Download or read book Leadership Tales of a Corporate Nobody written by Daniel Vaccaro and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many leadership books provide inspiration on why people need to make changes to improve their career. They also list the characteristics of successful people and the good habits they have. Unfortunately, very few of them actually tell you how to do it for yourself. Even fewer are told from the perspective of a person who is just starting out, or just starting over. This book follows the path of a new hire in the professional world. A nobody. The journey to obtain success detailed within provides real world examples, actions you may choose to take, and pitfalls to avoid along the way toward reaching your professional goals. It describes in depth proven leadership tactics, and career development strategies that can be utilized to help you make a positive change in your career and your life. (regardless of your industry or profession) Whether you are looking to start a new job, or advance in your current organization, this book will serve as a critical navigation guide to help you find your way to success. This book is intended for those just getting out of school looking to make a name for themselves in the corporate world. It's also intended for those who have hit a wall in their current career and are looking for a fresh start, a way to break through, or even break out. It's written to read more as a novel than a dry self-help book. Please join me on a journey that explores fun and useful one-liner mnemonics, shared with me by my grandfather, that have been applied to the business world. These thought provoking and funny sayings provide a new and entertaining lens to look through while reflecting on your personal circumstances. I wrote this book to help people avoid the mistakes that I made, and to hopefully help people make the professional impact they desire, and successfully obtain their career goals. I truly hope you enjoy this book, and I thank you for spending some of your precious time reading this.
Download or read book Ask a Manager written by Alison Green and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2018-05-01 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together
Download or read book Start with Why written by Simon Sinek and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspirational bestseller that ignited a movement and asked us to find our WHY Discover the book that is captivating millions on TikTok and that served as the basis for one of the most popular TED Talks of all time—with more than 56 million views and counting. Over a decade ago, Simon Sinek started a movement that inspired millions to demand purpose at work, to ask what was the WHY of their organization. Since then, millions have been touched by the power of his ideas, and these ideas remain as relevant and timely as ever. START WITH WHY asks (and answers) the questions: why are some people and organizations more innovative, more influential, and more profitable than others? Why do some command greater loyalty from customers and employees alike? Even among the successful, why are so few able to repeat their success over and over? People like Martin Luther King Jr., Steve Jobs, and the Wright Brothers had little in common, but they all started with WHY. They realized that people won't truly buy into a product, service, movement, or idea until they understand the WHY behind it. START WITH WHY shows that the leaders who have had the greatest influence in the world all think, act and communicate the same way—and it's the opposite of what everyone else does. Sinek calls this powerful idea The Golden Circle, and it provides a framework upon which organizations can be built, movements can be led, and people can be inspired. And it all starts with WHY.
Download or read book Six Tires No Plan written by Michael Rosenbaum and published by Greenleaf Book Group. This book was released on 2012-03 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most Unlikely to Succeed No one who charted Bruce Halle's early years would predict that the poor kid from New Hampshire might achieve greatness as an adult. Challenged in school and growing up in a struggling family, Halle looked like every other kid who would leave high school in the 1940s and disappear into a factory. Instead, Halle created one of America's most respected companies, rose to join the Forbes magazine list of the four hundred richest Americans and serve as the role model for the ordinary Joes who seek out success at Discount Tire Company. Six Tires, No Plan maps Halle's journey out of poverty and failure and reveals the deceptively simple values that drive success for him, his company and thousands of employees. Key among those principles is Halle's commitment to passing on his good fortune to the thousands of employees who serve his customers every day. This is Halle's true passion, and paying it forward to the ordinary guy is a cornerstone of Discount Tire's ongoing success. Avoiding the spotlight, crediting his employees for the success of the company, Halle demonstrates the incredible power of perseverance and fundamental values to create long-term success. His journey offers a roadmap worth following in both career and life.
