Book Review Presented

By:
M. Chaitanya Kumar

Acknowledgment
Name

of the publication: Kogan Page

Limited
ISBN 10 : 0-7494-5632-9
ISBN 13 : 978-0-7494-5632-0
Number of pages: 211
First Published In Great Britain and
U.S
First South Asian Edition : 2009

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Esther Cameron is an experienced change consultant who has been
collecting and experimenting with approaches to change across different
levels of organisational systems for 20 years. She writes books and articles
on change and leadership, and practices as a change consultant and
leadership coach.
Mike Green is the Director of Transitional Space, a Leadership & Change
Coach, Organisation Development Consultant & Author, and a Visiting
Executive Fellow, Leadership & Change, at Henley Business School.

ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is useful to encourage
the people who want to become a
better leaders to play a bit more in
the organization.
when you enter in to a corporate
world people will have great
expectations on you in the strange
wonderful world.
The author elaborated the five
important roles in a decent manner.

CONTENTS
1. Leading from the outside out

2. How to use this book

3. The five roles- an overview

4. Arriving at the five roles

5. The edgy catalyser

6. The visionary motivator

7. The measured connector

8. The tenacious implementer

9. The thoughtful architect

10. What roles do effective leaders

THE FIVE ROLES

Edgy

Catalyser
Visionary Motivator
Measured Connector
Tenacious Implementer
Thoughtful Architect

EDGY CATALYSER
Focus on discomfort
Who

smells a rat and points at it.

Doesnt get stressed out by conflict
Uncanny ability
Troubleshooters, troublemakers
Ex:

Sir Alan Sugar

THE VISIONARY MOTIVATOR

Lets all move towards a brighter future
Articulates

a compelling picture
Energizes group of people
Vision long enough and strong enough
for others to step into

Ex:

Tony Blair

MEASURED CONNECTOR
Reinforces

whats important
Connects people and agendas
Focus on connectivity

Ex:

Sir Richard Branson

TENACIOUS
IMPLEMENTER
Doggedly

pursues the plan

Holds people to account
Leads by driving a project through
a completion
Focuses on the project

Ex:

Vladimir putin

THOUGHTFUL ARCHITECT
let me explain the key concepts and frame works

Is

the principle architect and

designer strategies
Crafts seemingly disparate ideas
onto a way forward
Scans environment

Ex:

George Soros

ARRIVING AT THE FIVE

ROLES
Adaptable

to situations
Alert to social environment
Cooperative
Self-confident
Tolerant of stress

ROLES USED BY EFFECTIVE

LEADERS
EFFECTIVE LEADERS USE
19
%

19%

19%
22%

21%

EC
VM
MC
TI
TA

CONCLUSION:
The

philosophy of this book is not

that you only need to be positive,
think positive and act positive.