The Seven Games of Leadership: Navigating the Inner Journey of Leaders

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The overall focus of The Seven Games of Leadership is simple: the disruptive moment in which we find ourselves living - the combined effect of the fourth industrial revolution, climate change, political divisions/fake news, Covid 19, wealth distribution, immigration, and so on - demands that we are our own agents of change. We can start our own revolutions in order to live the most rewarding lives possible - we just need to know how to do it. It is about caring about ourselves (so prioritising self-care), caring about the people around us, and caring about our jobs and careers - not simply as a source of income but as an engine for a larger purpose and change, both personal and professional. The book will guide the reader towards a realisation that being a rebel is not about destroying what we have but rather its about co-designing and rebuilding different paths for individuals which then also have a positive impact on society at large. The overall objective is allow people to identify and find a role/job that is more effectively aligned, not only with their individual values (already discussed in the author's previous book, The Compass & the Radar), but with a broader purpose centred on a wider sense of humanity and building sustainable prosperity for all. If we have learned anything from the pandemic, it is the importance of being part of a community, the need to avoid isolation and - given the complexity of the problems we face - the need to develop self-care, contextual intelligence and collaboration. The Seven Games of Leadership provides the tools and practical advice you need to reassess your priorities and take the steps necessary to refocus your life, your career and the issues of the world around you.

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Over the last 30 years, Paolo Gallo has been Chief Human Resources Officer at the World Economic Forum in Geneva; Chief Learning Officer at The World Bank in Washington DC; and Director of Human Resources at the European Bank for Reconstruction & Development in London. He is currently the Adjunct Professor in Leadership and Organizational Behaviour at SDA Bocconi Executive Education in Milan. Paolo is a Chartered Fellow of the FCIPD, UK, and Certified Leadership Coach (Georgetown University, Washington DC). He has worked in more than 80 countries, and teaches regularly at Hult-Ashridge (UK) and Bocconi University (Italy) business schools. He writes for Harvard Business Review(Italy and Arabic) and is a regular contributor to the World Economic Forum Agenda Blog, Forbes and LINC Magazine Italy. The Compass and the Radar was originally published in 2016 in Italian (as La Bussola del Successo); this is now in its eighth edition and has been translated into a number of languages, including Brazil-Portuguese, Arabic and Korean. Paolo lives in Geneva with his wife, Lalia, and his daughter, Sadika.