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  • Hardcover: 272 pages
  • Publisher: Jossey-Bass; 1 edition (March 18, 2013)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1118296206
  • ISBN-13: 978-1118296202
  • Product Dimensions: 6.4 x 0.9 x 9.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
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By Ian Browde on May 13, 2013
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After 30 years in Silicon Valley - and many leadership books consumed, along comes one that shines above them all.
From Smart to Wise is clearly about leadership in all situations not just business. Its simple universal message underscores the dearth of true leadership in the world today and why at every level humanity, and our habitat (Earth), needs wise leaders. Whether it is about gang violence, rape and misogyny, racism, government, business and sports corruption, safety nets for the poorest among us or alternatives to fearful, arrogant militarism, we must become more accountable, more humble and more able to speak our truth without fear of recrimination. From Smart to Wise gives us a wisdom template and grounds each concept in easy-to-read examples of how smart people have become wise or have missed the opportunity. I recommend this to all business people, politicians, administrators and parents. The time has never been more urgent for all of us to raise our game.
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From Smart to Wise is a highly readable book that provides a practical way in which business leaders can acquire wisdom, beyond the smartness that is necessary but insufficient for real leadership.

The authors have worked extensively with leading companies such as Apple and others and have helped hundreds of business executives over decades to become better leaders. They bring deep expertise to their field, which shows throughout this superb book that is filled with tremendous wisdom and illustrations.

The book describes how to develop the six capabilities that are needed for wise leadership. It will help you recognize your higher purpose and act in ways that are authentic to it. It will also help you acquire greater clarity about your role and how to make decisions, enable you to persist while being flexible, understand what motivates you, as well as make you a better partner in working with others.

What I also really like about the book are the terrific examples of dozens of wise leaders that fill every chapter. They beautifully illustrate the concepts and show how you can utilize them for your own leadership.

I especially like the easy way in which the book reads. The sentences and paragraphs are crisp and to the point and the text stays focused on how you can apply the knowledge to your own situation.

The book is a pioneering contribution to the emerging field of wise leadership. It provides a roadmap for the individual change that is necessary for business and capitalism to better serve the needs of humanity. I highly recommend it for anyone who wants to become a better business leader.
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It seems like forever that we have talked about IQ and EQ as the essential qualities of leadership. But with the increased complexity, diversity and ambiguity in the world today, there is a great need for leaders with something more. Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou have added identified this as "wisdom." We generally have associated wisdom with age and experience. Kaipa and Radjou have outlined six practical leadership capabilities through which people can become wise before becoming "old." This is a great gift and I would recommend that anyone interested in a deeper sense of leadership for themselves and others should read this book immediately.
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From Smart to Wise: Acting and Leading with Wisdom, by Prasad Kaipa and Navi Radjou is a breakthrough book when it comes to manifesting your leadership. Against the backdrop of recent scandals and moral lapses of many corporate leaders that resulted in an adverse impact on not just many people, but on our entire US--and global--economy, the book's perspicuous message stands in strong relief.

Right from the get-go the authors create a solid framework of two poles of leadership (Red and Blue) and then provide six leadership capabilities that can help you with your journey towards being a Wise leader. They have gone through great pains to explain clearly what a Wise leader is and does, so it leaves no doubt in the reader's mind about what being Wise is! The book is full of stories of people's leadership transformation from contemporaneous and everyday names. These narratives weave a tapestry of compelling anecdotes that help you realize that the journey from Smart to Wise is a process of self-discovery, self-awareness, and discipline, which require deep introspection and an ability to see beyond the immediate, transactional, and personal priorities most of us deal with.

The authors also provide many tools to assess where you fit in the continuum between the Red and the Blue opposites and where you are in your journey to being a Wise leader. It is not just a book that you read and put away, but it is something every leader must read and re-read until they are able to practice being a Wise leader!
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If you are a person who has achieved a considerable measure of success in your field with good money and position in society, but are left a nagging feeling that something is still missing, then this book is a great tool of introspection for you. It helps to put your success in a perspective other than what your are used to or are comfortable with and then helps you to find future direction which would help you achieve your full potential.
For another set of successful people who feel that they are not able to carry others on their own path of vision and potential success, this books helps to identify the perspective in which they are operating and see how they can broaden the same to include the viewpoints of others.
We are living in an age, when we see so many leaders in various fields in the public domain, who at some point or other suddenly appear as giants with feet of clay. This books explains why this happens. This book is an instrument to such leaders
to reset their perspective and embark upon a journey of long term acceptability and success.

This book is a timely addition to the Thinking on Leadership,when people are realizing that success in a field is not the sole measure of great leader.
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