Leading with Sense: The Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier (Stanford Business Books (Hardcover))

## The Intuitive Power of Savoir-Relier Today's business environment demands a new approach to leadership, one that effectively connects individuals and organizations in the midst of change. Leading with Sense offers a new, practical approach to meeting this challenge. Drawing on her experience as a poetic translator and her expertise in cross-cultural leadership, Valérie Gauthier outlines the tenets of savoir-relier: a framework for building sensible, trustworthy, and lasting relationships that enables leaders to value difference, work across boundaries, and navigate complex systems. Savoir-relier teaches leaders to tap into their senses in the midst of strategizing, allowing them to act intuitively and rationally at once. Few leaders dare to claim that their "gut feelings" are critical to their decisions. But, by engaging their intuition, they are able to draw on experience, better appreciate their environment, build confidence, and summon the courage to tackle the task at hand. Leading with Sense trains readers to be poets and translators in the business context. With savoir-relier, we can write our own stories, deciphering the challenges that we face with acumen, humility, and respect. Using real-world examples of this pioneering approach, Gauthier provides readers with methods and tools for cultivating a savoir-relier mindset to build positive relationships, nurture diversity, drive mindful innovation, and foster success. Savoir-relier : a sustainable, sense-based approach to leadership The savoir-relier leader : a portrait Sense and complexity : the building blocks of savoir-relier Building sense by embracing complexity : a core capacity The savoir-relier organization : generating performance and sustainable growth The savoir-relier protocol : how it works in practice Translating poetry : a metaphor for leading in complex times. Leading with Sense teaches leaders to better understand and most effectively harness the power of intuition. Introducing savoir-relier, a new, practical approach to leadership, it provides the tools to develop and apply a relational mindset that marries sense and strategy.