Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps - by Jennifer Garvey Berger (Paperback)

About the Book

Complexity can be a terrible and overwhelming force, or it can be a delightful source of new energy and possibility--it all depends on your ability to escape the mindtraps we fall into and create new habits for a new world.

Book Synopsis

Complexity can be a terrible and overwhelming force, or it can be a delightful source of new energy and possibility-it all depends on your ability to escape the mindtraps we fall into and create new habits for a new world.

Review Quotes

"I don't know how Garvey Berger has managed to capture so much wisdom in such a small compass, but I do know we are all the beneficiaries!"--Robert Kegan "Harvard University"

"In this book, Jennifer explains key skills: listening to learn, disagreeing to expand, resolution to deepen relationships. I wish that every leader, and every person, would read this in today's increasingly interconnected yet polarized world!"--Diane Tang, Vice President "Google"

"The greatest journey a leader can take is into a world of self-awareness, mindfulness, and curiosity. Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps is a pioneering handbook that I believe will help a new generation of leaders navigate complexity and find fulfillment."--Vas Narasimhan, Chief Executive Officer "Novartis"

"This book is deceptively brilliant. It offers a host of very accessible practices that will result in creating the agile, innovative, engaged organizational conversations and cultures that can thrive amid complexity."--Bob Anderson, Founder and Chairman "The Leadership Circle"

"Thought-provoking, insightful, and empowering. This book opens up academic research to a broader audience, encouraging us all to expand the limits of our thinking. Jennifer's work continues to inspire me."--Jill Ader, Chairwoman "Egon Zehnder"

About the Author

Jennifer Garvey Berger believes that leadership is one of the most vital renewable resources in the world. At a time when organizations are often forging the path rather than following the path of others, leadership is about creating the conditions for people to be their most creative, connected, intelligent selves. She is a founding partner and CEO of Cultivating Leadership, a consultancy that serves executives and executive teams in the private, non-profit, and government sectors around the world. Her clients include Google, Microsoft, Novartis, Wikipedia, and Oxfam International. Jennifer designs and teaches leadership programs, coaches senior teams, and supports new ways of thinking about strategy and people with clients facing these dramatic shifts in complexity, volatility, and change in their workplaces and markets. She blends deep theoretical knowledge with a driving quest for practical ways to make leaders' lives better. Jennifer holds a doctorate in adult development from Harvard University, where she studied under and worked with acclaimed developmental psychologist Robert Kegan. She was an Associate Professor at George Mason University before she left the academy on a mission to connect powerful research and the people doing real work in the world.