Lead Follow Or Get Out Of The Way

This is a book about Leadership – one of the most talked about and dissected concepts in today's world. While there are many books and authorities on leadership on the market today, a gap exists in perspective. Where most books address leadership from a one or two generational perspectives or are focused either on entrepreneurs or corporate executives, this book intends to bridge that gap and offer leaders, as well as aspiring leaders, the information and tools they need to transform their own lives and their organizations – regardless of the industry.

Ted Turner is that rare man who is as much reviled by some as revered by others: He's a sportsman (he owns professional baseball, hockey and basketball teams, as well as having been a world-renowned sailor and winner of the Americas Cup), a businessman of proven talents, a big talker who usually lives up to his own billing, and a front-page celebrity whose combative instincts for the right place and right time will keep him there for many years to come.

Now you can do more than just deal with the "crisis-du-jour". Leadership is learnable, and this comprehensive guide will show you how to be proactive, prevent crises, create dreams, push the envelope, and focus on the future instead of just reacting to crises, spending all your time putting out fires, or coping with the current system--whether it works or not. In this updated second edition, best-selling author Robert D. Ramsey gives you just what you need to avoid "simply managing" and to become a true leader instead! Unlike other manuals that give you bits and pieces on how to develop a particular curriculum or handle specific day-to-day discipline problems, this unique handbook offers administrators practical, time-proven lessons on how to think, act, plan, set priorities, manage time, and make decisions--skills that will help you navigate through the unique challenges of leading in a school environment. Included are guidelines on: Getting the most out of people Bringing about change Handling politics Dealing with setbacks Thinking, looking, and acting like an effective school leader Communicating effectively Practicing ethical leadership Being a school leader can actually be exciting, rewarding, and fun again, once you′re equipped to tackle today′s challenges!

In Lead, Sell, or Get Out of the Way, Ron Karr outlines a repeatable process based on the powerful idea that great sellers lead relationships in the same way that great leaders sell ideas. This customer-focused mindset is the key to Ron Karr's proven leadership selling process. Using 20 years of research with companies of all sizes, Karr reveals what great sellers do, and shows how anyone can implement the same powerful principles. He reveals the seven critical traits of a sales leader, which include vision, customer focus, creative thinking, and accountability. Developing the seven traits is the key that helps salespeople shift from a task-oriented sales process to a purpose-oriented process. When that happens, sales excellence results.

Mitch Seavey challenges convention and offers his proven insights to dog mushing in a humorous, fast paced and unabashed style, seasoned throughout with anecdotes and fascinating personal tales.

Spanning the life and military career of the man who changed forever the future of U.S. Air Force combat-support engineering. Exciting, funny, touched with pathos-a very entertaining read!

To the benefit of all of us, the world is filled with remarkable and fascinating leaders. This book is about some of them and the timeless bits of wisdom they have offered us. It is not, however, a tribute to their inspiration and spirit. It is about that which they provided our world and how they so successfully were able to change it. To accomplish this, the author examines some of our most treasured stories of leadership, courage and valor. He uses fascinating (and often suspenseful), true-life events to demonstrate the meaning and value of leadership and successful leadership. Following each story, the author provides an array of thought-provoking quotes from the famous and the obscure, as well as some of his own. This book will rekindle your faith in humanity, restore your belief in the greatness of human character, and ignite the flame of leadership inside you. Every reader will find it educational as well as entertaining. Here is what a few readers have said about Lead, Follow or Get Out of The Way: "A truly inspirational read for folks of all ages and from all walks of life. Dr. Rose's unique writing style reaches to the depths of our inner leader and leaves us with the notion we are all capable of great and wondrous accomplishments when either given the opportunity or faced with seemingly insurmountable challenges." -Richard V. Davis, Author "As a lifelong educator, this book has a real place in the classrooms for today's young adults. Wonderful narratives, reminders of our history, the inspiring words of others, and the author's own insights provide the reader with optimism, courage, and an appreciation for the gifts others have so selfishly given us." -Janet A. Harris, MS.ED., Educator "What an impressive and entertaining read this is. I love the stories which lead each chapter and being surprised by who they were about. The endless lists of quotes which follow each story are inspiring and motivational. This is the perfect gift for any reader, of almost any age.!" Urah!-Col. Victor Hailey, USMC, Retired This book belongs in everyone's library and makes for a perfect gift.