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Liquid Leadership

Inspirational lessons from the world's great leaders
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Liquid Leadership by Damian Hughes delves into the traits and behaviours necessary for successful leadership in dynamic environments. It explores how leaders can adapt and thrive amidst constant change, focusing on versatility, emotional intelligence, and a people-centric approach. Hughes combines insights from diverse fields to present a compelling narrative on modern leadership values in business and entrepreneurship.
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You might enjoy this book if you're interested in innovative leadership principles that blend traditional approaches with modern adaptability. It offers insights into developing a flexible leadership style that can thrive in changing environments, appealing to anyone keen on enhancing their management skills by understanding the dynamic nature of business and entrepreneurship.

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A practical, jargon-free and easily accessible book on making a difference as a leader, Damian Hughes’ Liquid Leadership draws on a diverse list of leaders in everyday life (Kim England, National Sales Training Manager at Unilever), to showbiz celebrities (John Lennon, Walt Disney), to renowned historical leaders (Shackleton, Eisenhower, Steve Jobs).

There are no stuffy theories here. Instead, the book jumps energetically between film references from the Wizard of Oz, Alfie and Superman to the leadership styles of World-Cup winning coaches Alf Ramsay and Clive Woodward. Speckled throughout are examples of ‘Liquid Leaders’, from people you know – like James Timpson, head of the UK-wide group of key-cutting and shoe repair outlets – to people we don’t know, including Fergus Findlay of Barnardo’s in Ireland. This book offers you a joyous diversion that pushes home important theory effortlessly.

It ends with practical exercises designed to galvanise the reader into identifying how they need to change, as well as a very useful annotated bibliography.

Both of Damian’s books have been credited with helping people build their own houses, fight cancer and run marathons, so come on and be a fellow Liquid Leader!

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Liquid Leadership by Damian Hughes is praised for its engaging use of stories and examples from both well-known and lesser-known achievers. It includes practical exercises designed to help readers implement the concepts discussed in the book.

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Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781906465438

Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 23 April 2009

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Capstone Publishing Ltd

Audience: General / adult, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 131.0mm

Height: 200.0mm

Weight: 227g

Pages: 208

About the Author

Damian Hughes is founder of the LiquidThinker company which takes the methods used by great achievers and shows, in easy steps, how you can adopt them into your own life and business in order to achieve your dreams and ambitions.

LiquidThinker Ltd, helps a wide range of individuals, teams and industries to achieve similar employee engagement and success. Damian also works as one of the coaches for GB Rugby League team. In his spare time, he runs a Manchester inner-city youth club, Collyhurst and Moston, which has helped reduce crime and help many kids find a purpose in their lives from stopping crime to winning Olympic medals.
He has also been nominated for the 2007 William Hill Sports book of the year award for his biography of boxing great, Sugar Ray Robinson. His innovative and exciting approach to inspiring others to achieve has been praised by Sir Richard Branson, Muhammad Ali, Jonny Wilkinson and Sir Alex Ferguson.

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