The Next Level: What Insiders Know About Executive Success - Hardcover

Eblin, Scott

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0891061932 ISBN 13: 9780891061939

Publisher: UNKNO, 2006

Synopsis

Much as Good to Great described what separates top companies from the rest, The Next Level shows new, current, and future executives what differentiates success and failure at the executive level. Every day, high performers are tapped to be executives and then left alone to figure out how to function successfully in their new role. When this happens, most new executives rely on strengths that served them well earlier in their careers. As executive coach Scott Eblin explains, this is why 40 percent of them fail. Moving successfully to the executive level requires knowing which behaviors and beliefs to drop, as well as which new ones to pick up. Like having a personal executive coach, this confidence-building book outlines a program for success for new and future executives and offers frank advice from accomplished senior executives on what to do and to avoid.

About this title

About the Author

Scott Eblin, a former Fortune 500 HR executive with more than twenty years of experience, is an executive coach, speaker, and author. As president of The Eblin Group, he helps clients successfully navigate the changing landscape of leadership. His clients include executives in private and public sector organizations such as AOL, Capital One, Northrop Grumman, Sallie Mae, and The World Bank. He is a graduate of Davidson College, Harvard University, and Georgetown University's leadership coaching certificate program, where he is also on the faculty.

From the Back Cover

Welcome to the executive suite!
Now, learn what to pick up and let go of to be successful!

What separates those who make it after promotion to the executive level from those who don't? Drawing on more than twenty years of experience working with new and seasoned corporate leaders, Scott Eblin has identified the key behaviors and beliefs that successful executives pick up and let go of. For every rising executive, Eblin's practical coaching--interwoven with frank mentoring advice from top executives--will be invaluable in achieving success at the next level.

"Identifies the behaviors and beliefs top-performing executives need to pick up and let go of as they reach the highest levels of their orgnaization. A fascinating book not to be missed."
--Ken Blanchard, coauthor, "The One Minute Manager(R)" and "The Secret"

"A terrific guide for both new executives and more seasoned professionals who want a 'refresher.' An excellent mixture of practical and actionable tips and ideas that help an executive focus on building key success skills on the job."
--Michael Stafford, Senior Vice President, Organization & Partner Development, Starbucks Coffee Company

"Offers practical and insightful tips and tools from the mind and experience of a coach who has been there and done that."
--Dave Ulrich, Professor, Ross School of Management, University of Michigan; coauthor, "The HR Value Proposition" and "Why the Bottom Line Isn't"

From the Inside Flap

Some 40 percent of new executives fail within eighteen months of their promotion. What goes wrong, and how can you ensure that you succeed in the executive ranks?

To be an effective executive, you need to know that what drove your progress at lower levels will not necessarily sustain your future success. You must adopt new ways of thinking and acting, and, more important, let go of old ways. Succeeding as an executive requires undergoing a transformational experience unlike any other in one's career. THE NEXT LEVEL provides the framework for achieving this transformation.

Author Scott Eblin, a former Fortune 500 HR executive turned executive coach, identifies what separates success from failure for new executives as well as for more experienced professionals who could be even better. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience working with new and seasoned executives, he identifies nine key sets of behaviors and beliefs that rising executives must pick up and let go of to succeed at the next level. To illustrate these, he provides eye-opening interviews with thirty accomplished senior executives, who candidly discuss expectations at the executive level and how they handled their transition. Eblin also provides an effective tool called the Executive Success Plan to get you started and keep you on the right track.

Like having your own personal coach, THE NEXT LEVEL helps you gain the courage and confidence to let go of behaviors that no longer serve you while picking up new ones that will. Eblin's clear, practical advice--reinforced by counsel from executives who have made it--will help you achieve a successful transition to the executive level.

Edition details

• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0891061932
• ISBN 13: 9780891061939
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 240