"John Mattone understands that truly great leadership always starts on the inside. More than that, John is a master of helping people discover and cultivate their innate leadership potential through advice that is both practical and profound."-Deepak Chopra, Author, You Are the UniverseThe Executive Coach's Handbook offers practical wisdom and hard won lessons from the world's top executive coach. A blend of both philosophical and...

What is great leadership? What separates the merely competent leaders from those rare individuals who leave a lasting impression on everyone around them?As one of the world's most in-demand CEO coaches and top leadership gurus, John Mattone has worked with some of our brightest business minds—Apple's Steve Jobs, Pepsi's Roger Enrico, and Nielsen's Armando Uriegas—and he's identified the key qualities that, together, make up the mindset of great leadership.In The Intelli...

In today’s business environment, leaders at all levels are facing enormous challenges when it comes to achieving and sustaining breakthrough operating results. Globalization, economic change, more stringent regulation, and tougher governance make realizing shareholder value increasingly difficult.Intelligent Leadership is written for leaders who want to become more effective, strategic, operationally focused, and balanced. It is for leaders who are striving to take control of their...

You've just been promoted to a managerial position for the first time -- congratulations! But beware: the managerial role differs markedly from the individual contributor role. Go into the job with mistaken assumptions about what to expect, and you just may be blindsided by surprising realities.This book helps you lay the foundation for succeeding in your new role, explaining how to:· Discard the "doer" role of the individual contributor for the orchestrating role of the ma...

Why is it that some people consistently seem to get more done than others? The answer is that they know how to set specific, achievable goals for themselves...and then follow through on them.This revised and updated edition of Goal Setting features worksheets, quizzes, and other practical tools, giving you powerful techniques you can use to set a goal, make a plan, and acquire the resources and power necessary to achieve your objective.The book sho...

The Entrepreneurial Mindset shows you step-by-step the processes involved in becoming a successful entrepreneur and certain mindsets to imbibe while pointing to habits you must desist from if you want to create and maintain wealth. The authors present simple but powerful ways to stop thinking and acting by the old rules and start thinking with the discipline of a habitual entrepreneur.

An ordinary leader is someone who leads a small organization or team that is doing great things. They manage the majority of the world’s workforce, but they don’t lead large corporations or big government agencies. Ordinary leaders are rarely written about in books or quoted in magazines. They are, however, important. Maybe not globally, but in their own realm of influence, their leadership makes a difference.Author Randy Grieser presents 10 key insights for building and l...

You can’t ask for more than efficient, effective operations.Or can you?Given today’s business landscape—increasing customer demand, global competition, lower trade barriers—being good isn’t enough. This groundbreaking guide provides the knowledge and tools you need to transform your organization from a well-run company to a relentlessly innovative company.Innovation expert Jeffrey Phillips has helped businesses around the world achieve the d...

This comprehensive yet inviting-to-read guide has been completely updated to cover today's most critical management topics--from company culture to new technologies.About the BookBecoming a Successful Manager has all the tools and techniques for making a smooth transition into the role of manager. Drawing on both academic research and real-world experience, the authors teach readers how to apply what they call "The Discovery Method." Through pract...

Coach Individuals, Teams, and Organizations to Greater Success with AgileAs Agilists work to increase an organization's Agility, they will run into major obstacles with mindset shifts, moving to self-organization, and organizational adoption. Over the past decade, more Agilists have been using Professional Coaching to help individuals, teams, and the organization as a whole uncover these obstacles and move forward faster.In Professional Coaching...

One of Silicon Valley's top leadership trainers distills his proven framework that has empowered teams at the world's most innovative companies--from Google and Facebook to Cisco Systems and biotech giant Genentech/Roche--to do the best work of their lives.Richard Lee has worked with thousands of ambitious leaders and their teams, and has found that they all share the same frustration. Whether it's because of communication breakdowns or increasing complexity, peopl...

The most important factor in a successful business transformation is mindset. It's more important than any tool, any process, any training session, or any single financial incentive. But you can't will a positive mindset into existence. No one can snap their fingers or hypnotize a team into believing in the mission, believing in the transformation, or ultimately believing in their team and in themselves.