Preface, First Edition
Most likely, you’ve noticed that there are thousands of leadership books. Walk into any airport newsstand, big-box bookstore, or conference bookstore—leadership books are everywhere. With all the available books, how can you make sense of it all? Can you read any leadership book and then become a successful leader? What value does each book really have for improving your leadership?
More importantly, with hundreds of leadership books published annually, are there indications that organizational roles—regardless of career level—leverage leadership to improve organizational performance? According to Gallup, most managers are ineffective at influencing employee engagement.
In 2013, Gallup published the 2012 State of the American ...
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