Overview

A real-world guide to modern day leadership with a strong focus on building an inspiring workplace culture In Leading Beyond Fear: The Formula for Psychological Safety, Innovation, and Growth, author Neil Pretty explains the foundations of inspiring and effective leadership. The book is a comprehensive walkthrough and field guide offering a holistic, one-stop resource for leaders at any level that builds on key components of culture, psychological safety, developing relationships, and scaling your influence. Pretty demonstrates how to tackle the recurring challenges you face every day, as well as the novel and entirely unique obstacles that can feel like they come out of nowhere. He shows you how to confidently draw on your experience, build new skills, and access your talents to guide your team, make sound decisions, and access the best thinking in the talent that surrounds you. Inside the book: ●       Strategies for shifting your mindset and evolving as a leader to build confidence, humility, influence, and greater comfort with the unknown. ●       Techniques to fulfill your leadership potential and operationalize the most critical skills needed to generate team performance, thrive as a leader, and authentically navigate the modern workplace. ●       How to take advantage of critical moments, build psychological safety, foster growth, and evolve as a “cultural architect” who can effectively scale your influence through others. Perfect for executives, entrepreneurs, founders, managers, aspiring leaders, and culture architects working to build better business while improving the experience of the workplace, Leading Beyond Fear is a must-read for professionals, and anyone else ready to revolutionize their approach to leading.

Full Product Details

Author:   Neil Pretty
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 16.00cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.10cm
Weight:   0.431kg
ISBN:  

9781394392162

ISBN 10:   1394392168
Pages:   256
Publication Date:   05 February 2026
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Foreword by Amy C. Edmondson xi Foreword by Dr. Anita Polite-Wilson xiii Introduction Oh, the Places You'll Go. . . 1 How to Use this Book 7 Background on Psychological Safety 11 From Theory to Mindset 13 Why This Matters to You, Not Just Those You Lead 16 Chapter 1 The Nature of Psychological Safety 19 How We Work to Manage the Future 21 How People Manage Impressions and Their Environment 23 Our Primal Need for Safety 28 Clearing the Air and Dispelling Myths 33 The Real Rules Are More Than a Values Statement 36 Interdependence Is the Thread to Follow 38 Psychological Safety Is Not the End, It's On the Way 43 Chapter 2 The Elements to Lead 49 Choosing Leadership Starts Before the Titles Do 50 Owning Your Role as a Leader 54 Leadership Is Often a Matter of Context 59 Understanding Power as Influence, Not Force 63 Chapter 3 Leading Yourself 71 Finding Courage, Calm, and Clarity as a Leader 72 The Courage in Managing Your Response 83 Humility: The Hidden Engine of Strong Leadership 89 Mastering the Confidence Equation 93 Building Empathy and Gaining Perspectives to Access Innovation 97 Investing in Learning Over Execution 101 Chapter 4 From Mindset to Application: Moving from Me to We 107 Creating Clarity Through Framing, Reframing, and Setting Expectations 108 Avoiding Plausible Accountability and Ignorant Diligence 123 Feedback Habits That Build Performance 129 Finding What's Right to Build Culture and Momentum 135 Elicitation, Inquiry, and Listening Between the Lines: The Foundation for Better Leadership 139 Dialogue, Facilitation, and Group Decision-Making: Skills You Didn't Know You Needed 146 Discernment and Prioritization: Skills You Didn't Know You Wanted 156 Negotiation: The Hidden Skill You Will Use Every Day 161 Chapter 5 Shaping Key Moments and Critical Conversations 169 Making the Most of Meetings, Shared Time, and Shared Effort 170 The Four Cs for Better Meetings, More Productivity, and Less Waste 172 Checking In, Building Connection, and Developing Relationship Equity 175 Building Better One-on-Ones and Team Relationships 178 Learning, Evolving, and Mastering the Post Game 182 Chapter 6 Being a Culture Architect 187 What Kind of Organization Are You Willing to Create? 188 Communicating to Influence Culture and Manage Change 191 Measurement Is About More Than Just the Numbers 194 Helping the Teams in the Messy Middle 203 Rethinking Leadership Development: Normalizing Learning and Embrace Discomfortable 208 Final Thoughts 215 References 217 Notes 223 Acknowledgments 227 About the Author 229 Index 231

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NEIL PRETTY is the co-founder of Aristotle Performance and a leadership consultant who has worked with organizations in more than 25 countries on 6 continents. He’s an experienced leader, entrepreneur and polymath, who has trained and certified hundreds of consultants and several thousand leaders. Pretty’s work is focused on helping leaders build psychological safety as the foundation for high-performance, adaptability and innovation.

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