This book is an honest and practical guide that helps new and experienced leaders land on their feet while taking on the challenge of leadership. Leadership is tough, but it can be learned if a strong platform of attitudes, habits, and understanding is built. While many books would like you to believe that leadership is a matter of learning a few secrets, there's much more to it than that. The Leadership Platform presented in this book is a practical, real-world construction. This book is an excellent way to start--or re-energize-- your journey to leadership.
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An outstanding overview-- and action plan-- for what it takes to be a great leader! We've put hundreds of copies of this book in the hands of our managers worldwide. It's the foundation of our corporate leadership dialogue. --Sam Bokor, VP Training and Development, Expeditors
Thanks to this book, I'm confidently creating positive change in an environment that is often rooted in stubborn ideals. --Glenn Sprague, Core Design
Thanks to this book, I'm confidently creating positive change in an environment that is often rooted in stubborn ideals. --Glenn Sprague, Core Design
Thanks to this book, I'm confidently creating positive change in an environment that is often rooted in stubborn ideals. --Glenn Sprague, Core Design
Thanks to this book, I'm confidently creating positive change in an environment that is often rooted in stubborn ideals. --Glenn Sprague, Core Design
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Jim Hessler is the founder of Path Forward Leadership and creator of The Leadership Platform-- a proven model for growing leaders at all levels. Jim's bootstrap career took him from low-level retail work to a strategic position in one of America's largest corporations. His successful leadership of several business turnarounds gave him the perfect laboratory to test the ideas in Land On Your Feet, Not On Your Face.
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Success with any endeavor requires passion, curiosity, study, and application. If you make the leadership choice and wish to have success, then this book will be your means. I have read a lot of books on leadership, and I can tell you that "Land On Your Feet, Not On Your Face" is the definitive source. I am a trainer for a large corporation and attribute the positive influence I have had on those with whom I have worked, as well as my own development, to this book.
An essential read for anyone who truly wants to understand the art of leadership. Three reasons why:
1. The stories at the beginning of each chapter bring the concepts to life in ways that any manager can relate to - "Oh, yeah, I've seen that happen!"
2. The 12 "planks" thoroughly cover ALL of what it takes to be a great leader - from leadership to Self (your own personal growth), to Leadership of Others (your relationships), to Leadership of Teams (tactical and strategic management).
3. Each chapter includes exercises to take on (called "Making it Real"), which if you engage them will make you a better leader, guaranteed.
1. The stories at the beginning of each chapter bring the concepts to life in ways that any manager can relate to - "Oh, yeah, I've seen that happen!"
2. The 12 "planks" thoroughly cover ALL of what it takes to be a great leader - from leadership to Self (your own personal growth), to Leadership of Others (your relationships), to Leadership of Teams (tactical and strategic management).
3. Each chapter includes exercises to take on (called "Making it Real"), which if you engage them will make you a better leader, guaranteed.
Land On Your Feet, Not On Your Face is a user's manual for becoming a great leader ... a primer for leadership effectiveness. In my management life, I come back to the ideas and exercises in this book over and over again -- whenever I have a management dilemma or issue. Every time I come back to it, I discover something new. Land On Your Feet is that rich. I'm a better leader because of it.
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