Be An Inspirational Leader: Engage, Inspire, Empower

What does it mean to be an inspirational leader? Contrary to popular belief, being an inspirational leader doesn’t require celebrity status, a rags-to-riches story, an impressive title, or even poignant speeches or newsworthy accomplishments. True inspirational leadership is more a matter of character than achievement, experienced by individuals on a personal level more than recognized by society on the world stage.

In Be An Inspirational Leader, author Dan Nielsen portrays the incredible impact of inspirational leadership on your personal, professional, and organizational success. He draws on the experience and expertise of dozens of highly successful leaders, sharing proven principles and strategies to help equip you to become a more effective inspirational leader who engages, inspires, and empowers people, improves organizations, and positively impacts the world.

Dan Nielsen is a successful leader, entrepreneur, teacher, author and speaker. A perpetual student, Dan understands the incredible power of learning from successful leaders and strongly believes that leadership excellence is the key to all lasting progress and success.

Dan spent much of his career as a healthcare executive, serving for fifteen years as the President and CEO of Dallas-Fort Worth Medical Center, and nearly fifteen years as the lead executive responsible for the national education and networking strategies and activities of VHA (now Vizient), America's largest hospital and healthcare national alliance.

Dan is now a leader, speaker, and author with a broad area of interest. He is passionate about helping others reach their potential and achieve greater success, no matter who you are or how you define it. He regularly writes and speaks about achieving greater success, becoming a better leader, and living an inspired and joy-filled life. His first book, Presidential Leadership: Learning from United States Presidential Libraries & Museums, was published in 2013 and is available via Amazon and other book retailers.

Whenever time allows, Dan continues to pursue two of his favorite hobbies: travel and photography. When not out traveling across America the Beautiful in his motorhome, which he fondly calls his "Inspirational Vehicle," Dan can usually be found getting some work done either in his favorite chair at Starbucks or while walking at the gym. Dan has two grown children and two grandchildren and lives near Dallas, Texas with his wife, Faye.