Elegant Leadership by Kris Cooper

The only leadership book you will need that finds the balance between pleasing people and making good choices. It focuses on day-to-day leadership, goal-setting, and regular reflection, so that your leadership is built up of micro-moments, not just the difficult times and big moments. Kris Cooper offers straightforward, practical, achievable advice.  The book identifies core behaviours that work well and a framework for stretching further.

The book is arranged from  A to Z, which is an interesting way to present the material. ‘A’ includes the concepts of Accelerate, Accept, Accountable, Action/Activate, Adaptable, Adept, Advice, Agility, Ahead, Ambition/Ambitious Thinking, Anticipate, Appreciating, Authentic – with well-considered notes on each. ‘B’ includes Bank, Basics, Belonging, Bold, Borrow, Boundaries, Brave, Breathe. This will give you an idea of the book’s content. There are notes for reflection at the end of each chapter.

The way the book is arranged makes Elegant Leadership a usable, thought-provoking resource to work through at your own pace, even with a busy schedule.

Reviewer: Karen McMillan

Quentin Wilson Publishing