Jumpstart Your Leadership: 10 Jolts To Leverage Your Leadership

by Shawn Doyle

Overview

Jumpstart Your Leadership- 10 Jolts to Leverage Your Leadership

Are you a leader? Would like to be a better leader? Would you like to be a leader in the future? Then this book is for you. In this book Shawn Doyle will show you the tools tips and techniques for becoming the kind of leader that other people want to follow.

Jumpstart Your Leadership will share with you the 10 key principles of leveraging your leadership.

• Mission and vision
• Strategic planning
• Hiring
• Communication
• Motivation
• Reward
• Accountability
• Development
• Storytelling
• Authenticity

In addition to covering all of these topics, each section of the book includes a "work it" section at the end of the chapter which encourages the leader to turn the concepts that they learned into action.. This section allows people in a leadership role to create a plan for acting on the information that they just learned.

This book simply and powerfully captures the key elements for being a truly effective and impactful leader in any environment.

For the past 23 years Shawn Doyle has traveled the country as a speaker and trainer teaching leadership development programs to corporate America. As a result of this experience Shawn engineered a comprehensive leadership development program. This book is a summary of that program. Many leaders have commented that these concepts are life changing. Some clients include Pfizer, Comcast, Charter Media, IBM, Kraft, Microsoft, The Marines, The Ladders, and Los Alamos National Defense Laboratory.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781937879235
Publisher:	Sound Wisdom
Publication date:	04/16/2013
Series:	Jumpstart
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Shawn Doyle CSP is a learning and development professional who has a passion for human potential. He has an avid belief in the concept of lifelong learning. For the last 22 years, Shawn has spent his time developing and implementing training programs on team building, communication, creativity and leadership. Shawn’s training programs help people become more effective in the workplace and in their lives. Some clients include Pfizer, Comcast, Charter Media, IBM, Kraft, Microsoft, and The Marines.

Table of Contents

Introduction: Jumpstart Your Leadership ix

Chapter 1 Jolt #1: Have a Mission and Vision Statement 1

Chapter 2 Jolt #2: Have a Short-, Mid-, and Long-Term Plan 21

Chapter 3 Jolt #3: Hire People Smarter Than You 35

Chapter 4 Jolt #4: Communicate with All Team Members 49

Chapter 5 Jolt #5: Create a Motivational Environment 73

Chapter 6 Jolt #6: Reward Exceptional Performers 95

Chapter 7 Jolt #7: Hold People Accountable for Their Work 111

Chapter 8 Jolt #8: Commit to the Individual Development of Every Team Member 127

Chapter 9 Jolt #9: Tell the Story Consistently and Repeatedly 141

Chapter 10 Jolt #10: Always Be Honest and Authentic 157