The Pragmatic Leader: A Guide to Mastering Key Management Concepts

The Pragmatic Leader is a sweeping compilation of the best ideas in executive leadership and management. The material gets right to the point and reviews the key concepts that executives must remind themselves to neither forget nor ignore. The overall objective is to provide a clear roadmap to success.Kenneth McIlroy has wide-ranging experience in business and the corporate world. He firmly believes that many great ideas about leadership and management are there for the picking, but leaders and managers are simply unaware of them or have forgotten them in the rush of business.These useful concepts are presented in a summarized form that allows busy executives to easily refresh their memory and learn new ideas. There is no need to go through a lot of books and tapes. Busy leaders want information and ideas fast, and The Pragmatic Leader covers a lot of ground quickly.The book includes a liberal dose of useful diagrams to enhance comprehension. These diagrams show the logical inter-relationships of essential factors. Compelling quotes from great minds are included in the textual material to emphasize key points.Let The Pragmatic Leader lead you farther and faster down the road to success!

Kenneth McIlroy is a longtime manager, with experience in many industries and organizations (small businesses, major corporations, government, military). As a senior project manager, he has successfully led major IT projects and corporate-wide task forces. Kenneth has degrees in Mathematics and Accounting and is a business columnist in Oklahoma.