{"product_id":"leadership-begins-with-you-carl-welte-9798890316295","title":"Leadership Begins with You: Being a Self-Aware and Skillful Leader","description":"\u003cp\u003eHaving a Sound Strategy and Building a Culture of Commitment are two imperatives for successful leadership. But there is a third, imperative, which is a precursor to these two imperatives. And that is, Being a Self-Aware and Skillful Leader. Leadership begins with you as the leader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book has two objectives for you as a leader. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe first objective is to make you more self-aware of the real you by surfacing your subconscious tendencies, priorities, and preferences. Doing so allows you to better understand and appreciate why you think, feel, and behave as you do. Knowing the real you enhances the quality of your decision making and interacting. This fi rst objective also encompasses helping you discover and capitalize on your strengths. Strengths being the things you are really good at and passionate about.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe second objective is to use your heightened self-awareness to help you enhance three critical interpersonal leadership competencies. They are: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Sharpening your perceptive skills to help you understand and appreciate what is going on. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Using effective listening and speaking communication patterns to increase your capability to seek to understand and be understood, especially when interacting relative to different points of view. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- Using both your natural and adaptive behaviors to align with the environment, situation, and relationship when having important conversations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlthough the primary target audience for this book is organizational leaders, the book serves as a valuable resource to anyone since, even they may not be an organizational leader, they, like all of us, are in charge of You, Inc.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Carl Welte\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 8890316292\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798890316295\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Ewings Publishing LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/05\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 150\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.86lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Carl Welte","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45478409208063,"sku":"9798890316295","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_eac0f927-7008-4c71-807b-31c8cc35e701.jpg?v=1715935093","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/leadership-begins-with-you-carl-welte-9798890316295","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}