership skills, but it's easy to let immediate problems and old mindsets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra-one of the world's foremost experts on leadership-shows how individuals at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but crucial changes in their jobs, their networks, and themselves. In Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader, Ibarra offers advice to: - Redefine your job in order to make more strategic contributions - Diversify your network so that you connect to, and learn from, a wider range of stakeholders - Become more playful with your self-concept, allowing your familiar-and possibly outdated-leadership style to evolve Updated with new examples and self-assessments, this book gives you the tools to start acting like a leader and advancing your career to the next level.

About the author

Herminia Ibarra, author of the highly acclaimed book Working Identity, is an authority on leadership and career transitions. She is the Charles Handy Professor of Organizational Behavior at London Business School and is ranked among the top management thinkers in the world by Thinkers50.

Siiri Scott is the head of acting and directing at the University of Notre Dame. She received her MFA in acting from The Theatre School at DePaul University. An actor/director/educator, Siiri is an artistic associate with the Irish Theatre of Chicago and a Theatre Nohgaku company member.