The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership [Hardcover]

Joelle K. Jay (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0313378053 | ISBN-13: 978-0313378058 | Publication Date: August 28, 2009

Dr. Joelle Jay's The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership draws on timeless principles and Jay's experiences with hundreds of leaders from America's most successful and admired companies, setting out ten essential components of leading well and living well.

In The Inner Edge, Dr. Jay offers customized coaching to help leaders overcome challenges, leverage opportunities, and maximize their talents, teams, and time. Through vivid examples, conversations with accomplished leaders, insightful perspectives on leadership, and thought-provoking questions and exercises, Jay shows readers that leadership is not just a label, but a way of life. Finding your edge, gaining clarity, focusing and taking action, expanding your knowledge—under Jay's training these and other principles become concrete achievable assets for living and leading. The result is an essential resource for helping leaders get results for their organizations in a way that capitalizes on—and enriches—their own unique identity.

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"Jay, an executive leadership coach, outlines 10 essential components of personal leadership, with examples from company leaders she has interviewed, worked with, or coached. Arguing that effective leadership skills connect to living well, she describes how leadership must start with oneself and involve understanding the personal role in the process. She explains how readers can apply the principles of leadership in their personal lives, subsequently producing better results in business."

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"This book can help you achieve what really matters – as a professional and a person! A great roadmap on your journey through life! Wonderful coaching for a great life!' "

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Marshall Goldsmith
executive coach and author of the New York Times bestseller What Got You Here Won't Get You There and Succession: Are You Ready?

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 290 pages
• Publisher: Praeger (August 28, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0313378053
• ISBN-13: 978-0313378058
• Product Dimensions: 9.5 x 6.4 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #481,213 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Joelle K. Jay, Ph. D., is an executive coach, speaker and author, specializing in leadership development. She strategizes with business leaders to enhance their performance and maximize business results.

As a trusted advisor to presidents, vice presidents, and C-level executives in Fortune 500 companies, Jay partners with leaders to add greater value, make a bigger impact, and advance into the seniormost levels of leadership.

Dr. Jay has been actively contributing to the field of leadership for 17 years. The author of several books and over 100 articles, she is also a recognized expert in personal leadership.

Dr. Jay is the senior managing partner of Pillar Consulting, LLC, an associate with the Leadership Research Institute, and the author of The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership.

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Joelle is amazing and incredibly wise for someone so young., December 23, 2009

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Dr. Margaret E. McIntosh "Meggin McIntosh, Ph... (Reno, NV) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership (Hardcover)

This may be my favorite book of 2009 - and on into 2010. WOW! Dr. Joelle Jay is a master coach who has worked with executives around the country. The insights and wisdom she has provides in this book, along with the tools available in the book and on the accompanying website are incredible. As Joelle says, "This book isn't about leading your organization or leading your team. It's about leading yourself." Get this book ordered right away. You'll want to immerse yourself in it as you allow her lessons to seep into your pores. I definitely give this a 5-star recommendation, no question.

I believe I've purchased at least 20 so far through Amazon to give to friends, associates, and even a family member!

5.0 out of 5 stars Insightful guidebook on achieving personal leadership, April 29, 2011

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This review is from: The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership (Hardcover)

Great leaders are take-charge, can-do, action-oriented individuals who work hard to make a difference. However, in today's busy, nonstop work environment, many leaders, like everyone else, feel overwhelmed, frenzied and frustrated. All the hard work in the world will not alleviate such feelings. Leaders require something more. Executive leadership coach Joelle K. Jay teaches beleaguered executives to focus on their "personal leadership" strengths and capabilities as a way to integrate their personal and professional lives, and come out ahead in both areas. In her insightful book, Jay presents 10 practices leaders can pursue to achieve this vital integration. getAbstract recommends it as a steady, useful read for leaders who want to align their work and their personal lives.

5.0 out of 5 stars Again and again, a valuable tool for keeping my focus in work and life., January 10, 2011

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Erin and Keith Anderson (Sparks, NV United States) - See all my reviews

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After having read many popular business and motivational books over the span of ten years in leadership positions, I never could seem to take away anything more meaningful than a general sense of having been cheered on. Sure, I enjoy being encouraged, and of course there are many good ideas floating around out there, but I never seemed to be able to put it all together and make a lasting impact in my work or life.

The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership is different. Since I purchased the book well over a year ago, I have continued working through it, returning to it and investing time not in just the author's take on improving my leadership (even though Dr. Jay has included some great insights and real-world examples), but MY own brand of leadership. The reflections, visualizations and exercises in this book make this an experience tailored to my life -- right as I am reading it, and so will never grow out of date. There is a welcome emphasis on community and mentorship, and probably most valuable are the tools that help me integrate self-reflection and personal leadership into a regular discipline.

I should disclose that in the time since I first read the book, I have had the pleasure of meeting, and even working with Dr. Joelle K. Jay. Having done so has not changed my recommendation in the slightest, only reinforced my original opinion. If you are a professional that successfully leads any sort of team, and you are hoping to turn some of that skill toward working on your own life, you will not be disappointed. This book was just what I needed -- and still need, I re-read chapters, passages and occasionally the whole thing from time to time!