The Radical Edge: Stoke Your Business, Amp Your Life, and Change the World (Hardcover)

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Product Description

In his bestselling book The Radical Leap, Steve Farber introduced readers to Extreme Leadership, showing them how to renew their passion and excitement and become committed to changing the world for the better by disregarding normal constraints.Now, Farber takes readers to an even higher level of self-discovery in The Radical Edge. Management guru Steve is back, working with young Senior VP Cameron Summerfield, who has superstar sales skills but a severe and demoralizing leadership style. Along the way, both Steve and Cameron learn how taking responsibility for making the future markedly better than the present can improve the world. Readers will learn answers to these questions:•How can people amp up their lives to amazing levels of achievement?•If individuals assume personal responsibility, can customers, companies, and employees change for the better?•Is it really possible to shake off inertia and transform your work—and your life?"The best book you’ll read this year. Captivating from the first page and jam packed with invaluable lessons. This is a must read. The Radical Edge is terrific!" --Jason Jennings New York Times bestselling author It’s Not The Big That Eat The Small – It’s The Fast That Eat The Slow, Less is More and Think BIG Act Small"Farber’s style is disarmingly honest as he gives us a playbook for harnessing the power of the human spirit. Invite your team to read The Radical Edge and you’ll have a lasting framework to move your life and business forward." --Simon Billsberry CEO Kineticom (#33 on the Inc. 500, 2005)

About the Author

Steve Farber is the former Vice President and Official Mouthpiece of the Tom Peters Company and is currently President of Extreme Leadership, Inc., an organization devoted to changing the world through the cultivation and development of Extreme Leaders in the business community. In this capacity, he has coached hundreds of clients at such companies as Sun Microsystems, Charles Schwab, Clorox, Intel, Kraft Foods, American Medical Association, Wells Fargo, and Disney. Steve lives in San Diego.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Kaplan Business (April 1, 2006)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1419511319
• ISBN-13: 978-1419511318
• Product Dimensions: 7.5 x 5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #518,792 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is a Great Read!, April 20, 2006

By	Red Tiger & Associates (Encinitas, CA USA) - See all my reviews

Steve Farber has done it again. The Radical Edge takes off where the Radical Leap left off and it does take off. Filled with practical and depthful advice, The Radical Edge is a promise fulfilled. Farber has a way of presenting powerful ideas in a simple and straight forward fashion that speaks directly to making positive business and life choices, and he does so with a level of humor that makes this book a great read. Not only is the parable that drives this book well-thought out, but Farber's execution is excellent. This book and the earlier one may be focused on the business audience, but they provide wonderful and insightful advice for anyone who believes that living a successful life has more to do with who we are and how well we relate to others rather than how much stuff we can accumulate. Farber has really nailed what it takes to live "the good life." Now all we have to do is amp it up.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This book WUP'ed me upside the head!, April 19, 2006

By	Karen S. Sieczka (Atlanta, GA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I won this book on a website called Inbubble wrap and had no real idea what to expect but I am always interested in improving my skills. I picked up the book on a Saturday morning and spent the whole day, on and off, reading. It makes so much sense and Farber's writing style makes it easy to digest.

The most important advice I got from the book is to love the people you serve. There is no higher calling, no matter how you accomplish this.

I am starting my own WUP and am re-reading the book. I highly recommend Radical Edge!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book, Great Ideas, July 24, 2008

By	William R. Robins II - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book really goes into a bigger picture than his first book, The Radical Leap. It displays him helping one individual person that definetly needed it and the challenges faced when trying to help someone. He also expresses some new ideas that really go hand in hand with business and the direction of this series. I give it a must read, only after the first book though. It was also a quick read but definitely one I will read again.

Big Will.