The Tripping Point in Leadership: Overcoming Organizational Apathy (Paperback)

~ David Byrd (Author), Paul J. Meyer (Foreword)

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Product Description

The Tripping Point in Leadership will show you how to become the leader you were meant to be. Make positive choices, have a clear vision for success, and take action!

Product Details

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Slight Edge Publishing (February 23, 2008)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0898115507
• ISBN-13: 978-0898115505
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #127,466 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't read this if..., March 14, 2008

By	M. Diercks (Columbus, OH) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Don't read this if you want to be comfortable. David causes us to examine our comfort zones and reach past them.

The old adage of "if you keep doing what you have always done, you will get the results you have always gotten" is proven wrong. If you keep doing things as you always have, you will stop getting what you've always gotten.

You are either moving forward or moving backward - there is no neutral in business today.

David takes this issue head on and gives a clarion call to action!

Must read for every business owner!

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read!!!, March 5, 2008

By	B. Moyer (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews

The Tripping Point in Leadership really fired me up in both my personal and business life. Like all aspiring leaders, I have faced a plethora of challenges in my journey to becoming an effective leader. I never realized that apathy was behind my sometimes ineffectiveness as a leader. Whether it was apathy around me or within me, it was there, but I just noticed the symptoms. This book will help leaders become better leaders and it is a must read for CEO's, VP's, Directors, and even the receptionists.

5.0 out of 5 stars From the editor of leadingtoday.org, March 22, 2009

By	Greg L. Thomas (Litchfield, Ohio United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

The Tripping Point in Leadership is short, direct and powerful in its brevity. Author David Byrd challenges the reader to accept the fact that change is essential for growth in both individuals and organizations. The enemy of both change and growth is apathy! Byrd defines apathy as "A natural, human instinct, common to us all, that consistently encourages us to seek a comfort zone in which nothing ever changes." He continues by observing, "The cumulative impact of apathy on an organization is stagnation and ultimate decline. I have observed that this decline is inevitable unless counterbalanced with a proactive and consistent leadership development program."

The Tripping Point in Leadership offers a number of wise and common sense solutions to the problem of apathy and its negative effects. The author offers a number of characteristics or "powers" that can help one to break through the barrier of apathy. For example the power of choice enhances our awareness, attitude, action and accountability needed to avoid apathy. Other chapters include a discussion of the power of vision, power of attraction, and the power of courage.

The last portion of the book discusses effective leadership in individuals and in organizations. Byrd stresses the vital importance of having a "proven and consistent leadership development process." He defines an effective leader as the Developer who believes in people, communicates well, uses internal and personal motivation, and shares power. Finally, Byrd believes that excellence and sustainability in an organization occurs when effective leadership is developed at every level.

The Tripping Point in Leadership is a succinct and engaging work. The information is direct and pulls you into the subject. It reminded me of attending an authoritative college lecture. It is good to occasionally cut through the various fragments of leadership and get to the point in a dramatic way. This book does just that.