Download or read book The Leadership Gap written by Lolly Daskal and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017-05-30 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Do people see you as the kind of leader you want to be? Are your strongest leadership qualities getting in the way of your greatness? After decades of advising and inspiring some of the most eminent chief executives in the world, Lolly Daskal has uncovered a startling pattern: within each leader are powerful abilities that are also hidden impediments to greatness. She’s witnessed many highly driven, overachieving leaders rise to prominence fueled by well-honed skill sets, only to falter when the shadow sides of the same skills emerge. Now Daskal reveals her proven system, which leaders at any level can apply to dramatically improve their results. It begins with identifying your distinctive leadership archetype and recognizing its shadow: ■ The Rebel, driven by confidence, becomes the Imposter, plagued by self-doubt. ■ The Explorer, fueled by intuition, becomes the Exploiter, master of manipulation. ■ The Truth Teller, who embraces candor, becomes the Deceiver, who creates suspicion. ■ The Hero, embodying courage, becomes the Bystander, an outright coward. ■ The Inventor, brimming with integrity, becomes the Destroyer, who is morally corrupt. ■ The Navigator, trusts and is trusted, becomes the Fixer, endlessly arrogant. ■ The Knight, for whom loyalty is everything, becomes the Mercenary, who is perpetually self-serving. Using psychology, philosophy, and her own experience, Daskal offers a breakthrough perspective on leadership. She’ll take you inside some of the most cloistered boardrooms, let you in on deeply personal conversations with industry leaders, and introduce you to luminaries who’ve changed the world. Her insights will help you rethink everything you know to become the leader you truly want to be.
Download or read book Leading with Lean written by Philip Holt and published by Management Impact Publishing. This book was released on 2019-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philip Holt is Head of Operational Excellence, Accounting Operations at Philips, and tells us exactly what Lean Leadership is, how we can learn to apply it and how you can convince the workplace never to settle for anything less than excellence. We also learn how to redefine our leadership style and how to identify and eliminate wasteful activities within the company. This way you can recognize, realize and retain the ideal situation. In Leading with Lean, Philip Holt shows us the best ways to arrange a high-performance organization and gives us simple tools and insights for each leader to aspire to greatness, for themselves and for their teams.
Download or read book Nobody Knows You written by Michael Humblet and published by Die Keure Publishing. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The biggest hurdle between you and your plans for growth is this: nobody knows you. This is true if you’re a freelancer, an employee, an executive, even a company founder. You may be going all out with your company brand, but you’ve neglected to hone your own. But the first thing your business needs to grow, is you. If you feel like there is way more potential than you are currently leveraging, this book is for you. It is for those wanting to scale their business. For those sitting on a great idea with nowhere to go next. For those experts looking for ways to share the knowledge. For those corporate execs who need to find the next competitive edge. And for those who simply want to find another career path. It is time your prospects, future customers, investors or employer got to know you. Fix this basic flaw of remaining under the radar. With the insights in this book, you’ll set out your strategy and create content. Not just any content, but content that matters. Content that makes you tick and brings you the right contacts. Build your thought leadership and leverage it as a mechanism to scale your business—starting with yourself. À PROPOS DE L'AUTEUR Michael Humblet is obsessed with designing, building, training and scaling sales machines and marketing teams. Twenty years into his sales leadership career, he realised something that stopped him dead in his tracks. Growing a business is not about scaling the sales, it’s about scaling you as a person. Today, Humblet shares what he knows. He started a consulting and training business, climbs the stage as a public speaker every week of the year, founded The School of Sales and The House of Spark, and has helped over 1000 businesses to scale
