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How do today's leaders shift from playing it safe to playing for great? In a volatile and complex world roiled by a climate crisis, global pandemics, and disruptive technologies like AI, hyper-individualized leadership models no longer make sense. To seize emerging opportunities and achieve sustainable growth, leaders must recognize that a team's success flows from the intelligence, achievements, and growth of the entire collective. In Safe to Great, Skip Bowman proposes a leadership sea change that puts purpose before profit, and the team before the individual. He draws on the concept of psychological safety as the key to unlocking an organization's growth mindset, and unites theory and practice in principles that will help leaders shape innovative workplaces that thrive on experimentation. Grounded in more than 25 years of experience working with global organizations, Safe to Great is designed for leaders who want to bring more hope and critical thinking to how they manage. Bowman makes a compelling appeal for a new standard of leadership that moves people and organizations from a place of relative comfort and little risk to a space of daring curiosity, engagement, and collaboration.

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"""A timely and positive way forward in our time-starved and often bleakly-portrayed future."" —Ricardo Troiano, Global Head, Change and Organizational Development, Syngenta ""This is a call to action that no thinking person can ignore! Skip offers us a leadership framework which will become a classic. An important and necessary piece of work."" —Katie Dardagan, Executive Coach & Leadership Development Facilitator, Dardagan & Associates  “The new psychology of leadership emphasizes the importance of empathy, authenticity, and emotional intelligence in effective leadership. Bowman recognizes that great leadership is not simply about achieving goals, but also about building relationships and creating positive change.” —Dietmar Baro, VP, Applications, Systems and Technology, Danfoss ""Safe to Great weaves together engaging examples and psychological principles that will help any leader wanting to take their team and organization to new heights. Equal parts challenging and inspiring, Skip presents us a future where people will thrive in organizations that are truly great."" —Andrew Beveridge, Psychologist & Founder, Leadership Today "

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Skip Bowman is an author, consultant, and keynote speaker focusing on how to transform organizations to the green economy through the concepts of psychological safety and growth mindset. Bowman grew up in Perth, Australia, and has worked the last 25 years in Switzerland, England, France, and Denmark. After studying Finance in Australia, he attained his MA in Psychology and Languages in Copenhagen. He also holds an MA in Organizational Psychology and has completed additional training in cross-cultural management, group dynamics, coaching, and cultural change. “People first” is Skip’s mantra for success in business, leadership, and change. 

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