The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems And How to Solve Them

The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems And How to Solve Them by Katie Best is a comprehensive resource published by PublicAffairs in 2025. This 336-page book is designed for leaders at every level, offering insights drawn from Dr. Best’s extensive experience as an executive coach. It addresses critical challenges such as decision-making, employee engagement, and navigating workplace dynamics, providing practical strategies for effective leadership.
Readers will find a structured approach to problem-solving through Best’s SOLVE framework, which breaks down complex issues into manageable steps. The book focuses on essential skills for improving organizational culture, enhancing team performance, and leading change. With its emphasis on self-coaching, this edition serves as a valuable guide for those looking to tackle common leadership dilemmas and develop their management capabilities.
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A renowned leadership consultant offers “a powerful and timely resource for leaders at every level” (Marshal Goldsmith, author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There), drawing on decades of her in-the-field research and consulting
As an executive coach, Dr. Katie Best has helped countless leaders achieve powerful results. But getting the right coaching isn’t always possible, whether because the problem is too urgent or because the resources aren’t there. That’s when leaders can turn to this book.
The Ten Toughest Leadership Problems and How to Solve Them is an essential self-coaching handbook for leaders at any level. Best helps leaders struggling to avoid burnout, make good decisions, increase influence within their organization, align with or shift a company’s culture, improve employee performance, engage staff, manage teams, implement strategy, lead change, and navigate the hybrid workplace. Her SOLVE framework breaks problem-solving into five manageable steps: state the problem, to untangle complex, interrelated issues; open the box, to gather information;lay out the solution, to make a plan to fix the problem;venture forth, to put that plan into action; and elevate your learning, to further develop relevant skills.
The product of two decades of coaching and executive education work, this practical book equips leaders with the tools they need to solve these ten common problems and any other tough challenges they may face.
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