6 Rabbit Holes of Leadership: Six key ways you are unknowingly killing your business and career

Bad leadership destroys organizations. How long before bad leadership destroys yours? If your COO or CEO had the time to be your mentor, they'd be telling you not to waste your time on what doesn't work. This book is a light, practical look at leadership and the ways you can identify and avoid ineffective behaviors. If you are a leader or develop leadership programs, does any of this seem familiar? * I can’t tell if my leadership style is effective. * I do everything right, but I’m still not getting ahead. * The last time I saw my boss was during my evaluation 3 months ago. * My boss is a jerk, but senior management doesn’t care. They think he is just ambitious. * We have a high turnover of employees. * If any of the senior staff left tomorrow, the company would collapse. If you said yes to any one of those, this book is for you. If you have had these problems, maybe it isn’t your fault. You may be a victim of one of the common traps of leadership that are ruining your career and maybe your business. “6 Rabbit Holes of Leadership” explores time-wasting rabbit holes and how they harm your organization, but it also offers actionable advice on better ways to lead.

Ken Wrede is an experienced business executive and entrepreneur with an international, wide-ranging background in the overseas business, consulting, and startup companies. He has 27 years of cross-cultural experience in the US, South Korea, The Netherlands, Spain, and France. He holds an EMBA from École des Hautes Études Commerciales d'Paris (HEC Paris), Paris, France (with an emphasis in innovation and entrepreneurship), an M.Sc. from the Golden Gate University (with an emphasis on telecommunications and business), and a BA from Mississippi State University in broadcast communications. He was a founder and principle executive in four European startup companies and as a principle executive two additional startup companies. His first startup was a small boutique consulting company in the Netherlands, followed by two telecom companies in the emerging, liberalized markets of The Netherlands and Spain, and finally, he cofounded one of the earliest private incubators in Spain. Ken writes extensively on leadership and leadership modeling. Ken writes in a blog on issues concerning leadership, business, and critical thinking: www.EndgameLeadership.com. Ken has lived in five different countries and worked in ten. He has professional experience in a variety of industries including the military, international business, startup companies, and international security. He attributes all the success that he has enjoyed to strong leadership principles and the development of the most important resource: people.