A new edition of the bestseller that has helped aspiring leaders worldwide advance their
careers and step up to larger leadership roles. You aspire to lead with greater impact. The
problem is you're busy executing on today's demands. You know you have to carve out time from
your "day job" to build your leadership skills but it’s easy to let immediate problems and old
mindsets get in the way. Herminia Ibarra—one of the world's foremost experts on
leadership—shows how individuals at all levels can step up to leadership by making small but
crucial changes in their jobs their networks and themselves. In Act Like a Leader Think Like
a Leader Ibarra offers advice to: Redefine your job in order to make more strategic
contributions Diversify your network so that you connect to and learn from a wider range of
stakeholders Become more playful with your self-concept allowing your familiar—and possibly
outdated—leadership style to evolve Ibarra turns the usual leadership advice—generate insight
about yourself through reflection and analysis of your strengths and weaknesses—on its head by
arguing that you must first act and experiment your way into trying new things. The valuable
external perspective you gain from direct experiences and experimentation—which Ibarra calls
outsight —provides new and critical information on what kind of work is important to you how
you should invest your time why and which relationships matter and ultimately who you want
to become. Updated with new examples and self-assessments this book gives you the tools to
start acting like a leader and advancing your career to the next level.
