Wise, challenging and inspiring, The Promises of Giants is a much-needed book that will resonate with you long after you have finished reading it. After playing a season with them, and a few more overseas, Amaechi joined the Orlando Magic – a fringe playoff team. People who want to do extraordinary things … they need to be armed with full knowledge of who they are. It’s also essential that we lead and not dominate – hear the voices of our team and work together towards achieving the company’s goals.

The Promises of Giants by John Amaechi OBE, Hardcover

Every behavior of theirs has huge impact on people around them - their words, their body language, their actions, decisions etc. From outside, the industrial lights of a nearby office parking lot cast an amber glow into her room, which was otherwise dark. The Promises of Giants is the product of a lifetime spent observing and studying effective leadership – from accompanying his mother’s visits to her dying patients to competing at the highest levels of professional sport, through two decades of management consulting with multinational corporations. In the Promise model, leaders must tailor their style during every interaction—planned or spontaneous—to engage that specific individual in that specific space and time. healthcare organisation in addition to being a board advisor for several FTSE100 organisations in the financial, legal and professional services, technology, publishing, engineering and retail sectors.Firstly, when you’re a giant, you commit to a journey of deep, thorough, and continually developing self-knowledge. They operate under the false illusion that, fuelled by an endless supply of potion and cake, they can move fluidly from kingmaker to rank-and-file and back again. People who believe in improving society and workplace culture - not only because it makes life better, but because it is proven to yield positive results. When Amaechi was eleven, his mom changed his first name to John; up until that point, he’d been Uzoma Ekwugha Amaechi.

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It is a challenge, not only to those in named positions of power but to anyone who aspires to make a difference in their environment. And more is required from giants than what is covered by codes of conduct or performance objectives.It overlooks intersectionality and our unique idiosyncrasies and limits our access to greater truths. She did not rush to respond; for a time the space was filled only by the sounds of sheep bleating from the radio. Once in the car, Amaechi noticed that both front seats had been pushed forward to give him more legroom in the back. com/book/3179346/the-promises-of-giants-how-you-can-fill-the-leadership-void-the-sunday-times-hardback-nonfiction-business-bestseller-pdf (Accessed: 15 October 2022). On top of being a renowned physiologist, John is passionate about Star Wars and a former NBA sportsman, which makes his examples and stories much more compelling for me.