Executive Life in the 21st Century, Part One: Leadership in the Age of Cyber Terror

Systems Management Institute Press Jan 23, 2021

This book breaks free from the well-traveled path of common thinking on the nature of leadership and leaders. It carries the reader along a new journey that clarifies the wider leadership landscape and the broader method of redesigning this landscape again and again. As we make this journey from common wisdom to evolutionary leadership we find that the authentic leader, those people who mastered the test of time, designed great human systems.

Whether the leader was Thomas Jefferson, Mohandas Gandhi, or other persons you personally know, they all designed highly effective Human Activity Systems, and they all exhibited a taste for evolutionary consciousness. This is monumental. They all had vastly different Intelligence Quotients, different psychological characteristics, and even different personality traits. Some leaders even failed to achieve their goals in their lifetimes. Nevertheless, their leadership consciousness survived them.
For those of you who know plenty about Leadership, and there is a lot to know, I caution that some of you are about to enter unfamiliar territory. As you progress through this book, from small chapter to small chapter, you will gain a fresh insight into the nature of Leadership. Hopefully, you will develop a living systems perspective on what it means to be a leader. So sit back and enjoy the experience now presented to you. You are about to build a personal model of 21st Century Leadership. Enjoy the challenge. You will discover in these pages what you have probably suspected: Authentic Leadership is as rare as it is challenging.