1st Edition

The Fluent Leader Functional Fluency and Effective Leadership Inspired By Transactional Analysis

Edited By Valerie Fawcett Copyright 2023
190 Pages 19 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 19 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

190 Pages 19 Color & 13 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

In this insightful and comprehensive volume, leaders and managers can explore how they can use their power and choice of behavioural options more effectively to develop a positive and healthy working environment where people and the organization can succeed. Based on the Functional Fluency model as it was developed by Dr Susannah Temple, this book details the art and skill of interpersonal... Read more

Preface

Chapter One: Leadership, Fluency, and Where to Invest It

Stefan F. Graebe

Chapter Two: What is Functional Fluency? A Guide to Effective Behaviours

Valerie Fawcett and Stefan F. Graebe

Chapter Three: The Constructive Manager- Building Effective Relationships

Rona Rowe

Chapter Four: The Inspirational Leader- Sharing Vision and Purpose

Jutta Kreyenberg and Hannah Titilayo Seriki

Chapter Five: Building your Personal Resilience with Functional Fluency

David Scott Brown

Chapter Six: Fluent Teamwork- Effective Interaction through Conscious Choices

Hannah Titilayo Seriki

Chapter Seven: Embracing Challenging Relationships for Effective Leadership: Three Perspectives

Leona Bishop and Martin Van Den Blink

Chapter Eight: Using Functional Fluency to support Organizational Development and Transformational Change

Paul Robinson

Appendix

Index

Biography

Valerie Fawcett is a learning and development specialist and a provider of training in Functional Fluency and the accompanying TIFF© (Temple Index of Functional Fluency) behavioural profile. She teaches and coaches groups and individuals in leadership and management.

'This comprehensive text will inspire and support the development of effective leadership of self, others and organisations. Through clearly presented theory and engaging case studies, these skilled and experienced practitioners demonstrate the power of the Functional Fluency approach, illuminating the what, why and how of effective leadership in our increasingly complex and demanding world.'

Graeme Summers, London Business School Executive Coach and co-author of Co-creative Transactional Analysis