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The scaled-up leader uses her North Star statement to say yes to things that matter and no to things that don’t.
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Struggling to find contentment? These nine crucial elements can help you focus on the most important things to be more content in life.
Ty seemed to have it all. Great job, beautiful family, house with a white picket fence. Then one day it all changed. At the end of his rope, Ty had a chance encounter with a quirky old woman who brought him on a journey to discover the nine crucial elements of lifelong contentment and helped him put a plan in place to fill his contentment gaps. His outlook on life changed forever. |
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The scaled-up leader is a durable and versatile leader rich in experiences.
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Want to be a leader others admire? Get the 12 simple leadership lessons the best leaders crush.
Why Don't They Follow Me? is the defining leadership book for leaders who need quick wisdom on what it takes to be a great leader. Whether you're a pastor, nurse administrator, PTA president, non-profit leader, or first-line manager, Why Don't They Follow Me? gives you the essential leadership lessons to help you be a better leader fast! |
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Great project managers constantly seek how to be better at managing projects that deliver great results
Straight-up project management wisdom you can put to use immediately! Get 100 project management snackable wisdom nuggets with a practical explanation of how to apply each nugget in your day-to-day job as a project manager. Get helpful tips on risk and issue management, schedule management, testing, training, and many other topics. Six-Word Lessons for Project Managers gives snackable wisdom to you straight up - no strainer needed. |
The scaled-up leader is always in control of her calendar.
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Great leaders understand the importance of setting clear direction that draws a straight execution line for their team ~ So many times organizations get wrapped up in terminology and process that the resulting direction statement becomes a mass of gobbledygook which no one understands or follows. Direction statements need to clearly direct, inspire, and align a team to deliver, not get stuffed in a drawer only to be pulled out again the next time a direction statement needs to be developed. Get Set That Direction! to help you create a practical, useful and compelling direction statement that will make people want to follow you.
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The scaled-up leader holds himself and his followers to the same credibility standard.
Build the credibility to get others to want to follow you.
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Want to be the type of leader who people want to follow? Get 75 lessons the best leaders use to deliver results.
Lead Already! breaks down leadership into three categories: planning leadership, process leadership, and people leadership. Each category contains compelling lessons to give leaders the tools they need to drive great results. Whether you're a pastor, nurse administrator, PTA president, non-profit leader, or first-line manager, Lead Already! gives you the 75 crucial leadership lessons to help you be the type of leader people will want to follow! |
The scaled-up leader is confident in saying, “I want to learn from you.”
Genuinely seek wisdom to scale yourself.
Candidly share wisdom to scale the next generation.
Candidly share wisdom to scale the next generation.
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Are you a boaster, hoarder, poser, hesitator, or pontificator?
A wisdom steward embraces the value of wisdom and genuinely seeks and candidly shares wisdom with others. Read this engaging allegory about Rico and his magical journey where he meets a wisdom boaster, hoarder, poser, hesitator, and pontificator and how each grew to become a wisdom steward. What he learns changes not only him but those around him. |
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The scaled-up leader doesn’t use his superior position to demand trust; he earns it.
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Empowerment and delegation. Same thing right? Not even close. See the difference and get people to want to follow you.
Sam was a young leader with great potential but didn’t know how to empower his team. His manager sent him to an extraordinary class where Rosa Parks, Susan B. Anthony, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, and Harriet Tubman explain Intentional Empowerment. The experience forever changed Sam and transformed him into an Intentional Empowerment leader. |
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Great leaders understand the importance of teams working together and invest the time to ensure they can do so effectively to deliver results ~ When project teams work in perfect harmony it's like music to the project manager's ears. Each project team member knows what they need to contribute to the project, knows when they have to perform, understands what other project team members are doing on the project, and knows what it takes to be successful. Get this ebook see how to get your project teams to gel and deliver results.
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The scaled-up leader calls out balderdash to do the right thing for the business, even if uncomfortable to do so.
Call out balderdash to avert disaster.
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Great leaders know the questions to ask and who to ask to better secure success
In Six-Word Lessons to Avoid Project Disaster, you get 100 snackable wisdom reasons why projects fail with an added bonus: the right questions to ask your team leads to help your project stay on track. Meant for the novice as well as experienced project manager, Six-Word Lessons to Avoid Project Disaster will help you ask the pointed snackable wisdom questions to keep you in the know, ensure your team leads focus on the right things, and put your project in the win column. |
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The scaled-up leader doesn’t hold up progress due to indecisiveness.
Don't let risks and issues paralyze your ability to make decisions.
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Great leaders understand the difference between risks and issues and actively mitigate risks to avoid issues ~ Project risk and issue management is one of the most lethal but easily overlooked aspects of successful project management. Risks and issues derail your plan and cause you to divert focus away from project activities. But, there's simply no avoiding them. If you've got a project you're going to have risks and issues.
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The scaled-up leader knows how to get bosses and peers to follow her lead.
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Great leaders understand their role as project sponsors and do what's needed to help project teams succeed ~ Have you ever managed a project where the project sponsor was disengaged, unrealistic or overly demanding? Or have you ever tried to get by without a project sponsor only to have the project go down in flames? Most every experienced project manager has at some point in his or her career encountered an onerous project sponsor, which either made a project more difficult to execute or caused it to fail altogether. This ebook focuses on ten key attributes that a great project sponsor possesses and how the project manager can coach a project sponsor to better represent his or her project. The paper is based on real-life experiences of both great and not-so-great project sponsors and outlines tried-and true techniques used to help project sponsors be more effective at ensuring a project's success.
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Great leaders understand the importance of crisp communication that eliminates any ambiguity on direction or intent ~ Think back to some great communicators like Reagan, Martin Luther King Jr., or John F. Kennedy. What made them great communicators? It wasn't that they were great orators, had flashy teeth, sported perfect hair, or demonstrated a flawless writing style. They had courage, conviction, wisdom, clarity, and credibility; five attributes that build the foundation of all great communicators.
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The scaled-up leader builds followers into leaders who can step in and do her job with minimal disruption.
Remember to include the disability community when growing great leaders.
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15 million working age Americans have a disability. Only 4 million have jobs. Learn the 7 steps to create a workplace where people with disabilities can thrive.
Jade was asked by her new boss to spearhead her organization's disability inclusion initiative. On her way home that evening she was in a terrible accident. While unconscious, she met seven people who taught her about what it takes to create a disability inclusive organization. She had no idea how personal those lessons would be to her after she woke. |
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Worried about how to parent a child with autism? Don't panic. Get 100 short and simple lessons you can read in under an hour.
"Man-speak" lessons on raising a child with autism. Six-Word Lessons for Dads with Autistic Kids gives fathers 100 short, simple and practical lessons on how to create strong bonds with their children when autism is in the picture. Written by a father of an adult son with autism, Six-Word Lessons for Dads with Autistic Kids gives you straight-up advice that you can put to work right away. Whether it be about schooling, disciplining, seeking interests, or other topics, you'll get practical nuggets that will help you understand your autistic child without all the double-speak and help all of you cope with autism. |
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