The Psychology of Leadership

Timeless principles to improve your leadership of individuals, teams… and yourself!

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Pub Date Apr 15 2025 | Archive Date Apr 25 2025

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Description

The Psychology of Leadership offers a fresh take on leadership through the lens of groundbreaking research in positive, sports, and personality psychology.

Witty, conversational, and personal, The Psychology of Leadership blends research, fascinating true stories, humor, and self-improvement advice to deliver simple yet powerful principles to master the mental game of leadership.

Leaders will develop what feels like mind-reading abilities for interpreting workplace personalities, hidden motivations, and group dynamics. They will learn how to inspire their organization to move mountains, improve their ability to listen, communicate and, when necessary, persuade. Along the way they will dramatically improve their own mindset and resilience.

The Psychology of Leadership offers a fresh take on leadership through the lens of groundbreaking research in positive, sports, and personality psychology.

Witty, conversational, and personal, The...


Advance Praise

“This book gets to the heart of what truly drives successful leadership: meaning, relationships, and a mindset focused on mastery. Sébastien Page gives us the science and practical tools to win the mental game and lead with purpose.” —Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Power of Regret and Drive

“Grounded in science but written in a breezy, no-nonsense style that will be appreciated by busy leaders, this book provides clarity and nuance to how to apply positive, sports, and personality psychology to leadership and decision-making.” —Annie Duke, bestselling author of Quit and Thinking in Bets

“Sébastien Page takes us on a fascinating tour of the best practices in psychology that empower outstanding leaders. With a blend of scientific evidence and memorable examples, he lays out principles that don't just enhance performance but enrich every aspect of life.” —Robert J Waldinger, MD., Professor of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, and Author, The Good Life: Lessons from the World's Longest Scientific Study of Happiness

“You cannot manage others if you cannot manage yourself. In this brilliant book, Sébastien Page will show you how to optimize your own psychology—-and your ego-—so that you can understand and motivate others.” —Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect

“Leadership isn’t about being the smartest or highest-ranking person in the room. More than anything else, it is about honing the best mental skills possible. This fantastic book will give you the tools to guide yourself, and others, to peak performance.” —Dr. Marshall Goldsmith is the Thinkers50 #1 Executive Coach and New York Times bestselling author of The Earned Life, Triggers, and What Got You Here Won’t Get You There

“This book gets to the heart of what truly drives successful leadership: meaning, relationships, and a mindset focused on mastery. Sébastien Page gives us the science and practical tools to win the...


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EDITION Hardcover
ISBN 9781804090923
PRICE $29.99 (USD)
PAGES 304

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