1st Edition

The Hidden Patterns of Leadership The Mental Models That Shape How We Lead, Team and Follow

By Ian Stewart Copyright 2027
324 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

324 Pages 2 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

By bringing together behavioural science, organisational psychology, and real-world case studies from global corporations, government, and the military, this book explains why leaders do what they do – it offers a model that is at once deeply human and immediately practical. This book challenges that outdated paradigm by revealing the hidden psychological patterns, schemas, that shape how... Read more

Foreword By Simon Taylor, Preface and Acknowledgements, Introduction: Leadership Fails by Pattern, Part I – The Cognitive Foundation, Chapter 1: Schemas: The Hidden Architecture of Behaviour, Chapter 2: The Hidden Patterns of Leadership, Part II – Patterns in Action, Chapter 3: Teaming and the Hidden Patterns of Collaboration, Chapter 4: Followership and the Hidden Patterns of Engagement and Performance, Chapter 5: The Hidden Patterns of Power and Authority, Part III – Patterns at Scale, Chapter 6: Followership and the Hidden Architecture of Culture, Chapter 7: Beyond the CV: The Hidden Behavioural Patterns that make or break Executive Appointments, Chapter 8: Schemas, Tensions, Paradoxes and The Boardroom, Chapter 9: Patterns of Innovation: Inside the Intrapreneurial and Entrepreneurial Mind, Chapter 10: Schemas Across Cultures: How National and Organisational Contexts Shape Us, Part IV – Development and Application, Chapter 11: Schema Agility: From Awareness to Adaptive Capacity, Chapter 12: Developing Others: Creating Schema-Savvy Organisations, Chapter 13: Designing Organisations for Better Behaviour, Chapter 14: Schemas in the Age of AI and Algorithmic Decision-Making, Conclusion: Conscious Leadership in a Complex World, Appendix: Assessment and Practical Toolkit: HiddenPatterns™ Leadership Diagnostic, Team Schema Mapping Framework, Followership Self-Assessment, Schema–Culture Fit Matrix, Reflective Exercises and Development Plans

Biography

Ian Stewart is a behavioural scientist, teacher, and international leadership consultant. He was former Head of Applied Behavioural Science at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and his public sector roles have included Head of Media Training and Corporate Identity at the UK Ministry of Defence and Head of the Leadership Academy at the Saudi Public Investment Fund (PIF), where he developed leadership capability frameworks aligned with national transformation goals.