Hacking Leadership: The 11 Gaps Every Business Needs to Close and the Secrets to Closing Them Quickly

Hacking Leadership is Mike Myatt's latest leadership book written for leaders at every level. Leadership isn't broken, but how it's currently being practiced certainly is. Everyone has blind spots. The purpose of Hacking Leadership is to equip leaders at every level with an actionable framework to identify blind spots and close leadership gaps. The bulk of the book is based on actionable, topical leadership and management hacks to bridge eleven gaps every business needs to cross in order to create a culture of leadership: leadership, purpose, future, mediocrity, culture, talent, knowledge, innovation, expectation, complexity, and failure. Each chapter:  Gives readers specific techniques to identify, understand, and most importantly, implement individual, team and organizational leadership hacks. Addresses blind spots and leverage points most leaders and managers haven’t thought about, which left unaddressed, will adversely impact growth, development, and performance. All leaders have blind-spots (gaps), which often go undetected for years or decades, and sadly, even when identified the methods for dealing with them are outdated and ineffective – they need to be hacked. Showcases case studies from the author’s consulting practice, serving as a confidant with more than 150 public company CEOs. Some of those corporate clients include: AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, EMC, Humana, IBM, JP Morgan Chase, Merrill Lynch, PepsiCo, and other leading global brands.   Hacking Leadership offers a fresh perspective that makes it easy for leaders to create a roadmap to identify, refine, develop, and achieve their leadership potential--and to create a more effective business that is financially solvent and professionally desirable. 

Table of Contents:
Prologue xi Chapter 1: Hacking the Leadership Gap 1 Overview—The Commoditization of Leadership 1 The Leadership Gap Defined 3 Hacking the Control Gap 5 The Awareness Gap—Finding the Blind Spots 7 The Key to Clarity—White Space 8 Hacking the Status Quo 11 Hacking the Preparation Gap 13 Chapter 2 Hacking the Purpose Gap 17 Following in the Footsteps of Greatness—The Movement Hack 20 Individual Purpose—Hacking the Purpose Continuum 21 Hacking the Pursuit Gap 24 Hacking the Passion Gap 26 Finding Organizational Purpose Begins with Hacking Why 28 Hacking the Profit Gap 28 Chapter 3 Hacking the Future Gap 33 How to See around Corners—Hacking the Vision Gap 35 To Hack the Future You Must Have Clear Perspective on the Past 36 To Hack the Future You Must Understand How to Navigate the Present 37 Hacking the New Normal 38 Great Leaders Hack the Future by Pulling it Forward 40 Hacking Generational Complexity 42 Chapter 4 Hacking the Mediocrity Gap 45 Hacking the Impulsivity Gap 48 Hacking the Impossibility Gap 50 Hacking the Safety Gap 52 Hacking Political Correctness 54 Chapter 5 Hacking the Culture Gap 57 Hacking the Gap between Strategy and Culture 58 The Right Foundation—Hacking the Culture Construct 60 Hacking the Management Construct 61 Hacking the Scarcity Gap 62 Hacking the Courage Gap 64 Hacking the Arrogance Gap 65 Hacking the Rumor Mill 67 Hacking Diversity 70 Hacking Scalability 73 Hacking the Me Too Gap—Don’t Copy, Create 75 Chapter 6 Hacking the Talent Gap 79 Hacking the Trust Gap 79 Hacking the Loyalty Gap 83 Hacking the Four Dimensions of Talent 86 Hacking the Hiring Gap 89 Hacking the Definition Gap 93 Hacking the Quality Gap—Supply versus Demand 96 Hacking the Consensus Gap 97 Hacking the One-Size-Doesn’t-Fit-All Gap 103 Hacking the Pressure Gap 104 Hacking the Turnover Gap 106 Chapter 7 Hacking the Knowledge Gap 111 Hacking Static Thinking 112 Hacking the Decision Gap 115 Hacking the Competency Gap 119 Hacking the Learning Gap 121 Hacking the Reading Gap 123 Hacking the Communication Gap 126 Hacking the Sensitivity Gap 131 Hacking the Story 134 Hacking Verbosity 136 Chapter 8 Hacking the Innovation Gap 139 Hacking the Idea Trap—What Innovation is Not 140 Hacking the Change Gap 142 Hacking the Gap between Incremental and Disruptive 145 Hacking the Next Level 148 Hacking the Competition 150 Hacking the Flexibility Gap 153 Chapter 9 Hacking the Expectation Gap 155 Hacking the Alignment Gap 156 Hacking the Discipline Gap 158 Chapter 10 Hacking the Complexity Gap 161 Hacking Complexity 162 Hacking Smart 163 Chapter 11 Hacking the Failure Gap 167 Hacking Perfection 168 Hacking a Defensive Mind-set 170 Hacking Succession 172 Final Thoughts 177 Hacking Your Family Life 178 Hacking Apathy 180 Hacking the Excuse Gap 180 About the Author 183 Index 185

About the Author :
MIKE MYATT is the CEO of N2growth, a global leader in providing leadership development services to Fortune 500 companies. He is widely regarded as America's Top CEO Coach, the author of Leadership Matters, and a Forbes Leadership Columnist. Mike Myatt is one of the world's most respected authorities on leadership, having been recognized by Thinkers50 and other organizations as one of today's preeminent leadership thinkers, and his theories and practices have been taught at many of the nation's top business schools. Mr. Myatt has worked directly with more than 150 public company CEOs and his representative corporate clients include: AT&T, Bank of America, Deloitte, EMC, Humana, IBM, JPMorgan Chase, McGraw-Hill, Merrill Lynch, PepsiCo, and other leading global brands. Mr. Myatt also frequently lectures and keynotes on the topic of leadership. If you're interested in contacting him, you can email him at info@n2growth.com, follow him on Twitter @MikeMyatt, or find more information on his company website at www.n2growth.com.

Review :
“All leaders have blind spots which they aren't aware of and these results in gaps in leadership. While not all gaps will have a major impact on how you function as a leader, some do and so it's important to know how to identify these and become aware of self imposed limitations and perceptual biases that you may have.” —The Economic Times "As the world becomes increasingly complex and business owners face more pressures than ever before, leadership advice hasn’t really changed. That’s why Mike Myatt, a leadership advisor to Fortune 500 CEOs and author of new book “Hacking Leadership,” set out to provide shortcuts that would simplify the complexities of building a successful business." —Business Insider “The essence of Mike Myatt’s definition of hacking: one who discovers alternative paths to ‘deciphering complexity, influencing outcomes, acquiring access and creating innovative customizations to existing/outdated methodologies.’ Hmm — that sounds like the key components of leadership. In the book, which is subtitled The 11 Gaps Every Business Needs to Close and the Secrets to Closing Them Quickly, the ‘Leadership Gap’ is the most important because it helps close the gaps of the other 10.” —Dallas News