Download or read book The Leadership House written by Patrick Flesner and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-06-06 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A wonderful story about leadership. In this little book, you will find the tools necessary to enhance your leadership journey. Thanks Patrick for giving us such a gift.” —Howard Behar, former president of Starbucks International "Great storytelling alongside with the simultaneous communication of facts. In this book, the essentials of leadership are impressively presented in an unusual and memorable setting." —Gisbert Rühl, former CEO of Klöckner & Co SE Whether you are a founder, an entrepreneur, a CEO, a senior executive, or a manager who has just been promoted into a leadership position, your success will depend on others. If you cannot lead people, groups, and organizations effectively, your teams will fail—and you will fail as a leader. In contrast, if you know how to transform a set of strong individuals into a thriving, cohesive team, the sky is the limit. If you know how to lead effectively, you will achieve the extraordinary. Wherever you are on your particular walk of life, in your career, and in your organization, you will benefit from and find value in this leadership story about a CEO who walks the challenging path to becoming an effective leader. The Leadership House framework will help you systematically develop your leadership skills and transition from founder, entrepreneur, manager, or leader to highly effective leader. “Most leadership books are either too theoretic, esoteric, or complex—or all of the above. The Leadership House stands out. It conveys how to lead effectively, wrapped in an inspiring story full of leadership wisdom and actionable insights. This book is not only fun to read, but makes you learn how to lead with ease. Highly recommended for any leader and all who wish to become one.” —Matthias Heutger, Senior Vice President, Global Head of Innovation & Commercial Development at DHL Group “This book provides a great foundation and framework around leadership. It covers all grounds of leadership and is a useful guide to personally develop into an effective leader.“ —Joerg Jung, CEO Cyncly (formerly Compusoft & 2020 Technology Group) “This book is a powerful guide for becoming aware of your own leadership skills and development potential.” —Oliver Kaltner, former CEO of Leica Camera AG “An extremely realistic story that will capture your attention. It provides actionable experience in a simple format for any leader.” —Dr. Carsten Voigtländer, former CEO of Vaillant Group
Download or read book Theory U written by C. Otto Scharmer and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 891 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shows how leaders can access the deepest source of inspiration and vision • Includes dozens of tested exercises, practices, and real-world examples We live in a time of massive institutional failure, one that requires a new consciousness and a new collective leadership capacity. In this groundbreaking book, Otto Scharmer invites us to see the world in new ways and in so doing discover a revolutionary approach to leadership. What we pay attention to and how we pay attention is key to what we create. What prevents us from attending to situations more effectively is that we aren’t fully aware of and in touch with the inner place from which attention and intention originate. This is what Scharmer calls our blind spot. By moving through Scharmer’s U process, we consciously access the blind spot and learn to connect to our authentic Self—the deepest source of knowledge and inspiration—in the realm of “presencing,” a term coined by Scharmer that combines the concepts of presence and sensing. Based on ten years of research and action learning and interviews with over 150 practitioners and thought leaders, Theory U offers a rich diversity of compelling stories and examples and includes dozens of exercises and practices that allow leaders, and entire organizations, to shift awareness, connect with the best future possibility, and gain the ability to realize it.
Download or read book HAYWIRE An IT Leaders Tale of Survival written by Joe DePage and published by Dynatrace. This book was released on with total page 63 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This story is a work of fiction. But at the same time, it isn’t. It’s a fantastical, hyper-sensationalized shadow of what may probably be a similar situation in your own career. IT organizations everywhere struggle daily to keep heads afloat in an ever-shifting sea of business requirements. New servers, new services, new lines of business — and all the while it’s the job of IT to keep technology running. That’s a hard job. This book’s fictional premise serves the purpose of telling what I hope is a really fun story. I mean, it’s not every day that puppies and garage doors get to meet in such… interesting ways. But surrounding that fiction is a parable every IT professional must come to accept: You can never have enough AWARENESS. It’s a little known fact, as Cliff Clavin from the old TV show “Cheers” would say, that the Shih Tzu once guarded Tibetan monks as they pursued greater awareness. Today, they will be helping us on our journey to greater application and data center awareness. The technologies driving our datacenters are more complex than they’ve ever been, and that complexity will only increase as the years go by. These days, no human alive can keep track of everything, all at once, unaided. Tools help, but tools are a means to an end. The tools and technologies that bring about better awareness are no different than your average hammer and saw. By themselves, they accomplish nothing. But in the hands of the right person, and with proper attention and care, they can accomplish just about anything. I encourage you to take a few minutes to absorb this short story. Enjoy it for the entertainment value it brings. And then, afterward, take another minute to reflect on the message behind the fiction. I’ve offered a few questions after each chapter to get you started. Your datacenter — and puppies everywhere — will thank you.
