DOUBLE AWARD WINNER
-2013 Bronze Medal Winner: Business Fable Category of the AXIOM Business Book Awards.
-2012 Award-Winning Finalist in the 'Business: Management & Leadership' category of The 2012 USA Best Book Awards, sponsored by USA Book News.
WHEN YOU CANNOT AFFORD FOR THEM TO FAIL, RECONNECT YOUR LEADERS TO THEIR POWER
Leaders First: Six Bold Steps… shows a leader team planning, developing, and reorganizing their new leadership structure, building for the long term and adopting construction management as their strategy. Assessment checklists give CEOs, managers' and board members guides to evaluate and restructure their top leaders. Insights for coaching, consulting, and training managers are explained in detail from the start to the finish.
One day a construction company's top managers, resurrected their entrepreneurial spirit and committed to make their company a regional industry leader. With their president, they completed six growth-enhancing, capacity building and value-added steps, all while defending their company from competitive market pressures and bleak economic times. They resolved, not without some anxiety, many internal antagonisms, confusion and violated expectations. By leading together, they ultimately designed their first thoughtful leadership structure and unique strategic vision--guides to stellar performance for many years to come.
TOP FOUR REASONS TO READ LEADERS FIRST
How to boost your company's performance with the leaders you have.
Untangle the personal agendas stalling your top managers' relationships, communications, and teamwork.
See how to create a breakthrough vision based on your company's unique destiny.
Discover how well organized top leadership compensates for dangerous leader blind spots.
Gene Morton has 30 years of experience developing leaders and consulting through organization development and leadership system redesign. Building on his M.A. in Industrial Psychology, and advanced training in organization development, he designed novel change models leaders use to complete their performance enhancing reorganizations and mergers.