The Intelligent Leader

Grow Your Leadership. Enrich Your Life. Leave a Lasting Legacy. What is great leadership? What separates the merely competent leaders from those rare individuals who leave a lasting impression on everyone around them? As one of the world's most in-demand CEO coaches and top leadership gurus, John Mattone has worked with some of our brightest business minds-Apple's Steve Jobs, Pepsi's Roger Enrico, and Nielsen's Armando Uriegas-and he's identified the key qualities that, together, make up the mindset of great leadership. In The Intelligent Leader, Mattone lays out an accessible, practical, and compelling path that anyone can take to become the kind of leader that brings enrichment to the lives of others, enjoys a more fulfilling life, and leaves a lasting legacy. Each chapter uses a variety of real-world examples, tools, and assessments to explore one of Mattone's 7 dimensions of Intelligent Leadership, including: * Thinking differently, thinking big * Having a mindset of duty vs. a mindset of entitlement * Leveraging your gifts and addressing your gaps * Having the courage to execute with pride, passion, and precision Readers will have complimentary online access to the Mattone Leadership Enneagram Inventory ($110 value), which offers a personalized assessment of your leadership style and maturity.

Foreword xv Preface: A Demand for Depth xvii Acknowledgments xxi Introduction: Do You Have What it Takes to Inspire Others to Follow? xxv 1 Getting to Know Thyself 1 Getting to the Why of Things 2 How Strong is Your Character? 4 Values: Your Criteria for Life 7 Mind the Gaps 10 Who Do You Think You Are? 11 Believe It or Not ... 12 The Bridge to the Outer Core 14 Putting It All Together: The Spectrum of Intelligent Leadership 16 Fake It 'til You Make It 18 2 Thinking Differently, Thinking Big 21 Being a Trendsetter 24 Holding a Massive Vision 26 How Big Do You Think? 28 Beginning with the End in Mind 32 Don't Let Your Big Thinking Give You a Big Head 34 Exercise: Developing Your Core Purpose Statement 36 3 The Vulnerability Decision 39 Making the Choice to Be Vulnerable 41 The Gateway to Change 42 Vulnerability and the Bottom Line 45 Admitting Your Flaws Builds Trust 46 Creating a Culture of Vulnerability 48 Can You Be Too Humble? 51 Practicing Vulnerability 52 4 Having a Mindset of Entitlement versus a Mindset of Duty 55 Seeing Through Your Entitlement 59 The Duty Mindset: Context is Everything 62 From Setback to Opportunity: Overcoming the Victim Mentality 63 The First Three Dimensions: A Package Deal 66 Don't Forget to Put on Your Own Oxygen Mask First 66 Cultivating a Duty Mindset 68 5 Leveraging Your Gifts and Addressing Your Gaps 71 Mindset Applied 74 The Negativity Bias 75 Mind the Gap 80 Going on to Perfection 82 Striking the Right Balance 83 Zeroing in, Moving Forward 84 6 Having the Courage to Execute with Pride, Passion, and Precision 89 Moving out of Your Comfort Zone 91 Cultivating Courage, in Spite of Resistance 91 The Three Qualities of Courageous Action 92 Change Takes Courage 97 The Ultimate Catalyst 99 Don't Just Act; Act Intelligently 101 Becoming Courageous 102 7 Staying Present and Being Vigilant 107 Moving Slow to Move Fast 109 Being Awake to Your Footprint 112 Being Present for People 113 Being Present Takes Courage 115 Think, Don't Overthink 116 The Matrix of Intelligent Leadership 117 Practicing Presence 118 8 Course Correction 123 The Psychology of Adjustment 125 A Culture of Innovation 132 Don't Overcorrect 134 The Ultimate Dimension 134 Correcting Your Course 135 9 It's Not About You: The Inseparable Relationship Between Leadership and Culture 139 It Starts at the Top 141 Encouraging Innovation 144 Vulnerability is Contagious 145 A Culture of Duty 146 A Culture that Amplifies 148 Creating a Culture of Courageous Action 149 Working as One 151 Correcting Your Collective Course 152 As You Go, So Go We All 154 10 Conclusion: The Paradox of Change 155 Bringing the New into Being 156 The Intelligent Leader: A Guided Visualization 158 What Will Be Your Legacy? 161 About the Author 163 Index 167