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Most leadership books try to answer the question "What is good leadership?" This book is different. It starts with the question: "How can you learn to lead?" The Leadership Skills Handbook is based on research from over a thousand leaders in the public, private and voluntary sectors. It identifies the practical skills leaders must have in order to be successful, and offers guidance on key topics such as: Understanding yourself and others, Managing your Career, Delegating and motivating, selling, Coaching, Conflict management, Crisis management, Problem solving, Decision making, Projects, Presenting, Managing Change, Creating a Vision. There is space for recording notes and real- life examples of skills in action, so that the handbook can become your personal leadership coach, each chapter to be consulted when the need arises. About The Author Jo Owen has worked for over 70 of the best, and one or two of the worst, organisations in the world. His experience crosses industries, continents & business environments- and formed the basis for his best -selling book Management Stripped Bare (also published by Kogan Page). A founder of Teach First, which is one of the top graduate recruiters in the UK, he is a frequent speaker on leadership. Table of Contents Part 1: Career Skills; Understand yourself; Understand others, Understand how you affect others, Discover your rules of success, The leadership journey: key principles, Managing your leadership journey: the map, Finding the right place at tshe right time, Careers versus careering: avoiding the death stars, Assessing your next move, Running the leadership marathon, Part 2: People Skills; Delegating, Motivating, Selling, Coaching, Managing expectations, Managing upwards, Part 3: Moment of truth skills; Learning to say no, Conflict management, Crisis Management, Dealing with bullies , Negative feedback; Hearing feedback, Fighting battles Managing adversity, Part 4: Technical Skills; Reading; Writing, Presenting, Storytelling; Listening; Doing numbers, Problem Solving, Decision Making; Negotiations, Networking, Time management, Effective meetings, Projects, Managing change Reorganizing, Creating a vision, Part 5: Values and Behaviours; Becoming a leader people want to follow, Working to win, Learning to be lucky; Positive leadership, Professional leadership, Etiquette, Honesty; 8. Humility, Living the values, Ambition, Hard work; Learning and renewal, Learning to lead.