The Leader's Pyramid
The Leader's Pyramid

Author: Joseph Garcia

Publisher: AuthorHouse

Published: 2010

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1452042128

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In his book, The Leader's Pyramid, Joseph Garcia provides a leadership tool that is both easy to remember and easy to apply to most management situations. Garcia offers proven leadership success based on a challenging military career and while serving as a CFO for a national nonprofit and most recently as the "Katrina CFO" for FEMA in New Orleans for three years. Garcia's Leader's Pyramid tool has allowed him to do his part to meet extraordinary mission requirements in extraordinary places. The Leader's Pyramid is built and grounded on proven principles and is valuable to all types of leaders -- experienced manager or newly promoted supervisor. Joseph blends his "walked in a leader's shoes" perspective with extensive research and academic principles. He taught a Leadership course at the Air Force Academy and received his Executive Masters in Leadership from Georgetown University. His desired outcome for his readers is a balanced and consistent approach to leadership. Using the Leader's Pyramid construct has allowed Joseph to be consistent in how he reaches decisions, especially tough ones involving people concerns, because he follows the same decision-making process. At the same time, he has gained the proper balance in his leadership focus and actions since his Leader's Pyramid allocates a 60/30/10 percentage mix for the Mission, People, and Ego factors respectively. Proof of Garcia's "recipe for success" includes many organizational and individual awards, including the "Male Boss of the Year" through the Federal Women's Awards Program. Joseph builds the Leader's Pyramid with his readers one block at a time, using his wealth of personal experiences along with illustrating scenarios that helps explain and reinforce the Mission, People, and Ego components. Garcia even uses the Leader's Pyramid to advocate how to become a better spouse, parent, and well-rounded individual. Finally, his "pyramid maintenance tips" promote continuous professional and personal development. In short, Garcia takes his readers on an enjoyable learning journey throughout The Leader's Pyramid.

The Pyramid of Business Success
The Pyramid of Business Success

Author: Christopher Sopko

Publisher: Lulu.com

Published: 2014-12-09

Total Pages: 294

ISBN-13: 1312743530

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Based upon over 20 years of international management experience and a variety of third party research this book details 15 key characteristics and attributes that all leaders need to build a successful, long term business. Management checklists and specific examples of how each of the characteristics have been applied by the world's most successful business managers are contained in each chapter. This book also includes over 150 interview questions that can be used to help determine your best future employees based upon how well they match these 15 characteristics. It will quickly become invaluable to anyone wanting to hone their management skill and for those that will be tasked with helping to develop the next generation of ""Millenials"" now entering the workforce.

Leading Teams
Leading Teams

Author: Steve Gladis

Publisher:

Published: 2020-01-30

Total Pages: 150

ISBN-13: 9780989131414

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Both a compilation of the latest team-based research and a compelling leadership case-study fable, Leading Teams is a unique resource for both seasoned and emerging leaders. Their comprehensive research is encapsulated in a single diagram-the Team Leadership Pyramid-which helps the reader visualize the different elements that are essential to team success.

Turning the Pyramid Upside Down
Turning the Pyramid Upside Down

Author: Marilyn D. Jacobson

Publisher: Diversion Books

Published: 2013-01-08

Total Pages: 100

ISBN-13: 1938120752

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"The upside down pyramid is particularly important in customer facing organizations ... a good read for any leader." —Jim Estill, Partner at CanRock Ventures, owner of CEO Blog, Time Leadership Globalization and hyper-connectivity are significantly affecting the way all organizations are led, requiring a shift in both leadership approaches and the organization’s context/culture. Leadership attributes and behaviors must move from a concentration on what I need to do to what WE must do, if the organization is to succeed. Leaders need to focus on ensuring that within the organization, there is a high degree of engagement. Flat organization structures, operating without command and control hierarchies, will be better able to respond effectively to this new complex, fast-paced, global environment. Through discussions with industry leaders and drawing on her years of consulting and coaching experience, Marilyn Jacobson covers the necessary tools needed in both leadership approach and organization culture to make these adjustments. Jacobson provides examples of positive organizational changes leaders can make to tackle future challenges, highlighting engagement and adaptability as keys to success in this complex, fast-paced, global environment.

The Serving Leader
The Serving Leader

Author: Ken Jennings

Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers

Published: 2004-09-09

Total Pages: 148

ISBN-13: 9781576753088

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At a time of increasing concern about ethics at the top, The Serving Leader calls for leadership that is both more moral and more effective than the ruthless, bottom-line approach that has brought disgrace to once-mighty organizations. The book takes a practical "action approach" to servant leadership-a concept espoused by Ken Blanchard, Stephen Covey and many others. In this second book in The Ken Blanchard series, the authors use a compelling story based on real people to make its five principles of servant leadership accessible to a wide audience. "An amazing new kind of book that will challenge and inspire." -Harvey Mackay, author of Swim with the Sharks without Being Eaten Alive

Leading An Accounting Firm
Leading An Accounting Firm

Author: Troy Waugh

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 0870519972

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The secret ingredient to any successful firm is great leadership. Fortunately, this new book demonstrates that great leadership skills can be nurtured and learned. Using the model of the pyramid to illustrate his concept, author Troy Waugh builds a case for ongoing leadership development, guiding you through the essential ideas and practices that are at the core of great leadership and great firms. Using this powerful framework, you can improve your personal leadership and build great leaders around you. Developed specifically for CPA firm leaders, it covers the full spectrum of leadership development, including: Leading Self Leading Staff Leading Strategy Leading Systems Leading Synergy Plus, you’ll hear from more than 40 of the profession’s top leaders. Recognizing the multitude of approaches to leadership, Waugh reached out to colleagues in some of the most well-led firms in the profession and asked them to share their leadership experience and philosophies.

