Product DescriptionIn "How the Best Leaders Lead", Brian Tracy reveals the strategies used by top executives and business owners everywhere to achieve astounding results in difficult markets against determined competition. Readers will learn how to set clear goals and objectives for themselves and others, set priorities and focus on key tasks, solve problems faster and make better decisions, determine the ideal leadership style for any situation, motivate their people and develop an exciting future vision for their business.
Product Details- Amazon Sales Rank: #516326 in Books
- Published on: 2010-02-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 1.00" h x 6.25" w x 9.25" l, 1.07 pounds
- Binding: Hardcover
- 256 pages
Editorial Reviews “…Tracy shares powerful leadership lessons from the business world, history books, military strategy, and thought leaders.” — T + D magazine
“…provides excellent insight into the minds of today’s most promising leaders. It will make the reader stop and think and ask the important questions not only of his team but of himself.” -- IEEE magazine
“This excellent book is a valuable resource, both for personal and professional use, for leaders and managers at every level.” -- AORN Journal
“The world sorely needs better leaders. Brian's book fills that need well, guiding you with ‘seven basic responsibilities of leadership’ to be your best.” – CEORefresher.com
One of CEO Refresher.com’s The Best Books of 2010.
“If Warren Bennis is the foremost thinker on business leadership, Brian Tracy isn't far behind…As a primer on basic thinking about leadership, it's up near the head of the class.” –Financial Executive
“… lays out all the secrets to great leadership and the way to attain it… demolishing our hope that we could blame our perpetual followership on genetics.” —Accounting Today From the Inside Flap
As a savvy and motivated professional, you’re constantly on the lookout for high-impact leadership strategies to take your business to the next level and beyond—which don’t bog you down in abstract theories or exhaustive case studies. You need foolproof ways to lead your people to achieve outstanding results, even in challenging times. As legendary football coach Vince Lombardi said, it’s time to get “brilliant on the basics.” The world’s great business leaders make it all look easy because they keep it simple: measurable, repeatable methods that generate exceptional results in both strong markets and weak, good economies and bad. There is perhaps no greater student—and teacher—of these proven and timeless leadership strategies than Brian Tracy, whose business books, seminars, and consulting work have guided countless thousands of professionals, executives, and leaders of all stripes to truly amazing results. In How the Best Leaders Lead, Tracy breaks down the art and science of business leadership into the seven fundamental responsibilities that outstanding leaders master. Essential for success in any organization and every leadership position, they are: • Setting and achieving goals. Leadership is not abstract—you need to state where you’re going and follow through on what it takes to get there. • Fostering innovation. Continuously improving your products, services, processes, and promotion methods is the only way to remain dominant. • Problem solving and decision making. As Tracy notes, “The only obstacles that stand between you and the business success you desire are problems, difficulties, hindrances, and barriers. Your ability to go over, under, or around these problems is central to your success.” • Setting priorities. Mastering the ability to effectively deploy your three most critical resources—people, money, and time—is vital. • Setting high standards—and leading by example. The simple but profound truth is that your people can only follow you as far as you lead them. • Inspiring and motivating others. Getting past “command and control” is the key to sustainable leadership success. • Performing and achieving results. The direct outcome of the previous six responsibilities combined, this is the measure by which you will ultimately be judged. How do you master these responsibilities? First, you must ask yourself, “How well do I know myself and what I truly want in my work and my life? How the Best Leaders Lead will take you through a thorough self-analysis with which you will discover what is truly important to you—and identify the specific steps you must take to achieve it. You’ll then read Tracy’s life-changing lessons culled from the leading edges of business, the annals of history and military strategy, and the wisdom of the world’s most powerful leadership and management thinkers past and present. Leadership is an exact science but a simple one, born of clear vision and courage, self knowledge and integrity, focus and confidence. With acute insight and Brian Tracy’s quintessentially accessible guidance, How the Best Leaders Lead brings those powerful attributes and leadership greatness easily within your reach. Brian Tracy is a top business speaker, author, and consultant, addressing more than 250,000 people worldwide each year. He has written 45 books and produced more than 400 audio and video learning programs, which have been translated into 27 languages. He is the President of Brian Tracy University and the Chief Learning Officer of iLearning Global.com, the preeminent business learning portal in the world today. He lives in Solana Beach, California. From the Back Cover
Do you have the heart of a leader? You’d better. Because even under normal circumstances, only the most focused, effective, and inspiring leaders have what it takes to motivate their teams to outstanding success—and now, as we navigate the turbulent waters of more challenging times, competition is leaner and more fierce than ever. No matter what your goal, your coming out on top depends not only on knowing how to lead…but on being one of the best at doing it. World-renowned business and personal achievement expert Brian Tracy has helped thousands of professionals and organizations master the kind of leadership skills they need to achieve everything they’ve set out to do and more. And now—in his first ever book on leadership—the best-selling author who has helped countless people attain the kind of success many thought they could only dream of shows you how to break past even the most difficult challenges and obstacles, and lead your way to spectacular business results. Packed with proven winning strategies and actions you can implement immediately, plus powerful tools, including self-assessments, a strategic planning questionnaire, and other eye-opening exercises, How the Best Leaders Lead reveals a champion’s playbook of secrets, tactics, and strategies that will enable you to: * Determine your ideal leadership style for any situation * Motivate your people with the Three R’s – Recognition, Rewards, and Reinforcement * Develop an exciting future vision for yourself and your business * Expertly communicate your ideas * Determine priorities and set clear goals and objectives * Hire and keep the people most capable of helping you accomplish your objectives * Identify opportunities and take concrete action * Solve problems faster and make better decisions * Delegate effectively to get more done in less time * And much more Armed with the resources and techniques used by the best-of-the-best, cream-of-the-crop executives, managers, and entrepreneurs across a variety of industries and backgrounds, there will be nothing stopping you from becoming the kind of indomitable leader who envisions a great future and knows exactly how to make it happen. How the Best Leaders Lead is your own personal template for brilliant success.
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