Leadership Rising: Raise your Awareness, Raise your Leadership, R

An accessible guide to developing leadership skills.

Written by a proven leader and leadership expert, this book is an invaluable guide to anyone wanting to improve their leadership skills. Immersive, interactive, and memorable, it will empower you to raise your leadership awareness and help you on your journey to become a winning leader. Concise, focused chapters and an interactive format mean even the most time-strapped can benefit from John Antal's decades of experience.

If you are an emerging leader, this book will provide you with a mind-map and internal compass to maintain a bearing during your leadership journey. This mind-map will outline the contours of the leadership topography; the compass you create in your heart and your mind will provide direction; and your purpose will generate a destination.

If you are an experienced leader, this book is also for you. You will find in it reinforcement, confirmation, and a series of knowledge points to add to your existing cognitive map and compass and to help you develop other leaders at every level of skill and awareness.

Table of Contents

Preface: Read to Lead

Chapter 1 Know Yourself
Chapter 2 Determine Your Purpose
Chapter 3 Visualize Your Leadership Compass
Chapter 4 Develop Your Personal Definition of Leadership
Chapter 5 Develop Your Leadership Superpowers
Chapter 6 Shape Your Destiny by Learning How to Decide
Chapter 7 Rally Points for Challenging Times

Colonel John F. Antal, U.S. Army (Ret.), is the author of more than a dozen books on military history, strategy, and leadership, including 7 Seconds to Die (Casemate, 2022), Next War (Casemate, 2023), and Drone Dominance (Casemate, 2026). In the U.S. Army, he commanded from platoon to regiment, including the 16th Cavalry Regiment at Fort Knox. A West Point, Command and General Staff College, and Army War College graduate, he is a noted speaker and expert on leadership and the changing character of war. He served as Special Assistant to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and as G3 of III Armored Corps. After retiring, he led teams that developed AAA video games and served as Managing Editor of an interactive magazine. He has appeared on television and radio, received the U.S. Congressional Veterans Award in 2017, and served on the Army Science Board. Contact him at JohnAntal.com.