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Transformative Leadership: Empower, Innovate, Sustain
Transformative Leadership: Empower, Innovate, Sustain is a timely and thoughtful guide for those who want to lead change that matters. In an age of social injustice, ecological collapse, and rising inequality, this book argues that conventional leadership no longer works. What is needed now is a deeper, more courageous approach; one that shifts the focus from personality to purpose, from individual gain to collective good, and from short-term outcomes to long-term, systemic change.
What This Book Covers?
At the heart of the book is the idea that all leadership is political and ethical. There is no neutral ground. Whether in education, health, government, or community life, leaders shape the world not just by what they do, but by what they fail to question. Transformative leaders understand that systems are often built on exclusion, and that true change means challenging the rules, not just playing by them.
The book draws clear lines between three oftenconfused ideas: transformed leadership (personal growth), transformational leadership (inspiring others), and transformative leadership (changing systems). It is this third strand that the book explores in depth offering a framework rooted in justice, collaboration, and structural change.
The book does not shy away from difficulty. It speaks to the resistance, fatigue, and uncertainty that come with this work. But it also offers tools for ethical decision making, for measuring impact, and for sustaining momentum. It ends not with answers, but with an invitation: to lead not from authority, but from purpose.
Who Should Read This Book?
This is a book for those who want to lead with integrity. Not to manage change, but to stand in the middle of it. Not to lead from above, but from beside. Not to fix others, but to ask what must I change in myself, in my organisation, in the world? It is a serious, grounded, and hopeful call to action.
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Dr. Graham Wilson
He is a behavioural scientist and psychotherapist, who writes and speaks on leadership, management, personnel, and organizational development. He is an executive confidant and facilitator, conference rapporteur, and a tutor in psychology and counselling at the University of Oxford, UK. He was chair of two charities, executive lead for research in the BACP (British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) Coaching division, and project manager for research for the RLSS UK (Royal Life Saving Society).
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