Busy executives need not baulk at the prospect of ploughing through every leaf of the 300-page title by leadership expert Emilia Gallo.
Treat it as a 'directory' of skill sets and go to the relevant chapter for pointers, says the Hong Kong-based HR professional-turned-consultant of her latest book, Where's My Safety Net? Leading on the High Wire of Global Business.
Drawing on a wealth of experiences in leadership training, Gallo has filled her book with practical advice, and useful tools and techniques for building core leadership skills and competencies.
'Leadership is not only about managing people to do their job, but engaging them and absolutely connecting them to the work that they do,' Gallo says in an interview with Classified Post.
Addressing the sweeping changes a globalised world has brought about to the way we work and lead people, Gallo says her book offers a 'safety net' to readers by helping them acquire the attributes they need to protect themselves in a global environment.
'The challenge is that it's all new. What we used to do five years ago we can't do today,' she says.