In today’s world, where the dynamics of change and competition are reaching unprecedented heights, successful leadership is becoming a key factor for achieving outstanding results.To become an effective leader and develop leadership skills, you need to constantly learn and improve your skills.
1. Greta Muller «Opening Your Presence: Presenting the YOU You Want Others to See»
Is the first impression you make the best impression you can make?
We all deliver presentations every day. Whether it’s a formal presentation, like representing your company at a conference, or an informal one, like ordering a café latte from the barista, you are presenting yourself for others to see, hear, and hopefully, accept. In each setting, you have a sincere desire to be seen and heard.
With candor, grace and humor, Greta Muller taps into her extensive experience creating and delivering presentations to teach you how to tap into your greatest gifts and talents. This will enable you to channel the best parts of you into a presence that is personal, powerful and genuine.
Opening Your Presence is written for the nonprofessional speaker who can’t afford to leave a bad impression.
2. Vince Molinaro «The Leadership Contract: The Fine Print to Becoming an Accountable Leader»
Step up, get tough, and commit to your decision to lead
The Leadership Contract provides the manual that leaders around the world need. With only seven percent of employees feeling confident in senior leadership, the problem is evident: disappointing, and often disgraceful leaders. Employees deserve better than that; organizations need better than that—and this book provides a robust framework for stepping up and making the decision to lead. This new third edition has been updated, featuring a new foreword by Adecco CEO Alain Dehaze, new findings from the Global Leadership Accountability Study, and more insights to help you chart your own path to build strong leadership accountability at a personal and organizational level.
Great leadership doesn’t happen by accident. It’s more than just being in charge; it’s a decision, an obligation and potentially your legacy. Mediocre is no longer good enough—in today’s business climate, organizations need stellar leadership. If you’re not exceptional, step up or step aside — this book helps you toughen up and put your commitment to great leadership in writing for yourself as much as everyone else.
3. Amy Kemp «I See You: A Guide for Women to Make More, Have More, and Be More—Without More Work»
Are you giving your all every day only to be left feeling like you’re falling short at work and at home? Are you committed to growing your influence, impact, and income but unsure how to achieve more without sacrificing yourself in the process? CEO and business coach Amy Kemp has been there. She knows what it’s like to want more professionally while simultaneously feeling like there is no more time or energy left to give. And she has answers.
In I See You, Amy draws on her twenty years of experience growing her own successful business, as well as what she’s learned from coaching thousands of women, to give you the tools you need to increase your level of success while working fewer hours. You will learn how to set clear boundaries, how to leverage your natural genius to increase your income, and how to redistribute the enormous quantity of unpaid work you do at home to free up your energy and time.
Written in an intimate style with relatable stories and end-of-chapter exercises that will have you digging deep into each concept, this guide feels like a one-on-one coaching session with Amy. And while the idea of working less to achieve more may seem unconventional, if you bravely work through the book, making small daily changes and trusting the process, you will rediscover the best and most successful version of yourself personally and professionally.
4. Carl Oxholm «The Biology of Leadership: Embrace Your Human Nature and Become a Better Leader»
Learn how to manage your emotions, energy and actions so that you can better lead others.
As a leader, can you say with assurance that you consistently show up as your best and inspire others to do the same? Too many leaders cannot, and the underlying message is that performance suffers. In The Biology of Leadership, expert executive coach Carl Oxholm demonstrates how leaders can harness their better instincts and tap into the remarkable potential that exists in every voice, to get the outcomes they want and need.
Drawing on key scientific insights and his decades of experience in corporate leadership roles, Oxholm showcases the relevance of biology to business. He offers techniques that leaders can use to become more intelligent about their emotions and shows how doing so can influence the bottom line.
5. Brady Brim-DeForest «Smaller is Better: Using Small Autonomous Teams to Drive the Future of Enterprise»
When working for a large organization, weeks can pass before leadership makes important decisions that affect you and your team. Meanwhile, you're on the hook to deliver products that don’t actually serve the customer—products you know you could improve, if given the opportunity.
After years of consulting for Fortune 1000 companies, Brady Brim-DeForest understands the drawbacks of working in giant, siloed environments. His book, Smaller is Better, shows you how to use the small, empowered teams model to radically recharge your workplace, make better products, and deliver a phenomenal customer experience. All with better employee engagement and retention!
Smaller is Better uses real-world examples of companies who have saved billions and shaved years off their development cycles through small teams. Discover how to form nimble, autonomous teams, optimize them for mission, and scale across your organization. Improve both innovation and delivery while amping up customer satisfaction. Best of all, learn ways to get full buy-in from company leaders—and how you can “start small” today, with or without C-suite support.
