Redesigning Leadership

An evidence-based framework to diagnose and reshape how you lead

In Redesigning Leadership: Understand, Challenge and Transform the Way You Lead, Claudio Feser, Senior Partner Emeritus of McKinsey and Honorary Professor at the University of St. Gallen, and Daniella Laureiro-Martinez, Professor at ETH Zurich, introduce the Leadership Operating Model—the ingrained system of habits, preferences, and patterns that shapes how leaders decide, behave, and interact.

Redesigning Leadership draws on validated research from psychology and cognitive science to help leaders assess, challenge, and intentionally reshape their operating model. Through the fictional journeys of two leaders guided by a professor, the book connects theory to real practice and provides tools for self-assessment, targeted behavioural change, and sustained long-term development.

Readers will also find:

• A structured diagnostic framework for identifying leadership habits that once drove success but now limit effectiveness
• Practical, validated self-assessment tools grounded in psychological and cognitive science research for targeted behavioural change
• Narrative-driven case studies of two leaders navigating the process of redesigning their leadership operating models
• Evidence-based strategies for adapting leadership behaviours when shifting roles, complexity, or expectations demand new approaches
• A workbook format designed for continuous reflection, experimentation, and sustainable long-term professional leadership development

Written for executives in leadership positions, aspiring leaders, and MBA students, Redesigning Leadership provides a rigorous, actionable framework for anyone who recognizes that past success does not guarantee future effectiveness and is ready to deliberately evolve how they lead.