The Ultimate Leader

The Ultimate Leader: Learning, Leading and Leaving a Legacy of Hope is a guidebook to performing at your optimum level. It will Energize your Mind, Body & Soul and strengthen you for the journey ahead. The best leaders lead from the inside out. They practice holistic leadership. They lead with Authenticity, Humility, Integrity and Hope--The Pillars of Leadership. Long after they have gone, they still continue to live on, in the hearts and minds of followers. Leadership skills are perishable, so how does one create a lasting legacy? It's through sowing seeds of hope. Hope is the lifeline that keeps people holding on. You too, can carve your footprints in stone by implementing the techniques and strategies outlined in this book. It is an impeccable roadmap to building and maintaining leadership effectiveness.

To succeed, leaders must understand and apply the core principles of leadership--but that’s not enough. You need to shape your approach for any unique situation. Too many leaders don’t know how to do that--and that’s why they fail. Ultimate Leadership shows how to adapt the principles of leadership to different challenges, contexts, and organizations. Russell E. Palmer--who has had three very different, highly successful careers as head of one of the world’s largest accounting firms, Dean of the Wharton School, and an entrepreneur--helps you identify the leadership model most appropriate for your environment, and how to lead accordingly. You’ll learn better ways to lead your equals, help an organization weather crises, transform its culture, lead entrepreneurial organizations, lead global organizations...even lead non-profit and academic institutions. Then, drawing on interviews with an extraordinary spectrum of outstanding leaders, Palmer helps you master the attribute every leader must have: the ability to inspire your unique organization, even in the face of the most daunting challenges. • Achieving empowerment, even in classic "top-down" organizations Exercising strong authority without falling victim to ego or closed-mindedness • Transforming an organization of peers Driving changes in a strategic direction when key power centers disagree • Turning danger into opportunity Mastering the art of rapid, focused, hands-on execution for organizations in crisis • Leading cultural change that sticks Reconnecting structures, processes, and strategies with the new realities you face • Learning from the Wharton experience Succeeding in an environment with widely diverse, highly influential stakeholders

An explosion releases powerful energy; focus that energy and you can make things happen, get things done and achieve the seemingly impossible. Highly motivated, energized people pulling together produce explosive results. An explosive leader lights the fuse, ignites the spark and inspires greatness. Become an explosive, inspiring leader. Set the example, lead from the front and spark a performance explosion propelling your team to a whole new level of achievement. "Explosive Leadership, The Ultimate Leader Training Experience" gives you just what you need - the EXPERIENCE to: 1) Build Trusting, Cohesive, Explosive Teams 2) Manage and Employ Explosive Energy for Maximum Impact 3) Embody the Four Explosive Leader Characteristics 4) Master the Fundamental Leader Element to Inspire"Explosive Leadership" is like nothing you have experienced before. Here you focus on and begin to master the fundamentals - what genuine, inspiring leaders must master.Experience "Explosive Leadership, The Ultimate Leader Training Experience" and become the explosive, inspiring example. Learn how to lead - become an inspiring leader - then lead.

Synopsis: It is time for a leadership revolution. The old days of command-and-control leadership are over. The new movement of empowering leadership has arrived, and it is servant leadership. Todd Phillipy's newest book will empower you personally and professionally by examining the principles and practices of The Ultimate Leader, Jesus Christ. In just three short years, Jesus became the most influential leader in history by serving rather than being served. If you have been inspired by the life and teachings of Christ, then you need to read this book. Endorsements: "Todd Phillipy's answer to the complexities and nuanced crucibles of leadership so common to the present age is one of faith, discipline, excellence, and hope. He is fearless in his conceptualizations, a writer who illumines what needs to be illumined, a leader of uncommon giftedness. Read this book and enjoy the processes of life, growth, and healing leadership culture." Shann Ferch, Ph.D., Professor of Leadership, Gonzaga University "I highly recommend this book for all those on the journey of leadership. In the search for how to lead, this book offers not only theoretically sound insights, but also practical and digestible insights that will speak to the heart. This book is not limited to one industry, but is applicable to all facets of leadership, whether in a church, a business, or any other setting; all while providing a depth of understanding to all that read." Dr. Kathleen Patterson, Associate Professor of Leadership Studies, Regent University "The Ultimate Leader will make you an empowering leader, while giving you a dramatic view of the greatest leader of all. Phillipy provides a kind of how-to manual for succeeding as a true servant leader - internally, externally, and for eternity." Dr. Kent Ingle, College of Ministry Dean, Northwest University "Leaders and those in the business of developing leaders are constantly asking, what is the voice of the emerging generation and what do they expect of leaders. As a member of the emerging generation himself, Phillipy has an important take on leadership, empowerment, and on what leadership could and should be about." Dr. Robert McKenna, Chair, Department of Industrial/Organizational Psychology, Seattle Pacific University and author of Dying to Lead.

