Nine Practices of 21st Century Leadership: A Guide for Inspiring Creativity, Innovation, and Engagement

Most leadership books focus on traditional leadership, which is based on managerial practices and command-and-control assumptions. Traditional leadership methods produce short-term gains but often at the cost of employee disengagement, team isolation, and distrust. Twenty-first century leadership methods produce short-term gains while inspiring cre Section I: Demystifying 21st-Century Leadership. Section II: Using the Nine Practices of 21st-Century Leadership: Part 1: Foundational Practices: Improving Performance with Systemic Thinking. Section II: Using the Nine Practices of 21st-Century Leadership: Part 2: Supporting Change. Section II: Using the Nine Practices of 21st-Century Leadership: Part 3: Adding Value. Section III: Continuing to Grow. Gary A. DePaul is an author, speaker, and leadership consultant with Gary DePaul Consulting. With more than 20 years of practitioner and academic experiences in performance improvement, Gary helps elevate the performance of individuals, teams, and organizations. His areas of practice include leadership development, organizational evaluation, speaking events, workshop facilitation, and executive coaching. Gary has served executives and teams in both international and national organizations including Lowe‘s Companies Inc., Ceridian Benefits Services, Fidelity National Information Services, Johnson Controls Inc., and Arthur Andersen LLP. He has held several formal roles including senior manager of training and knowledge management, senior instructional designer, performance improvement director, and workforce readiness manager.