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	• The Journey of the Accidental Leader Steve Gladis Ph.D. HRD Press, Inc., 2007 - 122 pages average customer review:based on 14 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

Good insights

This book contains good insight on leadership. With the retirement of the baby boom generation, there will be a significant shift in leadership in most organizations. This book addresses some of the issues that this dynamic will create.

This book uses the fictional journey of one person to explore a number of important leadership issues. It is an easy read with good truths for those entering new leadership roles.

Entertaining and Insightful

I have found that how-to books on leadership too often are predictable, cliched, or simply poorly written. Few are memorable. So it was genuinely refreshing to discover that "The Journey of the Accidental Leader" avoided those traps. At each stage of the fictional protagonist's journey, the leadership lessons highlighted go well beyond conventional wisdom and especially come alive in the context of the story. Best of all, the fictional parable itself is a work of well-written fiction: I cared about Sam, the protagonist, and consequently the lessons illustrated by Sam's plight had real sticking power.

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Real world approach to leadership

Steve translates leadership into action steps you can implement immediately after reading the book. Extremely well written. Terrific book for a new leader or someone who wants to become a more effective leader. Well done!

Wish I'd read this book years ago!

This is exactly the kind of book I wish I had read years ago, when I found myself accidentally in a leadership position. In Dr. Gladis's business parable, leadership lessons come alive through the journey of Sammy, an Accidental Leader. The Ten Leadership Lessons Learned are reinforced through Sammy's experiences as a new CEO, and are clearly summarized at the end of each chapter, for effective retention. Recommended for both accidental and intentional leaders.

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Leadership Tips for Everyone

The Journey of the Accidental Leader provides excellent pointers and insight for the new person on the job to the head of an organization or company. Its fable format makes it a quick and enjoyable read. Having supervised for several years, the book made me appreciate what I have done well as a leader and made me think hard about what I could do better. It also gave me some ideas that I have already put to use at work. This book will not be buried in my bookshelf collecting dust. I have already shared it with some of my colleages and pulled it out the other day to use one of the lessons. Enjoy and learn!

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The Journey of the Accidental Leader By Steve Gladis, PhD You re looking around for a leader someone else to take charge when the responsibility to take action falls upon you. Here s a fictional story that will ensure you re up to the challenge of unexpectedly becoming a leader. This business parable describes an untimely death and the journey of the leader suddenly put in charge of a company. The story demonstrates some of the leadership lessons the author learned while with an organization that has trained some of the nation s most successful leaders the United States Marine Corps. In 10 chapters, Dr. Gladis elaborates on the meaning of these important lessons: · No one knows what they re doing until the try. · You get what you give. · Build trust by character, competence, caring, commitment and consistency. · Change isn t easy. But if you do it right, everyone wins. · You have to have a vision to make it comes true. · To create a positive culture, show people by your actions what you believe in don t just tell them. · Leadership is all about courage. · The long march begins with the first bold step. · Change will happen embrace it by sticking to your principles. · Leaders have a passion for people. Inspirational and motivational, this engaging story is full of insight and perspectives that will pave the way for both current and future accidental leaders.

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