Green - The Age Of Wellbeing : A new leadership model for a happier world

The Age Of Wellbeing : A new leadership model for a happier world — read online for free the complete book (whole text) full work

Below is the text of the book, divided by pages. System saving the place of the last page read, allows you to conveniently read the book "The Age Of Wellbeing : A new leadership model for a happier world" online for free, without having to search again every time where you left off. Put a bookmark, and you can go to the page where you finished reading at any time.

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

1234567...82

THE AGE OF WELLBEING

A new leadership model for a happier world

DAVID GREEN

david@improveon.co.uk

First published 2020. Copyright 2020 David Green

David Green has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author(s) of this work.

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the author, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other non-commercial uses permitted by copyright law.

For permission requests, write to the author, addressed Attention: Permissions Coordinator, at the address below.

8 Dacombe Close, Upton, Dorset BH16 5JR, England.

Printed in the United Kingdom

ISBN 979-8570322905

Printed and bound in Great Britain by KDP.

Cover art by Robin Seccombe (www.direction123.com). Interior figures designed by Robin Seccombe. Cover design by Joseph Sale.

Created with Vellum

This book is dedicated to my wife and two sons.

Mel. Thank you for your patience, love and fantastic meals you've cooked to keep up my energy throughout! You are my soulmate and I am very lucky to have you in my life.

Harry and George. I love you both and am extremely proud of the young men you have both become. Keep going. You know what I mean!

Contents

Foreword

The following terms, concepts and ideas have all begun to permeate public consciousness to varying degrees of success:

Business as a Force for Good

Purposeful Businesses

Conscious Capitalism

The Circular Economy

The UN Sustainable Development Goals

Benefit Corporations

Gross National Happiness versus Gross Domestic Product

Triple Bottom Line Accounting

Impact Investing

But what do they all mean? What is good? What is purposeful? What is responsible or conscious or beneficial?

What joins all of these terms, ideas and concepts together? What is the focus of their combined efforts?

The answer, I believe, is wellbeing.

When we view the divisive politics of Brexit and the most recent USA presidential election campaign, its clear that many parts of the West are in crisis, nobody knowing where to turn, who or what to believe in, or how to improve our lives. Wellbeing has the potential to provide us all with a unifying vision. Though already gaining traction in many fields, this book is part of my approach to influencing existing and aspiring leaders to focus on wellbeing as the driving motivational force in their work.

The book is a reflection of my own beliefs about the leadership required to take us successfully into the future, putting forward the argument that there is a better way for leadership to balance people, purpose, profit, and planet.

Defining leadership is complex. Time, circumstance, philosophy, attitudes and beliefs, amongst many other influences, all play a part in how people define leadership. With so many variables, its no surprise there are many different definitions.

The Oxford dictionary says leadership is: The action of leading a group of people or an organization, or the ability to do this whereas the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD) outlines that: Leadership can be defined as the capacity to influence people, by means of personal attributes and/or behaviours, to achieve a common goal.

However, these definitions make no reference to the quality of leadership. Im interested in leadership that helps make the world better. Therefore, in the context of this book, leadership is seen as:

• Inspiring positive change in both people and process . Providing people with a vision of a better place to be and then defining the best path to get there.
• Systemic . It doesnt happen in a vacuum. Leadership attributes, characteristics, styles, personalities and behaviours all need to relate to and consider the system in which they operate. This includes culture, processes, people, customers, communities and even the world at large.
• More courageous . We are facing unprecedented times where we will have to make some stark choices that will not always be popular. Leaders will require strong values, courage, and the skills to carry people with them.

The CANBE Wellbeing Model, introduced throughout this book, builds on this and will help inspire positive change through people at all levels. It is relevant to leaders across public and private organisations as well as business owners, politicians, educators or indeed anyone in a leadership position. Whilst the book has been written with leaders in mind, the concepts and ideas are universal. As such they can be used to improve personal , team , organisational , community and even national wellbeing. Leadership, after all, operates at each of these levels . Whether you want to lead yourself to a better life or your nation to a better future this book has something for you. Depending on your motivations please choose to focus at whichever level, or combination of levels, you find most useful.

