What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential

JOHN MATTONE is a highly-respected name in the business leaders’ fraternity worldwide. Following his excellent work, Mattone has been recognised by the reputed Thinkers50 as one of the world’s leading management gurus. Leadership Excellence Magazine has identified him as one of the top independent leadership consultants across the globe. Mattone’s latest book, Intelligent Leadership: What You Need to Know to Unlock Your Full Potential ranks high among the thought provoking and development books on leadership. The author says that Intelligent Leadership equips an aspiring leader with knowledge, skills, and above all passion that one needs to become a true leader. The book is relevant for any leader who is aspiring to make his present role more effective, operationally focused, strategic and balanced.Intelligent Leadership, especially caters to the those leaders who are making an effort to excel in their respective fields. The book got released at a time when worldwide the economic market is highly volatile and unpredictable. Organisations are in desperate need of business leaders who can inspire and motivate others to get desired results. After reading the book, an aspiring leader would be better prepared to meet challenges. He can also apply some of the learnings from the book in his day-to-day life. The books offers three unique leadership tools—the Wheel of Leadership Success, the Map of Leadership Maturity, and the Leadership Enneagra. The book helps the readers to analyse the outer-core competencies like ability to make decision, emotional leadership, and communication skills. In the Leadership Wheel of Success, Mattone shows an advanced diagram on how to translate action from one's fundamental character and self-concept. Further, the diagram identifies nine different types of leaders including perfectionists, entertainers, thinkers, disciples, etc. Perfectionists are reasonable, logical, and fair, while entertainers are those valued for social services, but often risk projecting an image to substitute their true selves to gain admiration and respect. Similarly, thinkers are those having highly-developed intelligence and disciples are loyal, committed, and dependable. One can use these tools to finetune leadership qualities and can work accordingly on their strengths and weaknesses. The books helps in improving key competencies including communication, strategic thinking, decision making, and talent and team leadership. The book guides individuals to incorporate these qualities with inner traits including values, character, and belief to help unlock and unleash greatest leadership potential. The book tries to portray itself as one of the most complete guide ever for leaders.