Stop, Ask, Explore - Learn to Navigate Change in Times of Uncertainty

Master 'what now?' moments and use life's inevitable interruptions and disruptions as an opportunity to reflect, reorient and grow in your professional life and beyond.

FINALIST: American Book Fest Best Book Award 2023 - Business: Career

Interruptions and disruptions are a threshold to uncharted territory. You can learn to navigate uncertain transitions - and to flourish in times of unrelenting change.

This book offers readers a practical framework for navigating life's inevitable turning points, thresholds and transitions - at work, at home and in between. Drawing upon more than a decade of research and work with established and emerging leaders across the globe, leadership consultant, Joan P. Ball invites you to reimagine your relationship with uncertainty and recognize the creative potential that exists in the messy middle between life's inevitable What Now? Moments and what comes next.

Stop, Ask, Explore is a lively and eye-opening book that will allow you to more effectively engage interruptions and disruptions and develop the experimental mindset needed to flourish in an era of unrelenting and exponential change. Discover the power of curiosity, wayfinding, and discernment to make sense of uncharted territory and learn to thrive in times of uncertainty.

Inhaltsverzeichnis:

Chapter - 01: Introduction;Section - ONE: Stop;Chapter - 02: Don't follow your passion - Dispassionate curiosity and active resilience;Chapter - 03: Don't pivot - Active waiting and minding our metaphors;Chapter - 04: Lost in transition - Creating learning space to get your bearings;Section - TWO: Ask;Chapter - 05: Zoom in - Rigorous self-awareness and making sense of new terrain;Chapter - 06: Zoom out - Wayfinding from the outside in;Chapter - 07: What's possible? Identify possibilities and put everything on the altar;Section - THREE: Explore;Chapter - 08: Learn by doing - The art and science of experimentation;Chapter - 09: Now pivot! From exploration to execution;Chapter - 10: Now follow your passion!;Chapter - 11: What Now? Moments and life in uncharted territory;Chapter - 12: Conclusion

Rezension:

"Excellent leaders create conditions that advance and empower those around them, especially in times of uncertainty. In Stop, Ask, Explore, Joan P. Ball offers a field-tested framework and practical tools and approaches to help leaders-from first-time managers to C-suite executives-navigate change and equip their teams to over- come challenges in their presence, as well as their absence." Frances Frei, Harvard Business School Professor, Thinkers50 Award-winner, and co-author of 'Unleashed: The Unapologetic Leader's Guide to Empowering Everyone Around You'