As such, this book is designed to:

• Introduce you to this new model of leadership.
• Help you review your current performance using the model.
• Help you set goals and take action in areas youd like to improve on.

In line with the complexity in defining leadership, and the many different situations and factors that might influence how you choose to operate, this book will raise your awareness and encourage you to take responsibility. However, it wont solve all your problems or provide you with neat answers to every question. As you read through, you will have to fill in the blanks and harness your own intuition to become the fantastic leader you want to be.

Whether you are an existing or aspiring leader, I hope this book will get you thinking differently about leadership and the outcomes of your actions at personal, team, organisational, customer, community, and a world level.

Now, more than ever, we need courageous leaders who can lead us through potential apocalyptic threats to a place where we can all thrive.

Acknowledgements

Like many books a great deal of the content has been influenced by the work of some of the best people in their fields of expertise. This book really does stand on the shoulders of giants. The inconclusive list of acknowledgements below includes learning from over 30 years in business. However more specifically, in respect to wellbeing, over the last eight years I have devoured videos, books, blogs, research papers, surveys, webinars, Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), website content and more to build as much knowledge as possible.

In the area of Leadership & Personal Development, whether their work is referenced or not, the book is influenced by Dale Carnegie, Stephen Covey, Brian Tracey, Richard Koch, Susan Jeffers, Jim Collins, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen, Les Hewitt and Robert Cialdini to name a few.

From the worlds of Wellbeing & Positive Psychology the work of Viktor Frankl, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Martin Seligman, Daniel Pink, Shawn Achor, Angela Duckworth, Carol Dweck, Susan David, Arianna Huffington, Dacher Keltner and the Greater Good Science Centre have been central to informing this book. MOOCs in wellbeing at Yale, Berkeley and Edinburgh Universities have also been extremely informative in addition to a Mindfulness For Wellbeing MOOC at Monash University.

Next page

1234567...82

Light

Font size:

↓

↑

Georgia Tahoma Arial Verdana

Reset

Interval:

↓

↑

Bookmark:

Make

Similar books «The Age Of Wellbeing : A new leadership model for a happier world»

Look at similar books to The Age Of Wellbeing : A new leadership model for a happier world. We have selected literature similar in name and meaning in the hope of providing readers with more options to find new, interesting, not yet read works.

Matthew N. Green

Choosing the Leader: Leadership Elections in the U.S. House of Representatives

David Green

Leadership Not by the Book: 12 Unconventional Principles to Drive Incredible Results

Qingyan Tian

Glocalization and the Development of a Hybrid Leadership Model

Dr. Maria Church

Love-Based Leadership: The Model for Leading with Strength, Grace, and Authenticity

Dana Bourland

Gray to Green Communities: A Call to Action on the Housing and Climate Crises

50Minutes

Stop Procrastinating--Right Now!: Beat your procrastination habit once and for all

Nate Klemp PhD

The 80/80 Marriage: A New Model for a Happier, Stronger Relationship

Domoney

My House Plant Changed My Life: Green wellbeing for the great indoors

Jamie Rezmovits

Evolving Leadership for Collective Wellbeing: Lessons for Implementing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

Susan R. Komives

Leadership for a better world: understanding the social change model of leadership development

Stein

The EQ leader: instilling passion, creating shared goals, and building meaningful organizations through emotional intelligence

Eric Langshur

Start Here: Master the Lifelong Habit of Wellbeing

Discussion, reviews of the book The Age Of Wellbeing : A new leadership model for a happier world and just readers' own opinions. Leave your comments, write what you think about the work, its meaning or the main characters. Specify what exactly you liked and what you didn't like, and why you think so.