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Credible

The Power of Expert Leaders

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Credible

By: Amanda Goodall
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What makes a leader credible?

Who would be an expert in a world where expertise is under siege? Hard-won know-how and experience seem to count for nothing in the eyes of everyone from high-profile business leaders to populist politicians.

But what evidence do we have that this perception is right?

Amanda Goodall has been asking this question for the last twenty years. Her research has taken her from boardrooms and F1 race tracks to hospitals and higher education. She has proven time and again that, when it comes to top performance, we need people - especially bosses - with the expertise that only comes from a deep understanding of the worlds in which they operate.

That's what makes the people around them feel happier, better appreciated and more productive.

In Credible, Goodall identifies the key characteristics of expert leaders and provides a model for career development and success based on going deep into a business, working hard and knowing your stuff.

We all want to be led by people we can relate to and trust, people who have the credibility to make us want to follow them. When it comes to credible leadership, expertise really matters.

©2023 Amanda Goodall (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited Leadership Management Management & Leadership Sociology Business Career

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Critic reviews

In her clear and invigorating book, Amanda Goodall lays out an essential message for our times: The very best leaders are those who are experts in what they are leading. If you've had nagging suspicions about the idea of generalist, all-purpose leaders, this well-researched book will validate your concerns. If you're currently a leader, aspire to be a leader, or are responsible for selecting and assessing leaders, Credible is a must-read (Donald C. Hambrick, Evan Pugh University Professor and Smeal Chaired Professor of Management, The Pennsylvania State University)
Credible provides a fascinating insight into the amount and kind of expertise required by different leaders. Anyone in a senior leadership position should read this book and consider the implications for their own performance (Lord Gus O'Donnell, former Head of the UK Civil Service and Permanent Secretary of the UK Treasury)
Credible is engaging and powerful. With many vivid examples from a range of industries and settings, Amanda Goodall shows how two essential qualities of our species that we evolved to manifest - leadership and expertise - must actually be reflected within both for-profit and not-for-profit organisations (Nicholas A. Christakis, Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science, Yale University)
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I’ve just listened to this book off the back of Mazzucato’s “The Big Con”, another academic point of view on the current culture of managerialism. As an ex-management consultant and former subject matter expert, it’s refreshing to hear of the research and evidence on much of what I have experienced in my career but unable to verbalise. This will be a book divide opinions, as it bucks the trend of modern practices, but it’s high time we had this debate.

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