Don't Wait for Someone Else to Fix It: 8 Essentials to Enhance your Leadership Impact at Work, Home, and Anywhere Else that Needs You
Douglas Lennick, Chuck WachendorferThe world needs positive leadership more than ever. Luckily, there is a large untapped source of leaders who can change the world for the better: all of us! Since each of us constantly influences those around us, by definition, everyone is a leader, not just people with formal titles. This book will help everyone tap into the power of their influence to pursue a meaningful purpose, whether on the job, in the community, or at home. All it takes is leadership intelligence, a combination of 8 moral, social, and technical imperatives essential to our ability to positively influence others.
These 8 essentials include: • Aim to be Your Ideal Self • Know Your Real Self • Ignite Integrity and Responsibility • Embrace Empathy and Compassion • Decide Wisely • Let Go of What You Know • Achieve Meaningful Goals • Empower Others
Don’t Wait for Someone Else to Fix It is liberally illustrated with compelling stories of a varied cast of characters, including the head of a skiing expedition to the North Pole, an Olympic snowboarding coach, a mountaineer leading a high-altitude Himalayan climbing team, the executive director of an innovative low-income senior housing community, and the founder of a pioneering youth basketball program for girls.
Examples of “fixing it” also come from the journeys of entrepreneurs and executives in the financial services, health care, educational, travel and media industries.