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The Five Talents That Really Matter

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A former Gallup Global Leadership Research and Development leader and the New York Times bestselling coauthor of Strengths-Based Leadership demystifies the aura and complexity surrounding high performing leaders through original research and interviews with high-performing global leaders.
 
The leadership space is rife with myths, such as the belief that anyone can be a leader with enough effort or that a leader's strengths can be their greatest weaknesses. According to Barry Conchie and his business partner Sarah Dalton, these statements are complete BS. The Five Talents That Really Matter dispels the fluff in leadership literature, unveiling the traits and characteristics that truly determine high-performance leadership.
 
This book serves as a guide, stripping away misconceptions and providing a template against which career-driven managers and leaders can assess and develop their capabilities. The five evidence-based talent dimensions are:
  • Setting Direction:  High-performing leaders guide their organizations through complex situations and articulate the value that so many employees find motivational and engaging.
  • Building Energy:  Driven by a burning work ethic, Talented leaders set an exacting example. They measure progress, and recognize that the most Talented employees beneath them demand their greatest attention and support.
  • Exerting Pressure:  Talented leaders assert a clear point of view and persuasively drive change and improvement, never settling for average outcomes.
  • Increasing Connectivity:  Outstanding leaders prioritize people, establishing effective followership through purposeful and ethical behavior, and demonstrating care and concern for those they lead.
  • Controlling Traffic: High performing leaders understand their organizations, driving superior performance by establishing protocols and guardrails while showing agility and flexibility when circumstances change.
 
Through meticulous research, assessment, and testing, Conchie and Dalton have built a database that predicts the talents and behaviors of the most successful leaders.  In this book they present for the first the first time a scientific model that demystifies the aura and complexity surrounding high performing leaders.

Critics Review

“The Five Talents is one of the sharpest and most practical books on leadership I have read! If you lead others, you need to read this book. If you hire or develop leaders, read this book and use it as a daily guide. It is a roadmap for developing sustainable and high performing teams.”—Tom Rath, New York Times Best-selling Author on Wellbeing and Organizational Leadership
“A game changer for CHRO’s attempting to drive performance focused on the definition and assessment of the most critical leadership talents. Data-driven and with actionable insights, this book addresses topics as important as succession planning, DEI, and leadership selection with strong, research-based authority.”—Ali Bebo, CHRO of Pearson
“This is a wise book that will change how serious people think about leadership.  Conchie and Dalton bring refreshing clarity to a complex and convoluted field by elucidating the tortuous relationship between individual traits and organizational context.  Their secret—meticulous science.”—Don Ronchi PhD, Senior Advisor at White Wolf Capital
“I highly recommend this book, which will challenge and broaden your thinking of leadership.  It is blunt, fact-based and provides piercing insights that I will incorporate into my own leadership journey.”—Kevin Lobo, Chair and CEO of Stryker
“I loved reading this. It made me think deeply about people and strategy decisions I made in my career and how they could have been improved or, in some cases, how spot on they were. If you allow yourself to absorb the lessons in this book, there is no hiding from the truth and what is the right thing to do.” —George Borst, Retired President and CEO of Toyota Financial Services
“The Five Talents is a practical unlock around the dominant strengths that define truly standout leadership and takes this framework to how you can recruit for the five key talents using the same rigor you would use to make other critical decisions.  It’s a highly efficient and well-researched work that will take your impact as a leader to a new level.”
 —John Clendening, Founder and CEO of Earned Wealth
“Conchie significantly advances the science of leadership prediction and performance development.”—Connie Rath, President of The Clifton Foundation
Author Sarah Dalton
Narrator Barry Conchie
Duration 10 hours and 38 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9781668642108
Format Audiobook
Publisher Hachette Audio
Genre Advice on careers and achieving success, Management and management techniques, Management: leadership and motivation
Availability US

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