Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader
Herminia Ibarra





Format: Hardcover, 200pp.
ISBN: 9781422184127
Publisher: Harvard Business Review Press
Pub. Date: February 10, 2015

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Today’s breakneck pace of change has an immense impact on leaders—and as a result, on the organizations they run. All too often, people remain stuck in outdated mindsets and modes of operating, even after others recognize the need for change. Leaders need to learn to pivot even when there are no obvious signals guiding their way.

Leadership expert Herminia Ibarra (INSEAD) upends traditional, introspective advice and says act first—and then change your way of thinking. In this unconventional book, Ibarra, one of the world’s foremost experts on leadership transitions, provides the first practical guide on how to change when you also need to lead. Defying standard leadership development guidance, which encourages deep self-reflection into strengths and weaknesses, this book shows that the most effective way to change is through action, not analysis, and by learning from experience, not introspection. In short, it will teach you to change from the outside in by first acting like a leader and then thinking like one.

Based on Ibarra’s flagship executive education program at INSEAD, this book is for new and seasoned leaders alike who need to understand the new rules for success in their own organization, and in the global business environment at large. It’s the essential guidebook for anyone who wants to upgrade their role or be the leader their organization needs them to be.


About the Author

Herminia Ibarra is a professor of Leadership and Learning, the Chair of the Organizational Behavior department, and the founding director of “The Leadership Transition” executive education program at INSEAD. She is a member of the World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council, and consults with a wide variety of companies around the world in the areas of leadership development and talent management, with a special focus on women and leadership. Ibarra was previously on the faculty of Harvard Business School. She is the author of the book Working Identity, and her research has been published in the leading academic journals and profiled in a wide range of media.

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