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"Developing as a more inspiring leader starts from the inside out. If you want to improve your career, job, family, team, company, or community, the improvement must first ""take root"" in your leadership behaviors. Our world is in dire need of inspiring leaders who by their example of integrity, courage, and heart-driven purpose, cultivate the ground where dreams can sprout and grow. Your ability to turn dreams into reality is the ultimate leadership effectiveness measure. Leading requires people to be engaged, influenced, and inspired - not directed and controlled. The ability to inspire is now a must-have competency for all leaders. As a leader, you must be collaborative and decisive; strong and humble; a listener and an advocate. Being the real deal means you inspire others by courageously living the values of integrity, humility, and caring for others in your daily leadership behaviors. We inspire by ""Being"" a leader who by example calls up the best in others. As a pioneer in leadership coaching, Dr. Vicky Gordon has spent the last 40 years helping thousands of individuals build their leadership capabilities. In this book, Vicky weaves together her real-life leadership coaching stories, leadership research, and personal leadership journey from the tobacco fields of North Carolina to the ivory towers of academia to office cubicles and boardrooms to founding her firm. Her practical coaching paints a portrait of inspiring leadership. Inspiration is in short supply. Leadership standards and trust in leaders are at an all-time low. Cynicism, conspiracy theories, and lying are at an all-time high. Can we make a leader's integrity and honesty an absolute minimum requirement? Can we hope again? Can we dream again? Can we be inspired and inspiring to others again? We can and we must! Gordon writes, ""What do inspiring leaders have in common? They embody their values while leading transformations. Visible leadership behaviors rooted in integrity, passionate purpose, courage, humility, trust, respect, learning, and compassion are inspiring. Never doubt you are powerful. Just as a single acorn can grow into a mighty oak tree, we each have the potential within us to grow into more inspiring leaders rooted in integrity. Inspiring leaders create hope-filled environments where they build a better world for all by Being The Real Deal."" Whether you are a front-line supervisor or a CEO, this book is for anyone who wants to be a more inspiring leader, mentor, or coach. Being The Real Deal provides a down-to-earth guide to developing yourself as a more inspiring leader."

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"""In 'Being The Real Deal, ' Dr. Vicky Gordon distills and defines the guiding principles that framed her work as a successful and effective executive coach to leaders ranging from Fortune 50 CEOS to the leader of a team of janitors. Not surprisingly, there are no gimmicks or tricks to bonafide leadership. The key is clarity of values, and carving the right path to apply them in a way where they are seen, rarely heard, but reverberate in lasting ways."" - Susan M. Crown, Chairman and CEO of Owl Creek Partners, LLC, a private equity fi rm, Chairman and Founder of Susan Crown Exchange Inc., a social investment organization, ITW Director since 1994, Chairperson of Rush University Medical Center, the Rush System for Health, a Director of Northern Trust Corporation, and a Board Trustee of The Brookings Institution. ""In a world where leadership literature can sometimes feel overdone, 'Being the Real Deal' cuts through the noise with refreshing honesty. Through poignant stories of real-life leaders, Dr. Gordon reminds us that true leadership is not about having all the answers or projecting an image of invincibility. Rather, it's about having the courage to show up as our authentic selves, aws and all, and to inspire others to do the same. This book is a must-read for anyone seeking to navigate the complexities of leadership with authenticity and grace."" - Jennifer Hutcheson, Ph. D. CPC, ACC, Managing Director, Jennifer Hutcheson Coaching and Consulting. Her work in talent development has been featured in the Wall Street Journal. Jennifer served as a senior top talent development leader at Dell and has more than 25 years of experience in the tech industry. ""Having benefited from Dr. Gordon's leadership when transforming our national professional organization in the past, I know that she 'walks the walk'. After reading her book, she now 'talks the talk'! I found myself frequently nodding in agreement with her philosophy, principles, strategies and tactics for embracing true leadership qualities. This book is an enjoyable collection of poignant stories, examples, and personal insights putting the reader on the path to becoming a 'real deal' leader in whatever their chosen career may be. - Mark J. Lema, MD, Ph. D., FASA, SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, Past Chair of Anesthesiology, Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University at Buff alo, SUNY, Professor of Oncology and Chair Department of Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Pain Medicine, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center. ""Whether you are a coach, mentor, or leader, 'Being the Real Deal' provides valuable lessons for those dedicated to improving our world for all. At a time when the world needs more inspiring leaders rooted in integrity, Vicky provides a compelling and candid call for all of us to speak truth to power. Whether not-for-profit, governmental, NGOs or for-profit, the values leaders need to exhibit in their daily behaviors are exemplified in these real-life leadership stories. - Dorri McWhorter, CEO, YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, 2019 Inductee, Chicago Innovation Hall of Fame, Board Director LanzaTech, Board member, The Chicago Council on Global Affairs, featured social enterprise leader, Uncharitable movie."

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"As a pioneer in leadership coaching, Dr. Vicky Gordon has spent the last 40 years helping thousands of individuals build their leadership capabilities. In this book, Vicky weaves together her real-life leadership coaching stories, leadership research, and personal leadership journey from the tobacco fields of North Carolina to the ivory towers of academia to office cubicles and boardrooms to founding her firm. Her practical coaching paints a portrait of inspiring leadership.Dr. Vicky Gordon, Ph. D., is the Founder and CEO of her Chicago-based leadership coaching and organizational development firm. As a pioneering female entrepreneur and leadership coach, Vicky's clients range from Fortune 500 CEOs to front-line leaders. From high tech to healthcare, from the shop floor to the C-Suite, hundreds of organizations and thousands of individuals have called ""Dr. Vicky"" their partner in achieving transformational change.DrVickyGordon.comlinkedin.com/in/drvickygordoninstagram.com/drvickygordon"

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