Any corporate leader will need to be resilient in the face of accelerating change and continued discontinuity. The fact is that life in today’s corporate environment is tough and demanding and continues to challenge many in terms of their work life balance and sense of engagement. Life in most corporate environments is arduous and takes a toll on even the most enthusiastic and committed of leaders and that is where individual resilience becomes crucial.

The value of this book for me is the way that Jeroen captures the key elements of strategy execution in simple and practical ways. Strategy is complex and strategic execution is complex. However he provides memorable shorthand models and images getting to the essentials that every leader responsible for executing strategy should have to hand.

For most teams it is a challenge to regularly take time out from the daily demands to reflect on how effective we are being as a team. Many team leaders and team members are time pressed and just getting the team discussions and tasks done consumes the available time. We do need to make a point of reviewing how we are performing as a team.

This piece is to give you a method for making your teams more resourceful and proactive in their work and to encourage you to embrace a coaching approach. We will look at five frameworks to help you introduce coaching into your management practices.