Leading with Presence by Andrew A Parsons
Every result starts with an action, taking a step with an end in mind. Leaders with Presence energise people to be in action, to produce exceptional results with maximal clarity, alignment, and impact. All too often in our fast paced world, the pressures from inside ourselves and from external circumstances get in the way of great people producing astounding results. Energy gets dissipated through lack of alignment, conflicting intention and mixed messages. Habit, reactive patterns, status and control can get in the way. Leaders with Presence pull together the disparate forces of individuals, groups and agencies, so the right people take the right step in a timely and appropriate way to maximise efficiency and productivity. Presence equips people in positions of power to be optimally prepared for, and able to adapt to, changes and challenges, enabling them to provide dynamic and effective leadership. Presence means people show up, connected to who they are, to others, and to the bigger picture. Presence brings confidence, calm, natural authority, and the ability to intelligently self-regulate emotions. For the business as a whole this means: • Purposeful meetings • Clear communication • Intelligent focused decisions • Future-fit leadership • Alignment around common values and purpose • Impactful relationships across boundaries, professional and cultural • Ownership, buy-in and new possibilities for impactful action • Trust, respect and transparency In this book, we bring you the what, the why, and the how of leading with Presence. We break it down so you can master presence for yourself, and pass this essential competency of leadership on to others.
Dr. Andrew Parsons - Andrew initially trained as a Pharmacologist and Neuroscientist. Working predominantly in Industry he has over 90 peer reviewed publications and contributed to several Educational Books in Science and Medicine. He became an established scientific leader and developed his management skills becoming a senior Executive Leader in the Pharmaceutical Industry. He played key roles on individual projects from initial idea to development and the market place. Working across traditional organisational and cultural boundaries he was instrumental in creating External Innovation platforms across the Industry. Through this he became interested the impact of Human Factors (HuF) including Leadership and Culture in complex systems. He has Project Leadership roles within the Pharmaceutical HuF Special Interest group at the Chartered Institute of Ergonomics and Human Factors. He now works supporting early stage innovation Companies and also as an Executive and Therapeutic Coach supporting individuals thrive through personal, medical and professional challenges. Dr. Barbara Mariposa - Barbara is a medical doctor, thought leader and educator in the fields of leadership, performance and wellness, for organisations and their staff. The Presence Pyramid is the simple, powerful model she created in collaboration with Dr. Andy Parsons, as the culmination of years of experience working in the fields of emotional intelligence, leadership, mindful self-awareness and mental health. The book, Leading with Presence, arose from their mutual desire to make this model widely available as a tool for leaders, coaches, managers, health care professionals and everyone who works with people. It forms the basis of their work supporting organisations in making the most of their people, through effective, collaborative alliances, intelligent, values-based management, and aligned, productive communication. One of the challenges of co-authoring a book is to find a common voice, and to make sure that what is written has integrity and authenticity for both parties. In order to achieve this, Barbara and Andy used the very tools they were writing about, to succeed in creating a product that is greater than the sum of the parts either of them could have created individually. Barbara qualified from the Royal Free in London in 1978, having also obtained a B.Sc. in psychology, and went on to work in the fields of psychiatry and public health. She has since been pursuing her life-long passion to find the most effective answers to some fundamental questions. “How do we create working environments that foster emotional, mental and physical wellbeing?” “What human qualities best allow people and businesses to flourish and grow?” “How can we enable people at the top to lead most effectively in terms of both the people and the business?” Barbara’s powerful and pioneering programme, Mind Mood Mastery, is based on the neuroscience of human energy management, mindfulness, and emotional intelligence. Having also trained and worked as an actor, she makes the most of her broad skills base, to support leaders in performing to best of their ability, in terms of a) optimising their most precious resource, their energy, b) authentically connecting with others and expressing themselves c) maximising integrity, influence and impact. She wrote “The Mindfulness Playbook”, published by Hodder and Stoughton, and co-authored “The Kindness Habit: transforming our relationship to addictive behaviours,” with Christopher Dines. Barbara combines her love of the arts, music and literature with a passion for spreading a scientific understanding of how human work best, as the basis of humane, successful organisational cultures.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781908941695 |
| ISBN 10 | 1908941693 |
| Title | Leading with Presence |
| Author | Andrew A Parsons |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The Endless Bookcase |
| Year published | 2016-08-11 |
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