Strategic Pause: Stop. Think. Lead. - Softcover

Graumann, Don

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1735615226 ISBN 13: 9781735615226

Publisher: Strategic Pause, 2020

Synopsis

Leaders are not born. Leaders are made. Leadership is learned.

There are plenty of resources focused on leadership development. They include books by leadership experts, videos, and training. While they all share concepts that resonate, most leave you fuzzy on how to make leadership real. They focus on the “what” but not the “how” of leadership.

Strategic Pause shows you how to build a Personal Leadership Model that covers both the “what” (the Principles) and the “how” (the Methods) of leadership. It defines leadership in the present (taking Strategic Pauses) and leadership focused on the future (practicing Strategic Management). It helps you put leadership in your own words and discover your leadership style, the “who” of leadership.

Strategic Pause makes leadership real and fast-forwards your leadership growth.

About this title

About the Author

Don Graumann is a high-performance executive and leadership coach whose teams are known for delivering sustainable results. He has worked in insight-driven marketing for almost 30 years. His purpose is helping individuals and teams fulfill their potential. Don has a BS in Mathematics from Bates College and an MBA from Boston College. His math and programming roots taught him the value of focusing on "first principles," a fundamental concept which he applies to everything in his life, including leadership and personal productivity. Don lives in Massachusetts with his wife, twin daughters, and two dogs.

From the Back Cover

Leaders are not born. Leaders are made. Leadership is learned.
Strategic Pause will fast-forward your leadership growth.

When striving to lead, you are faced with many questions:

• How do you escape being at the whim of your daily scramble?
• When you try to lead, are you often unsure of what to do next?
• What is your plan when your responsibilities dramatically increase?

Practicing Strategic Pauses and building a Personal Leadership Model is the answer. In this book you will learn:

• How the Strategic Pause helps you lead in the moment. You can start leading right now.
• How building an inventory of Leadership Templates enables more informed decision-making. You will better see your alternatives and their benefits.
• How to build a Personal Leadership Model--in your own words--comprised of Principles (the "what") and Methods (the "how") of leadership. Your team will be confident that you have a plan.
• How leadership is practicing Strategic Management by doing what you already know you should be doing. You will no longer let your daily scramble get in the way.

I have been evolving and sharing my personal leadership model for 25 years. It works. It will serve as your starting point or as a valuable point of comparison to strengthen your current approach to leadership.

Edition details

• Publisher: Strategic Pause
• Publication date: 2020
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1735615226
• ISBN 13: 9781735615226
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 233