Inspired leadership
Subtitle: how you can achieve extraordinary results in business
By: Kevin Gaskell
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9781119383024
Subjects: Leadership; Industrial management; Success in business
Description: Elevate your leadership to achieve the extraordinary. Inspired Leadership is the essential guide to performing at the highest level every day. As CEO of Porsche, author Kevin Gaskell led the company from near-bankruptcy to the most profitable car company. During his four years at BMW, the company saw 80% growth in sales and 500% increase in profitability. Good leaders get results and great leaders get great results--but Inspired Leaders get extraordinary results, turn around companies, ensure people development and turn brands into household names. This book shows you how to become an Inspired Leader. Workable strategies, practical frameworks, and real-world essential skills give you a concrete curriculum for success, while anecdotes and examples drawn from the author's experiences illustrate important concepts in action. Inspirational, aspirational, and deeply instructional, this guide will become your go-to resource for navigating the leader's role. From tricky situations to everyday interactions, you'll learn the skills and outlook you need to take your leadership to the next level. Learn what Inspired Leadership looks like in terms of results. Discover the key factors that separate Inspired leaders from the merely "great." Adopt the tools and processes that get extraordinary results in the real world. Understand the essential core of high performance, and incorporate it into your day-to-day. Quality leadership is the difference between success and failure, but Inspired Leadership is the difference between success and world-class performance. It requires 360-degree attention, laser focus, authentic relationships, and a rock-solid understanding of the leader's role. When you're ready to achieve the extraordinary, Inspired Leadership is the resource to keep within arm's reach. -- Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: PART ONE: Commit - Dare to Dream; title: Build Belief; title: How Good Do You Want to Be?; title: Make the Impossible Possible; title: Confront the F Word; title: PART TWO: Connect; title: Begin at the End; title: A Simple Plan; title: Don't Be a Genius, Make a Genius; title: Be Better First, Then Bigger; title: In Command, Out of Control; title: PART THREE: Create; title: Are We Having Fun Yet?; title: No One Is an "Only a ..."; title: Catch In, Don't Catch Out; title: Sustaining Success; title: Afterword: Wait Until the Sun Comes Up