Tim Johns is a British author and communications expert who has advised leading UK firms on how to use a ‘Four Cs’ approach (Coaching, Communication, Change and Consultancy) to simplify tasks, humanise organisations and give staff the confidence to see things differently. His new book ‘Leading from Home’, is great reading for leaders who are navigating the challenges of running their business during the lockdown and beyond.
The world of work was entering a turbulent period long before the pandemic came along. The signs of change and the megatrends were already there, and the COVID-19 crisis merely accelerated them. The employment landscape, along with many other aspects of life, is forever changed, so working from home will continue to play a significant part in our lives in the years ahead.
Leading from home is not the same as leading from an office and it calls for new behaviours and new attitudes. Before leaders can learn to lead from home, however, they need to learn to lead themselves. In this short and punchy book, Johns outlines the challenge of leading your team through this digital transformation and sets out some ideas to help.
Tim Johns said, “This is a slim volume despite the fact that it covers a lot of ground. It’s a short book because many business books are simply too long. And no one enjoys struggling through long drawn-out books.” Johns continued, “Many business books are little more than one or two big ideas padded out with interviews and case studies that stretch the original premise almost to breaking point. You don’t want that. What you want is something that is to the point and easy to read.”
Johns’ mission is to make you think differently and challenge your assumptions, working from the standpoint that past experience alone won’t help you to get where you need to go. The book will broaden the outlook of leadership teams and help them find a better way forward in our much-changed world.
It is available from the usual book retailers from July 2020.
Paul Arkwright
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