The Ultimate Leader: Learning, Leading and Leaving a Legacy of Hope is a guidebook to performing at your optimum level. It will Energize your Mind, Body & Soul and strengthen you for the journey ahead. The best leaders lead from the inside out. They practice holistic leadership. They lead with Authenticity, Humility, Integrity and Hope--The Pillars of Leadership. Long after they have gone, they still continue to live on, in the hearts and minds of followers. Leadership skills are perishable, so how does one create a lasting legacy? It's through sowing seeds of hope. Hope is the lifeline that keeps people holding on. You too, can carve your footprints in stone by implementing the techniques and strategies outlined in this book. It is an impeccable roadmap to building and maintaining leadership effectiveness.

Bundle of leadership books authored by John C. Maxwell. Includes * 21 Irrefutable Laws * Developing the Leader Within You * 17 Indisputable Laws of Teamwork

In The Collaborative Leader, L. Michael Hall and Ian McDermott answer key questions about leadership. What is collaboration? How does it relate to leadership? How do you do it effectively? How do you pull people together, inspire them with a meaningful vision, and organise them so that a team spirit emerges and peak performance is achieved? The Collaborative Leader is a practical guide to collaborating with others and leading collaboratively. That means learning how to win the hearts and minds of those who we lead. Packed with practical and immediate action points, the book will show you how to turn around a non-collaborative group or environment immediately. You will find assessment questions throughout, step-by-step processes on collaboration, and an invitation to action at the end of each chapter: a personal challenge to step up to the collaborative level of leadership. Learn the core competencies that facilitate a healthy, joyful, and productive collaboration. The foundation of collaborative leadership is self-collaboration. The leader who cannot effectively collaborate cannot effectively lead. If you are to walk your talk, you need to demonstrate collaborative skills yourself, and this book will show you the 'how to's' for developing the critical success elements of leadership. The best collaborators are those who have lots of fun collaborating. The goal can be serious. The collaboration can be fun. Learn how it's possible by understanding the structure and processes of collaboration. Whether you're responsible for team or organisational development, you'll find plenty here to inspire you to transform your leadership into collaborative leadership.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Brené Brown has taught us what it means to dare greatly, rise strong, and brave the wilderness. Now, based on new research conducted with leaders, change makers, and culture shifters, she’s showing us how to put those ideas into practice so we can step up and lead. Don’t miss the five-part HBO Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart! NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY BLOOMBERG Leadership is not about titles, status, and wielding power. A leader is anyone who takes responsibility for recognizing the potential in people and ideas, and has the courage to develop that potential. When we dare to lead, we don’t pretend to have the right answers; we stay curious and ask the right questions. We don’t see power as finite and hoard it; we know that power becomes infinite when we share it with others. We don’t avoid difficult conversations and situations; we lean into vulnerability when it’s necessary to do good work. But daring leadership in a culture defined by scarcity, fear, and uncertainty requires skill-building around traits that are deeply and uniquely human. The irony is that we’re choosing not to invest in developing the hearts and minds of leaders at the exact same time as we’re scrambling to figure out what we have to offer that machines and AI can’t do better and faster. What can we do better? Empathy, connection, and courage, to start. Four-time #1 New York Times bestselling author Brené Brown has spent the past two decades studying the emotions and experiences that give meaning to our lives, and the past seven years working with transformative leaders and teams spanning the globe. She found that leaders in organizations ranging from small entrepreneurial startups and family-owned businesses to nonprofits, civic organizations, and Fortune 50 companies all ask the same question: How do you cultivate braver, more daring leaders, and how do you embed the value of courage in your culture? In this new book, Brown uses research, stories, and examples to answer these questions in the no-BS style that millions of readers have come to expect and love. Brown writes, “One of the most important findings of my career is that daring leadership is a collection of four skill sets that are 100 percent teachable, observable, and measurable. It’s learning and unlearning that requires brave work, tough conversations, and showing up with your whole heart. Easy? No. Because choosing courage over comfort is not always our default. Worth it? Always. We want to be brave with our lives and our work. It’s why we’re here.” Whether you’ve read Daring Greatly and Rising Strong or you’re new to Brené Brown’s work, this book is for anyone who wants to step up and into brave leadership.