Download or read book Adaptive Leadership The Heifetz Collection 3 Items written by Ronald A. Heifetz and published by Harvard Business Review Press. This book was released on 2014-09-23 with total page 649 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In times of constant change, adaptive leadership is critical. This Harvard Business Review collection brings together the seminal ideas on how to adapt and thrive in challenging environments, from leading thinkers on the topic—most notably Ronald A. Heifetz of the Harvard Kennedy School and Cambridge Leadership Associates. The Heifetz Collection includes two classic books: Leadership on the Line, by Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky, and The Practice of Adaptive Leadership, by Heifetz, Linsky, and Alexander Grashow. Also included is the popular Harvard Business Review article, “Leadership in a (Permanent) Crisis,” written by all three authors. Available together for the first time, this collection includes full digital editions of each work. Adaptive leadership is a practical framework for dealing with today’s mix of urgency, high stakes, and uncertainty. It has been used by individuals, organizations, businesses, and governments worldwide. In a world of challenging environments, adaptive leadership serves as a guide to distinguishing the essential from the expendable, beginning the meaningful process of adaption, and changing the status quo. Ronald A. Heifetz is a cofounder of the international leadership and consulting practice Cambridge Leadership Associates (CLA) and the founding director of the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. He is renowned worldwide for his innovative work on the practice and teaching of leadership. Marty Linsky is a cofounder of CLA and has taught at the Kennedy School for more than twenty-five years. Alexander Grashow is a Senior Advisor to CLA, having previously held the position of CEO.
Download or read book The Taboos of Leadership written by Anthony F. Smith and published by Jossey-Bass. This book was released on 2007-04-20 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most leaders who make it to the top possess characteristics that are all too human: they have politically incorrect attitudes, are conflicted, and play politics to get their way. Written by leading management consultant Anthony F. Smith, The Taboos of Leadership reveals the rarely discussed realities of leadership—the secrets that leaders just cannot admit to publicly for fear of losing power, self-respect, or even their jobs. This revelatory book will help both leaders and followers achieve real understanding and co-create a two-way street culture of openness, trust, and improved performance in their organizations. The Taboos of Leadership discloses ten guarded secrets that leaders can’t discuss, even with their closest constituents, including: charisma shouldn’t make a difference . . . but it does; women make better leaders . . . when that’s what they really want to do; blatant self-interest is dangerous . . . in followers, not leaders; thou shalt not play favorites with friends and family . . . except when it makes a lot of sense; and more.
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Download or read book Corporate Leadership written by Steven Kernan and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2001-04 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CORPORATE LEADERSHIP AN EMPLOYEE'S POINT OF VIEW Book Author: Steven Kernan My name is Steven Kernan, and I'm the author of a new groundbreaking book entitled Corporate Leadership, An Employee's Point of View. Please consider this press release for publication in your magazine. The unique perspective of this book and its visionary ideas could aid employees and corporate leaders in succeeding TOGETHER. Please consider what I have to say within this small but powerful book. I am available for interview by phone, in person, etc. We call it laid off, consolidation, downsized, displaced worker, dislocated worker, decreased presence, furloughed, out sourcing your job, rightsizing, RIFed (Reduction In Force), retroactive hiring freeze, resume revision month, Amway opportunity time, become a real estate agent month, becoming an unemployment groupie, reorganization, corporate re-direction, cut back, you've been axed/canned/screwed, or just getting rid of the gray. Whatever label you put on it, it all ends up the same and can be just as traumatic as experiencing the death of a loved one. Author Steven Kernan states: "I think when people 45 plus years old and even younger lose their job through no fault of their own it can be a devastating experience. All of a sudden a loyal, hard working, and now ex-employee drives home to a spouse and a mortgage and tries to make sense of it all and find a strategy to regain some control of their life. While battling the question What do I do now? Why did this happen to me?' they fight terrible depression brought on from fear, low self esteem, anxiety, embarrassment, and a sense of failure. They find themselves at the mercy of a state bureaucracy composed of ineffective, disinterested workers at the local unemployment office. A type of post-traumatic stress disorder sets in which leads to even more long-term and disabling emotions." Steven Kernan has been through "corporate downsizing" several times and has found a remedy writing his book Corporate Leadership, An Employee's Point of View and helping others overcome this hardship. Steve states, "Writing this book has been difficult and at the same time healing for me. It seems it has taken all my life for this small book to evolve. I assembled this book from my personal notes, various articles I have saved, and hard-earned experiences, experiences which have molded my thoughts and vision of what a real leader is and is not. Sometimes while putting my thoughts on paper and drawing the various cartoons for this book I was overwhelmed with emotions, tears, and thoughts of how this or that situation could have been improved if only the leaders would have valued people more." Most leadership books are stuffy and designed for the corporate aristocracy mindset. This unique book, Corporate Leadership, An Employee´s Point of View is written from the "in the trenches" ground level employee's point of view. This small but powerful book should be "must reading" for corporate decision-makers and leaders of every kind. This book will appeal to employees at all levels as well as people who have experienced a corporate layoff or who might be facing a layoff in the future. Steven Kernan uses his experience as a corporate business consultant, ground level employee, and cartoonist to communicate that layoffs, the "final solution," can be avoided. Steve emphasizes that for a company to survive and prosper it will take the talents and efforts of a dedicated and faithful team of employees and leaders who value and respect each other. The author strongly emphasizes the "NO-Layoff Attitude" and that real leaders of any organization must have a "leadership heart" which always puts people first. Kernan promotes the unconventional thinking that the higher a person rises in leadership, the more that person should become a servant in helping his or her people succeed.
