Relational Skills Development for Next Generation Leaders

This book has been written in response to an overwhelming request from postgraduate students in management over ways to develop the necessary relational skills to succeed in business. These skills rarely have a space in the business school curriculum. Nevertheless, they are becoming essential to navigate corporate life in the current and future uncertain context.

As per The World's Economic Forum Future of Job report and the UN Chronicles, the future workplace will be much more dynamic regarding skill set requirements. The main areas to develop are: critical thinking and creativity for problem-solving; curiosity, continuous learning, resilience and flexibility; and collaboration, leadership and social influence.

Through a practical lens, this book explains how the most valuable leadership skills should be developed and the importance of underlying potential pitfalls, difficulties with understanding, patience and empathy.

Leadership is a lifelong journey. The author shares her experiences and learnings and draws upon her more than twenty year career in blue chip Fashion Luxury, leading teams and projects with global transformational impact at Louis Vuitton, Chanel and Gucci.