Lead Like a Dragon

When the ground keeps moving, people don't need a leader who is fearless. They need one who is grounded.The market that shrinks overnight. The crisis that arrives on an ordinary Tuesday morning. The decision that can't wait for the facts. Most leaders facing uncertainty do one of two things: they freeze, waiting for a clarity that never comes, or they charge, mistaking noise for courage. Neither helps the people who are depending on them.Lead Like a Dragon shows you a better way: boldness with roots. It helps you act without full information, guard what matters most and light the way for the people depending on you, without scorching them in the process.Warm, practical and refreshingly free of jargon, this book shows you how to:tell grounded courage from recklessness before you bet the businesstake an inventory of your hoard: the values, people and strengths you must never gamble awayfind your fire and say plainly what matterscombine bold bets with small experiments, and lead well through a crisisbuild resilience that comes from recovery, not endurance, and reinvent when the ground shiftscommunicate hard news with courage, grow other bold leaders and stand up when it costs youbuild a team that isn't afraid of the truthThrough the stories of a managing director whose biggest market vanished, a founder learning not to burn her own village, a claims manager who wouldn't stay quiet, and a chief executive leading through a crisis that came out of nowhere, Lead Like a Dragon offers a humane, practical guide to bold leadership when nothing stays still.For managers, executives and founders who want to be brave without being reckless.Guard what matters. Fly anyway. Light the way.