Systemic leadership - Bas de Kruyff - ebook

Bas de Kruyff (1966) is a seasoned coach in the field of leadership and personal effectiveness. In his work, he keeps seeing how leaders are being unconsciously influenced by patterns from their descent in their current position. He himself has experienced how liberating it is when you have the conscious choice of whether to continue that pattern or to adjust to the direction that serves you and your organization the most. In Systemic Leadership, he projects the basics of systemic work to the leadership theme. In addition to inspection of the conditions for a healthy functioning organization (the system), he provides the reader with suggestions on how to lead more based on trust, rather than fear, as a leader.

Our societies, institutions and social fabric are currently in the early stages of the third revolution of humanity, the Digital Civil Revolution. Disruption is not restricted to markets. The same technologies that cause and fuel it are giving citizens more knowledge and information, more public and political influence, and tools to organize themselves and so to disrupt politics, democracy and public services. This totally transforms the media landscape, public opinion, political debate, and the roles of industry and the state toward citizens. Using multiple examples from across the globe, this book explores, analyzes and defines this revolution, its impact, the underlying technology and trends, as well as the special kind of civil leadership needed to harness this new citizen power that is disrupting the public domain. Steven P.M. de Waal, PhD, is a strategic consultant, entrepreneur and chairman of multiple non-executive boards. He combines his extensive experience in the boardroom w…