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Mastering MESSY Leadership

How Exceptional Leaders Thrive When No One Has the Answers
By Jerry Connor and Lee Sears
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Today's leaders face a messy reality. Constant disruption, competing priorities across business and society, and complex human pressures mean their ability to inspire their teams and deliver outstanding results is becoming ever more difficult. Mastering MESSY Leadership reveals a breakthrough approach for leading in today's unpredictable... Read More
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A modern, messy world requires MESSY leadership. This is an actionable guide for leaders who want to cut through complexity and lead with clarity and confidence.

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Today's leaders face a messy reality. Constant disruption, competing priorities across business and society, and complex human pressures mean their ability to inspire their teams and deliver outstanding results is becoming ever more difficult.

Mastering MESSY Leadership reveals a breakthrough approach for leading in today's unpredictable and demanding world. Based on insights from more than 10,000 coaching conversations with talent leaders around the world, it demonstrates how a small number of extraordinary leaders rise above the overwhelm towards a more fluid, adaptive, and human way of operating.

This book uncovers the five mindsets that enable these exceptional leaders to thrive amid complexity. MESSY leaders must:

  • Find Meaning in tackling complex organizational and societal issues.
  • Connect Emotionally in today's culturally rich and diverse world.
  • Sense the direction of current events and emerging futures.
  • Seize momentum and stay ahead/competitive.
  • Tame Your ego, so that you can empower people to step in and step up.

From BTS, world leaders in the people side of strategy, and drawing on fifteen years of real-world examples, Mastering MESSY Leadership is a practical, actionable guide for anyone who wants to lead with clarity and confidence in a complex world.

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ISBN: 9781399831420

Publisher: John Murray Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 17 December 2026

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: John Murray Business

Illustration: Up to 20 mono tables

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

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Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 320

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Business & Entrepreneurship Business Leadership & Management Business Strategy & Negotiation Company Culture & Human Resources Jerry Connor Lee Sears Non-Fiction Non-Fiction Pre-Orders Pre-order Books Pre-Order Business & Entrepreneurship Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date

About the Author

Jerry Connor (Author)

JERRY CONNOR is Global Practice Head for BTS Coach, a global leadership consultancy with over 500 professionals in 33 offices worldwide. Jerry is a pioneer in the field of coaching who created "Coach in a Box," one of the first companies to to employ virtual coaching to reach the masses. Coach in a Box quickly grew to be one to he world's biggest coaching companies with over 250 coaches in 40 countries working in 27 languages. Jerry is also a founder of two not for profit organisations applying a coaching approach to international development and mentoring young people. Jerry lives in Sydney and is the architect behind the mindset research and the IP that has now benefitted over a half a million business leaders worldwide. Jerry has a degree in Law from the University of Cambridge in the UK.

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