Leadership has never been tougher.
Deliver results, drive change, navigate uncertainty, handle difficult conversations, stay human. All while being pulled between competing expectations: be confident and decisive, yet inclusive and responsive. Set uncompromising standards, yet invite candid feedback and admit mistakes. If you sometimes wonder whether you have what it takes, youâre not alone.
The most effective leaders hold these paradoxes with a steadiness you can feel. They set clear direction without shutting people down. They create trust without lowering the bar. They act with conviction while staying open and grounded. They move people towards bold goals without drama or force, building cultures where people take ownership and thrive.
That is Graceful Power.
In these pages, Sally Netherwood distils decades of real-world coaching into a practical guide for leaders who want to expand their impact without losing themselves in the process. With real case studies and frameworks you can apply immediately, youâll build your own Graceful Power to grow the influence that drives performance, accelerate your career and enhance the experience of those around you.
Sally Netherwood is a world-class leadership coach who works with CEOs and founders, creatives and change-makers around the globe, helping them lead with greater clarity, courage and impact. Drawing on tens of thousands of leadership conversations, she translates complex challenges into practical strategies that improve performance, culture and daily working life.
In a tumultuous world, Graceful Power is the extraordinary, life-enhancing quality that leaders need to succeed. Through a blend of deep self-awareness, liberating courage and conscious care for yourself and others, discover how to elevate your leadership to this liberating and transformative level.
Overview: Graceful Power in a Nutshell
Part One: Understanding Graceful Power
- Power with Grace â the Paradox of Modern Leadership
- The Elements of Graceful Power
Part Two: Developing Your Graceful Power
- Deepening Your Congruence
- Building Your Courage
- Honing Your Compassion
Part Three: Leading with Graceful Power
- How Graceful Power Changes the Way You Lead
- The Broader Consequences of Leading with Graceful Power
Power with Grace â solving the paradox of modern leadership
How is it that some leaders seem to pursue their mission effortlessly, and inspire others to do the same?
What sets these leaders apart is Graceful Power: an elevated and liberating level of powerfully positive influence that supercharges their ability to achieve personal ambitions and organizational goals. They have learnt to translate vision into reality by galvanizing others with self-belief, remaining focussed on priorities and tackling the difficult conversations, all the while demonstrating sincerity and self-care. In these turbulent times, this is the level of leadership we need.
For over twenty years, Sally Netherwood has transformed the mindset, behaviour and impact of some of the worldâs most successful leaders to more effectively and less effortfully achieve their goals. Now she has translated her methodology into a guide for independent leadership development. Through a brilliant blend of deep self-awareness, liberating courage and conscious care for yourself and others, you will learn how to elevate your leadership impact to unexpected and transformative levels.
Wherever you are on your leadership journey, this book will accelerate your development, bringing the transcendent quality of Graceful Power to your life and your legacy.
âA compelling guide for anyone striving to lead with strength, purpose and integrity.â - Ariane Gorin, CEO, Expedia Group
âThis book is bigger than just business â this is a guide for a successful life.â - Al MacCuish, Founder and Chairman, Sunshine
âA thoughtful companion and practical toolkit for becoming the kind of leader people actually want to follow.â - Julia Ingall, Chief People Officer at The Travel Corporation
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Sally Netherwood is a world-class leadership coach who has spent 25 years supporting extraordinary leaders from around the globe to achieve powerfully positive leadership. In Graceful Power, she has distilled her decades of expertise and the insights from tens of thousands of leadership conversations to create a practical and accessible guidebook that will transform your leadership.