Leadership Step by Step: Become the Person Others Follow

by Joshua Spodek

Overview

Don’t be content with simply learning what makes a great leader. Take the time to put in the work building those character traits inside you.

Why is it that most of the principles and ideas we are inspired with when we read leadership books rarely end up leaving the page? Because we’ve learned what successful leaders are doing, as well as why we should be implementing it ourselves, but we have no idea how we can specifically do all this in our unique circumstances.

Leadership Step by Step walks you through what to do and how to do it by taking you through an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experience.

By the end of the 22 exercises in this hands-on book, you will learn to:

• Build self-awareness
• Manage emotions
• Speak in an authentic voice
• Create meaningful connections
• Inspire others

Each chapter opens with a story demonstrating a vital leadership skill. Then, it guides you through the process of developing that skill for yourself.

Leadership Step by Step teaches you how to be that leader you’ve read so much about!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400239146
Publisher:	AMACOM
Publication date:	09/06/2022
Pages:	256
Sales rank:	785,315
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.71(d)

About the Author

JOSHUA SPODEK, PH.D. is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, a leadership coach and lecturer for Columbia Business School, and a columnist for Inc. He holds six patents and five Ivy-League degrees, including an MBA and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Named one of the "Best and Brightest" by Esquire in their Genius Issue, he has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, Forbes, and other major media.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments xi

Preface xiii

Unit 1 Understanding Yourself 1

Chapter 1 The Personal Essay 3

Chapter 2 Perception, Focus, and Attention 10

Chapter 3 Inner Monologue 20

Chapter 4 Write Your Beliefs 30

Chapter 5 Write Others' Beliefs 41

Unit 2 Leading Yourself 51

Chapter 6 Unwanted Beliefs 53

Chapter 7 Authentic Voice 64

Chapter 8 Adopt a New Belief 73

Chapter 9 Adopt a Challenging Belief 86

Chapter 10 No, But, However 93

Chapter 11 Avoid Imposing Values 99

Chapter 12 Feedforward 106

Unit 3 Understanding Others 119

Chapter 13 Write Your Models for Leadership and Emotion 121

Chapter 14 The Model 128

Chapter 15 The Method 139

Chapter 16 The Method, More Challenging 155

Unit 4 Leading Others 167

Chapter 17 Meaningful Connection 169

Chapter 18 Make People Feel Understood 186

Chapter 19 Lead with Empathy 202

Chapter 20 Inspire 217

Chapter 21 Support and Manage 228

Chapter 22 Next Steps 238

Index 241

Editorial Reviews

This is practical leadership training made perfect. Bravo!” —Booklist, starred review

"In Leadership Step by Step, Joshua Spodek fills the gap between education and experience for potential leaders. By treating leadership like the art it is, he imbues it with empathy and understanding. This is a book that will improve your business savvy and possibly, your life." —Daniel H. Pink, author of DRIVE and A WHOLE NEW MIND

"A hands on, useful, urgent book about leveling up as a leader." — Seth Godin, bestselling author and founder of altMBA

"Leadership Step by Step offers that rare breed of learning—genuine, authentic, effective, engaging, and, most of all, fun. It is based on the best leadership philosophy and practice.The results of doing its exercises insure that you will become an authentic, great leader, able to serve and to live to the best of your ability. Anyone who aspires to lead, to lead more effectively, or to live life to its fullest would benefit from Joshua’s exercises." — Frances Hesselbein, Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree, CEO of Girl Scouts, named “Best leader in America” by Peter Drucker

"Joshua is changing the game for leadership development and creating positive change. His insight to give a progression of exercises to practice is a once-in-a-lifetime game-changing advance in our field everyone else will follow. It's better than business school courses because he has you create real positive change that lasts. Leadership is about doing, not just understanding, and Joshua's exercises give you both. Leadership Step by Step gets it. Do its exercises and you will too." — Marshall Goldsmith, 2015 #1 Leadership Thinker and #1 Executive Coach in the World, New York Times bestselling author of Triggers

"Refreshingly different and thoroughly practical, Leadership Step by Step serves up valuable tools for readers to build their own path to development. The book weaves back and forth between brief, engaging stories and seemingly simple exercises. But the cumulative effect can be profound, helping readers focus on and sometimes rewrite their own habits of thought and action that were previously invisible." — Daniel Ames, Columbia Business School Professor, Management Division

"In a fresh approach to the topic, Josh Spodek guides his readers on an experiential journey, through a progression of exercises that reveal the inner psychology of leadership and that impart critical skills." — Michael W. Morris, Chavkin-Chang Chair, Professor of Leadership, and founder of the Leadership Lab at Columbia Business School

"Yes, this is a book you must read if you want to become the person others will follow. The time and effort you put into, Leadership Step by Step, will be well worth it!" —Eric Jacobson on Management and Leadership

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