Everyday Leadership: Taking Charge in the Real World

Everyday Leadership examines how individuals in everyday, relatively small settings can succeed in leadership positions.

The book provides tools for tackling the unique psychological and external challenges that everyday leaders face, and offers principles that they can adapt to their own situations. Dr. Ahron Friedberg, who regularly advises leaders and would-be leaders, emphasizes the social aspect of leadership, and explores how those who are new to leadership - and those in established positions - can leverage their support networks and thrive in their roles. The book follows the experience of real people who have faced leadership challenges and learned from them, demonstrating how readers can learn from these examples and apply them to their own circumstances. Guided by a practical leadership roadmap, chapters examine concepts such as vision, determination, flexibility, planning, organization, and responsibility using extensive case studies, with reflective questions and key takeaways that help the reader consider how to apply these principles to their own leadership challenges.

This book is an essential read for HR professionals, executive coaches, management consultants, leadership trainers, and organizational psychologists as well as those facing leadership challenges in their profession.

Ahron Friedberg, M.D., is a clinical professor of psychiatry at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and served twice as past president of the American Society of Psychoanalytic Physicians. He is editor of American Academy of Psychodynamic Psychiatry and Psychoanalysis Academy Forum and book editor of Psychodynamic Psychiatry, as well as a regular contributor to Psychology Today.

Sandra Sherman, J.D., Ph.D., was a senior attorney in the U.S. government and a professor of English at two major universities. She is a director at Childsplay International. She is the author of four books and over 60 peer-reviewed articles on 18th-century literature and culture, and is co-author of several books on neuroscience. Everyday Leadership is the fifth book that Sandra has written with Dr. Friedberg.