First Rule of Leadership: Achieve Far More by Leading Yourself Before You Lead Others

If you're a leader and you want to be far more successful at leading, you will definitely want to read First Rule of Leadership by leadership coach and strategist Dr. Stephen G. Payne.

In his book, Stephen brings his passionate coaching insights to all leaders from corporate CEOs to aspiring graduates. He challenges you to take a close look at how well you are leading yourself. Not just others. After all, what limits or inspires a great performance by your team is you. Only when you apply The Rule, and take full responsibility for leading yourself with excellence, can you expect fantastic results from your team.

Stephen has created a comprehensive yet straightforward and readily doable approach to leadership. The book is full of potent tools and crisp concepts to help you discover what it takes to expand your leadership performance. With them you will lead with greater confidence and purpose, master your strengths, and achieve far more for yourself, your team, and your organization.

Stephen Payne is an ex-CEO on a mission. He wants every executive to achieve the very best result from every moment of their leadership journey. As the president and founder of Leadership Strategies, Stephen has been coaching CEOs and high level executives for almost 10 years. He has coached thousands of leaders throughout the world, inluding such clients as: Johnson & Johnson, General Motors, AOL Time Warner, Abbott Laboratories, and The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Whether coaching, speaking to groups, or reaching leaders through his book and audio CD (Total Leadership...The Essentials), Stephen never fails to provide greater clarity and spark deep motivational forces that illuminate new pathways to leadership success.