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Follow the Leader

The One Thing Great Leaders Have that Great Followers Want

Emmanuel Gobillot

In this fast-paced and well-researched book, Emmanuel Gobillot identifies the key elements of leadership success and the proven pathways to developing the charisma we all seek in the leaders who truly inspire and motivate us.

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EAN: 9780749469054

Edition: 1

Published: 03 Apr 2013

Format: 234 x 156

216 pages

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About the book

Most leadership models start with trying to identify what great leaders do. In Follow the Leader, global speaker, consultant and leadership expert Emmanuel Gobillot answers a much more fundamental question to anyone wanting to become a great leader: 'what do great followers want?'. In this fast-paced and well-researched book, he identifies the key elements of leadership success and the proven pathways to developing the charisma we all seek in the leaders who truly inspire and motivate us. He breaks down the all-important 'charisma' into eight critical elements, explaining how each component works and offering practical development steps for each. Getting these steps right will transform good leaders into magnets for great followers, harnessing an unstoppable power for business achievement.

About the authors

Emmanuel Gobillot is a senior practitioner in the area of leadership and organization effectiveness. He is a leadership development consultant with a wide range of corporate clients such as Vodafone, Carlsberg, Google and Hilton. He is an engaging and in-demand speaker who frequently appears on television as a commentator on communication, innovation and leadership issues. Before setting up his own business to focus on writing, speaking and consulting, Emmanuel was a Director at Hay group where he headed up both the consumer sector and the leadership services practice.

Emmanuel Gobillot

- Chapter - 00: Introduction: the wrong question;
Section - ONE: Emotional logic;
- Chapter - 01: Why do we follow?;
- Chapter - 02: Emotional logic: the follower’s decision-making engine;
- Chapter - 03: Charisma: the one thing that matters;
Section - TWO: The values dimension;
- Chapter - 04: Compassion;
- Chapter - 05: Hope;
Section - THREE: The character dimension;
- Chapter - 06: Asperity;
- Chapter - 07: Rhetoric;
- Chapter - 08: Integrity;
- Chapter - 09: Simplicity;
Section - FOUR: The achievement dimension;
- Chapter - 10: Measurement;
- Chapter - 11: Action