Download or read book Everybody Matters written by Bob Chapman and published by Portfolio. This book was released on 2015-10-06 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Bob Chapman, CEO of the $1.7 billion manufacturing company Barry-Wehmiller, is on a mission to change the way businesses treat their employees.” – Inc. Magazine Starting in 1997, Bob Chapman and Barry-Wehmiller have pioneered a dramatically different approach to leadership that creates off-the-charts morale, loyalty, creativity, and business performance. The company utterly rejects the idea that employees are simply functions, to be moved around, "managed" with carrots and sticks, or discarded at will. Instead, Barry-Wehmiller manifests the reality that every single person matters, just like in a family. That’s not a cliché on a mission statement; it’s the bedrock of the company’s success. During tough times a family pulls together, makes sacrifices together, and endures short-term pain together. If a parent loses his or her job, a family doesn’t lay off one of the kids. That’s the approach Barry-Wehmiller took when the Great Recession caused revenue to plunge for more than a year. Instead of mass layoffs, they found creative and caring ways to cut costs, such as asking team members to take a month of unpaid leave. As a result, Barry-Wehmiller emerged from the downturn with higher employee morale than ever before. It’s natural to be skeptical when you first hear about this approach. Every time Barry-Wehmiller acquires a company that relied on traditional management practices, the new team members are skeptical too. But they soon learn what it’s like to work at an exceptional workplace where the goal is for everyone to feel trusted and cared for—and where it’s expected that they will justify that trust by caring for each other and putting the common good first. Chapman and coauthor Raj Sisodia show how any organization can reject the traumatic consequences of rolling layoffs, dehumanizing rules, and hypercompetitive cultures. Once you stop treating people like functions or costs, disengaged workers begin to share their gifts and talents toward a shared future. Uninspired workers stop feeling that their jobs have no meaning. Frustrated workers stop taking their bad days out on their spouses and kids. And everyone stops counting the minutes until it’s time to go home. This book chronicles Chapman’s journey to find his true calling, going behind the scenes as his team tackles real-world challenges with caring, empathy, and inspiration. It also provides clear steps to transform your own workplace, whether you lead two people or two hundred thousand. While the Barry-Wehmiller way isn’t easy, it is simple. As the authors put it: "Everyone wants to do better. Trust them. Leaders are everywhere. Find them. People achieve good things, big and small, every day. Celebrate them. Some people wish things were different. Listen to them. Everybody matters. Show them."
Download or read book Bedtime Stories for Managers written by Henry Mintzberg and published by Berrett-Koehler Publishers. This book was released on 2019-02-05 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: If you're like most managers and things keep you up at night, now you can turn to a book that's designed especially for you! But you won't find talking rabbits or princesses here. (There is a cow, but it doesn't jump.) Henry Mintzberg has culled forty-two of the best posts from his widely read blog and turned them into a deceptively light, sneakily serious compendium of sometimes heretical reflections on management. The moral here is this: managers need to leave their castles and find out what's actually going on in their kingdoms. And like real bedtime stories, these essays have metaphors galore. So prepare to grow strategies like weeds and organize like a cow. Discover the maestro myth of managing, find the soft underbelly of hard data, and learn why downsizing is bloodletting and your board should be a bee. Mintzberg writes, “Just try not to be outraged by anything you read, because some of my most outrageous ideas turn out to be my best. They just take a while to become obvious.”