The 5 Levels of Leadership
The 5 Levels of Leadership

Author: John C. Maxwell

Publisher: Center Street

Published: 2011-10-04

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 1455507512

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Use this helpful book to learn about the leadership tools to fuel success, grow your team, and become the visionary you were meant to be. True leadership isn't a matter of having a certain job or title. In fact, being chosen for a position is only the first of the five levels every effective leader achieves. To become more than "the boss" people follow only because they are required to, you have to master the ability to invest in people and inspire them. To grow further in your role, you must achieve results and build a team that produces. You need to help people to develop their skills to become leaders in their own right. And if you have the skill and dedication, you can reach the pinnacle of leadership—where experience will allow you to extend your influence beyond your immediate reach and time for the benefit of others. The 5 Levels of Leadership are: 1. Position—People follow because they have to. 2. Permission—People follow because they want to. 3. Production—People follow because of what you have done for the organization. 4. People Development—People follow because of what you have done for them personally. 5. Pinnacle—People follow because of who you are and what you represent. Through humor, in-depth insight, and examples, internationally recognized leadership expert John C. Maxwell describes each of these stages of leadership. He shows you how to master each level and rise up to the next to become a more influential, respected, and successful leader.

Wooden on Leadership
Wooden on Leadership

Author: John Wooden

Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional

Published: 2005-04-26

Total Pages: 340

ISBN-13: 0071467106

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A Wall Street Journal Bestseller A compelling look inside the mind and powerful leadership methods of America’s coaching legend, John Wooden "Team spirit, loyalty, enthusiasm, determination. . . . Acquire and keep these traits and success should follow." --Coach John Wooden John Wooden’s goal in 41 years of coaching never changed; namely, to get maximum effort and peak performance from each of his players in the manner that best served the team. Wooden on Leadership explains step-by-step how he pursued and accomplished this goal. Focusing on Wooden’s 12 Lessons in Leadership and his acclaimed Pyramid of Success, it outlines the mental, emotional, and physical qualities essential to building a winning organization, and shows you how to develop the skill, confidence, and competitive fire to “be at your best when your best is needed”--and teach your organization to do the same. Praise for Wooden on Leadership: “What an all-encompassing Pyramid of Success for leadership! Coach Wooden’s moral authority and brilliant definition of success encompass all of life. How I admire his life’s work and concept of what it really means to win!” --Stephen R. Covey, author, The 7 Habits of Highly Successful People and The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness “Wooden On Leadership offers valuable lessons no matter what your endeavor. 'Competitive Greatness' is our goal and that of any successful organization. Coach Wooden’s Pyramid of Success is where it all starts.” --Jim Sinegal, president & CEO, Costco

The Next Level, 3rd Edition
The Next Level, 3rd Edition

Author: Scott Eblin

Publisher: Nicholas Brealey

Published: 2018-10-30

Total Pages: 203

ISBN-13: 1473697328

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REVISED AND UPDATED 3RD EDITION! Drawing on the secrets of a top executive coach, The Next Level is an indispensable guide to executive success, full of simple, practical, and immediately applicable insights and tools for leaders who need to get bigger and better results. For more than a decade,The Next Level has been an indispensable guide to executive success. It reads like a series of conversations with a trusted coach who has brought together a cadre of successful senior leaders to deliver a master class on executive level best practices. This practical, actionable guide to success at the executive level helps readers understand what they need to pick up and let go of to achieve the results that are expected at the next level. Along with simple and immediately applicable tools and frameworks he's road-tested with thousands of coaching clients, Eblin offers clear, practical advice reinforced by interviews and case studies from executives who know what it takes to succeed. With fresh insights throughout, this 3rd edition will help readers sustain their success over the long run with new information on how to develop a personal action plan for leading at their best by living at their best. NEW TO THIS EDITION: 1. Updated Introduction and Afterword 2. New insights on leadership effectiveness gleaned by the author since the 2nd edition 3. A completely revised chapter 3 with new guidance on creating a Life GPS personal action plan 4. New and updated Coachable Moment tools (including the TRACK Model of Effective Delegation) 5. A revised appendix with the latest approach to creating a self-directed Executive Success Plan (ESP)

The Leadership Pyramid
The Leadership Pyramid

Author: William David West

Publisher: WestBow Press

Published: 2017-06-20

Total Pages: 94

ISBN-13: 1512790850

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What does calling, competence, confidence, character, confidentiality, community, camaraderie, compassion, courage, and charisma have to do with leadership? Everything! Every pastor must build upon these ten essential elements for effective leadership. Dave West explores these ten elements through the lens of his vast military experience, the Bible, and leadership theories. Each chapter encourages you to become the best leader God called you to become. Throughout this book, Dave challenges you through his personal life stories to share your stories with other pastors. You will discover how charisma serves as the bonding agent of the other nine elements to strengthen and support your leadership. If you desire to lead your organization more effectively, then this book is a must read.