You Can't Lead From Behind: What I learned in combat about leadership, people, and profit.
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Rating | : | 4.81 (925 Votes) |
Asin | : | B00SOX6RQ6 |
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Number of Pages | : | 156 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2016-03-31 |
Language | : | English |
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Succinct and Powerful You Can’t Lead from Behind – What I learned in combat about leadership, people and profitOff the top, you want to like this book. It’s a tidy little thing – only 57 pages – so you know you’ll be able to digest it in a sitting or two. And then there’s the promise of the subtitle: “what I learned in combat about leadership, people and profit. Oh good – I can get smarter without being on the front lines. BONUS!Armstrong offers simple but powerful insights and reminders, expressed succ. Great Practical Book This book is an easy ready and offers great practical advice that you can start putting into practice right away. A great read for the fledgling, aspiring, and experienced leader alike.. Keith J. Johnston - Author of A Garage Full of Ferraris said Brilliant piece of work. Brilliant piece of work! Steven Armstrong does an amazing job in this small but powerful book highlighting the fundamentals to strong leadership. He delivers practical approaches to improving our effectiveness as leaders and demystifies leadership in the process. His brief questionnaires at the end of each chapter help focus attention on the gaps between where you are and where you need to be in your development as a leader. I highly recommend this book to anyone looking to become a more effective leader.
I have led soldiers. I have also worked for some terrible leaders, but luckily for me, there have only been a handful.There are many leadership styles, which can be boiled down to two distinct categories: the calm and collected and the loud and angry. Leading people is simultaneously simple and straightforward and extraordinarily complex and challenging. I look back and am immensely proud to say that I led those people. Its side effects are fewer grievances, more willingness to accept new ideas, lower turnover, and team spirit. This book written to give the aspiring, the reluctant, and the information hungry leader a head start in thei