About the Book
How Informed Is Your Approach To Leadership?
Informed Leadership explores how today's leaders can align purpose, performance, and prosperity through a values-based framework.
This book explores the concept of informed leadership in detail, emphasizing the application of first principles to unify purpose, enhance performance, and maximize prosperity within organizations. Drawing on his extensive leadership experience, Ribott expertly identifies key blind spots in this area and offers a practical framework for overcoming them.
Key Sections
The Need for Informed Leadership
Identifies common leadership blind spots such as conflict management, decision paralysis, and talent development, then discusses the importance of awareness and accountability.
Foundation of Informed Leadership
In this section, Ribott introduces the four pillars of leadership - Respect, Integrity, Dignity, and Empathy - and explains how each is essential for creating a solid leadership foundation and fostering a healthy organizational culture.
Informed Leadership in Action
Here, Ribott details the qualities of effective leaders (Anti-fragile, Bold, Clear, and Deliberate), before exploring how these qualities contribute to achieving purpose, performance, and prosperity.
Challenges and Solutions
After discussing the impact of misalignment in purpose and performance on organizational prosperity, Ribott offers a series of strategies for cultivating shared values and enhancing employee engagement.
Conclusion
Ribott's guide concludes by stressing the importance of self-awareness and continuous personal development in leadership. In doing so, it encourages leaders to foster an environment of trust and accountability to navigate challenges effectively.
Final Thoughts
Throughout his book, Ribott comprehensively explains how informed leadership is vital for personal and organizational success, urging leaders to commit to their development while embracing the principles of respect, integrity, dignity, and empathy.
Review :
"Informed Leadership is a deeply grounded guide to becoming the kind of leader people actually want to follow. David Ribott offers a clear, actionable roadmap for navigating complexity with purpose, clarity, and integrity."
Dorie Clark, executive education faculty at Columbia Business School, and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of The Long Game
"David's wealth of experience from his days as an athlete to helping transform companies across MENA has been distilled in this book that starts with informed leadership, but ends with impact."
Diana Wu David, CEO, Future Proof Lab, and ranked #2 Global Futurist by Global Gurus
"David is credible and experienced. If you are looking for someone to challenge you as a leader and your assumptions, I think his book will encourage a deeper, reflective conversation with yourself."
Dustin Seale, Regional Managing Partner EMEA, Heidrick Consulting, and co-author of Lead Through Anything
"Informed Leadership is a clear-sighted and deeply practical guide for leaders navigating complexity. David combines grounded experience with a values-based framework that invites us to lead with greater awareness, resilience, and intention. This book doesn't offer easy answers- but it does offer the right questions, and a model that equips leaders to make better choices, even in uncertainty. A must-read for any senior leader committed to personal growth and organizational impact."
Dr. Hannah Haikal, Senior HR Leader Business, and one of ASIA's 100 WOMEN POWER LEADERS for 2023
"Informed Leadership spoke directly to the real-life challenges I face as a leader. It seamlessly blends professional insights with coaching wisdom, encouraging deeper reflection on your leadership position and purpose. It equips you with the clarity and confidence to lead with intention and navigate complexity. A must-read for anyone who wants to lead not just effectively, but meaningfully."
ALJohara ALMandil, Head of Digital Innovation Lab, Jeel
"Informed Leadership is both a call to courage and a compass for clarity in today's complex world. As a senior leader in education in the Middle East, I found David's insights deeply
resonant and practical. Grounded in first principles-Respect, Integrity, Dignity, and Empathy-Ribott's ABCs of leadership offer more than a model; they provide a moral and
operational guide. His work challenges leaders to confront blind spots, lead with alignment, and embrace discomfort with purpose. This book reminds us that leadership excellence is
intentional-and that real change begins with personal responsibility and self-awareness."
Kenneth D. Grcich, Ed.D., Associate Dean for Student Affairs, Georgetown University in Qatar
