The Call to Lead [Paperback]

Andrew Harvey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: February 2, 2002

How ordinary people become extraordinary leaders

Andrew Harvey outlines the path to effective and productive leadership for anyone wishing to improve and excel. This book offers easily accessible advice on how to improve management skill for everyone from new manager to the seasoned executive. With new insights and tools to face everyday challenges, The Call to Lead will help leaders to:

Recognize strengths and weaknesses

Solidify visions and create mission statements

Hire and promote the right people

Develop open, effective communication that really works

Motivate and support employees to increase productivity

Avoid stress and anger and balance work with life

Differentiate between active management and micromangement

Delegate properly so as to optimize performance

Editorial Reviews

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Managers -- read this book Mr. Harvey has captured the essence of leadership and laid out the tools for easy use. -- Jim Garcia, Los Angeles Times

About the Author

Andrew Harvey has faced the challenge of frontline leadership and ahas created remarkable solutions under adverse, dangerous and trying circumstances. As a police captain, leadership is not a concept, it is a necessity, sometimes meaning the difference between life and death for him, his crew and the people they serve. From these experiences, Mr. Harvey has gained valuable insight into how abstract ideas of leadership can be transformed into practical application.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Cypress Publishing Group (February 2, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0894473263
• ISBN-13: 978-0894473265
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,402,482 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A Diamond in the rough for the Journey of the Leader, May 28, 2003

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This review is from: The Call to Lead (Paperback)

We know that people who have lived the experience are the best teachers... I suspect Andrew Harvey lives leadership. At the core of leadership is humility, the willingness to know oneself, and the passion to learn. It is a journey with no destination. Harvey pegs this within the first twenty-seven pages. I believe this work is the most pragmatic and inspiring work on leadership offered today. It should be read over and over and it needs to be on every leader's bookshelf. It would be best if the principles were every leader's mind and reflected in all of their transactional behaviors.

Oddly, I don't know if the novice would see the leadership wisdom collected in Andrew Harvey's work. It is a complete library on essential leadership thinking. It is sharp and concise. It is written with the passion of a leader. For those who are well read in leadership, you will recognize this immediately and the book could well be used for soul searching or daily meditation. For those searching for what leadership is... this is a road map. Get it.