Leadership Actualization

The Psychology of Becoming a Great Leader

A book by Dr. Jonathan Kirschner

Foreword by Dr. Terrence E. Maltbia, Columbia University.

What’s in the book

  • Chapter 1

    Leadership Is Learnable

    What is leadership?

  • Chapter 2

    Leading Self, Others, and the Organization

    What skills does it require?

  • Chapter 3

    Growth, Courage, Integrity

    What mindsets sustain it?

  • Chapter 4

    The Shadow Side and Derailment Patterns

    What undermines it?

  • Chapter 5

    The AIIR Method

    How do you actually develop?

  • Chapter 6

    Hybrid Intelligence and Human Capacities

    How must leadership evolve with AI?

  • Chapter 7

    Wisdom for the Human Side of Leading

    What does the journey teach?

Dr. Jonathan Kirschner, wearing glasses and a blue suit, facing the camera.

About the author

Dr. Jonathan Kirschner

Founder and CEO of AIIR Consulting. A clinical psychologist who came to this work through his own difficulty learning, and who still coaches senior leaders. In 2009 he sketched the AIIR Method and founded the firm.

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  • American Society of Clinical Oncology
  • Bristol Myers Squibb
  • Comcast
  • Capital One
  • Dick’s Sporting Goods
  • Lilly
  • H-E-B
  • Boston Children’s Hospital
  • McCarthy
  • National Vision
  • Northwell Health
  • NBCUniversal
  • Starbucks
  • Special Olympics
  • Youth INC