Reach beyond your own personal experience and knowledge and rise faster and farther with this “engaging and practical” leadership guide (Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People).
Being an effective leader means making decisions. But many of those decisions may pertain to situations or information you aren’t be familiar with. What is a leader to do then?
You have to make choices about the future for yourself, your team, and your organization. You need to get your team aligned in the same direction while building key relationships both internally and externally. And, you have to do all this while you maintain your sanity among competing demands.
Leadership expert Dave Jennings doesn’t ask you to change your leadership skill set. He invites you to change your mind set about how you approach life when you are in over your head—sometimes way over your head.
Catapulted is a “great read” that will provide you with the tools to succeed in situations that go beyond your comfort zone. Get ready to fly (Gary Bowen, chief financial officer, OGIO International).
Dave A. Jennings, PhD, is an expert on leadership and leading change. He is president of Business Acumen, Inc., a leadership development and consulting firm specializing in leadership, change, resilience, and communications. He has worked with such leading organizations as Microsoft, Deloitte & Touche, DuPont, Hewlett-Packard, Honda, Intel, Life Technologies, Mobil, Oracle, and Panasonic. Dave is the co-designer of the leading change process used globally by Microsoft. He has 16 years of organizational development and consulting experience. He has provided executive coaching, consulting, facilitation, and training for leaders from the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia, Mexico, the Middle East, and South Africa. He has been a featured speaker for various conferences including Microsoft's Leadership Summit. At Hewlett-Packard's number one selling Inkjet Printer Division, Dave was an internal consultant who facilitated internal re-organizations and the management development process