Why this book?
So much has been written about leadership already, so why should you read this book? I had struggled with this question over the last four years until one day a client asked me: “Isn’t that book your ‘legacy’?” Spontaneously I replied: “No!” But his question kept lingering in my mind. “Maybe that’s it.”
The guiding principle in this book is coaching leadership, focusing on mutual respect, non-hierarchical thinking and personal development, always putting the needs of the coachee at the centre.
With this book I want to inspire you to write your own coaching leadership story and to successfully implement it in your own (work) context. Based on my years of experience, my accumulated insights over the years, personal stories, concrete cases and practical models, I will provide concrete tools to help you to achieve this.
Life is a dance. You learn as you go.
Sometimes you lead. Sometimes you follow.
Don’t worry.
Life is a dance, you learn as you go.
John Michael Montgomery (1965), country singer
Life is a dance, you learn by doing. Sometimes you lead, sometimes you follow: that is the secret of success. Yes, sometimes you step on each other’s toes, literally and figuratively. Sometimes you don’t feel your dance partner’s rhythm. Sometimes the other person switches to another dance style, or worse: sometimes the other person doesn’t want to dance with you. But ‘don’t worry!’
Anyone who has found their own way will later be able to support other people in their personal growth. Helping others reflect in order to find their own answers: this is the core of coaching leadership.
The essence of this book is: to develop a shared dance style based on our personal dance style. I therefore invite you to dance with me in my book.
This book also gives you access to the additional FREE E-BOOK with extra information and questionnaires.
