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OverviewTake The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People to an Entirely New Level with this Wall Street Journal Bestselling Author ""With laugh-out-loud humor and unconventional wisdom, Management Mess to Leadership Success will provide you with the tools to become the leader you would choose to follow."" -Karen Dillon Author of The Harvard Business Review Guide to Office Politics Winner of Bookpal's 2019 Outstanding Works of Literature (O.W.L) award in Leadership! Forbes Holiday Wish List. Your Leadership Skills Are About to Change. Millions have read the all-time global best seller The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey. Both leaders and individuals have been inspired and transformed by its universal principles of effectiveness, including Scott Jeffrey Miller. Scott Miller knows what it's like to fail. He was demoted from his first leadership position after only three weeks-and that's just one of several messy management experiences on his two-decade journey to leadership success. Everyone fails. But something sets Scott apart: transparency and willingness to openly share his story in a way that is forthright, relatable, and applicable. You can become a better leader. In Miller's Management Mess to Leadership Success you'll find 30 leadership challenges that can, when applied, change the way you manage yourself, lead others, and produce results. The wisdom in Scott's book was learned through hard knocks and was honed by Stephen R. Covey and the FranklinCovey team through years of research and corporate training experience. Learn to: Lead difficult conversations, celebrate success Inspire trust, actively listen, challenge paradigms Put the right people in the right roles Create a clear and actionable team vision Get the right results-in the right way Fans of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People who have read and liked Radical Candor, Dare to Lead, or Mastering Leadership will love Scott Miller's Management Mess to Leadership Success. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Scott Jeffrey MillerPublisher: Mango Media Imprint: Mango Media Dimensions: Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 22.90cm ISBN: 9781684816323ISBN 10: 1684816327 Pages: 256 Publication Date: 27 September 2024 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Available To Order ![]() We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsTable of Contents Introduction Part 1: Lead Yourself Challenge 1: Demonstrate Humility Challenge 2: Think Abundantly Challenge 3: Listen First Challenge 4: Declare Your Intent Challenge 5: Make and Keep Commitments Challenge 6: Carry Your Own Weather Challenge 7: Inspire Trust Challenge 8: Model Work/Life Balance Part 2: Lead Others Challenge 9: Place the Right People in the Right Roles Challenge 10: Make Time for Relationships Challenge 11: Check Your Paradigms Challenge 12: Lead Difficult Conversations Challenge 13: Talk Straight Challenge 14: Balance Courage and Consideration Challenge 15: Show Loyalty Challenge 16: Make It Safe to Tell the Truth Challenge 17: Right Wrongs Challenge 18: Coach Continuously Challenge 19: Protect Your Team Against Urgencies Challenge 20: Hold Regular 1-on-1s Challenge 21: Allow Others To Be Smart Part 3: Get Results Challenge 22: Create Vision Challenge 23: Identify the Wildly Important Goals (WIGs) Challenge 24: Align Actions With the Wildly Important Goals Challenge 25: Ensure Your Systems Support Your Mission Challenge 26: Deliver Results Challenge 27: Celebrate Wins Challenge 28: Make High-Value Decisions Challenge 29: Lead Through Change Challenge 30: Get Better What About Character? Challenge Sources Acknowledgements Notes and References Index About the AuthorReviews""With his signature wit and honesty, Scott Miller lays bare his own leadership follies and illustrates how easily we get trapped in self-centered management. This book is not only full of humorous moments on every page, it's also densely packed with practical tips―all drawn from world-class management wisdom―that will help you get out of your own way and be the leader everyone wants to follow."" ―Liz Wiseman, Author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter ""Why should anyone follow you? That's the question at the heart of Scott Miller's raw and real new book. He lays out 30 powerful principles to help you answer that question to become the leader you were meant to be. And he does so with authenticity and vulnerability that demand you pay attention."" ―Daniel H. Pink, Author of When, To Sell Is Human, and Drive ""With laugh-out-loud humor and unconventional wisdom, Miller offers a must-read leadership book to guide leaders striving for more--more impact, more understanding, more vision, more purpose. Management Mess to Leadership Success will provide you with the tools to become the leader you would choose to follow."" ―Karen Dillon, Author of The Harvard Business Review Guide to Office Politics ""Honest, heartfelt, and generous, this is the new classic on authentic leadership."" ―Seth Godin, Author of This Is Marketing """With his signature wit and honesty, Scott Miller lays bare his own leadership follies and illustrates how easily we get trapped in self-centered management. This book is not only full of humorous moments on every page, it's also densely packed with practical tips―all drawn from world-class management wisdom―that will help you get out of your own way and be the leader everyone wants to follow."" ―Liz Wiseman, Author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter ""Why should anyone follow you? That's the question at the heart of Scott Miller's raw and real new book. He lays out 30 powerful principles to help you answer that question to become the leader you were meant to be. And he does so with authenticity and vulnerability that demand you pay attention."" ―Daniel H. Pink, Author of When, To Sell Is Human, and Drive ""With laugh-out-loud humor and unconventional wisdom, Miller offers a must-read leadership book to guide leaders striving for more--more impact, more understanding, more vision, more purpose. Management Mess to Leadership Success will provide you with the tools to become the leader you would choose to follow."" ―Karen Dillon, Author of The Harvard Business Review Guide to Office Politics ""Honest, heartfelt, and generous, this is the new classic on authentic leadership."" ―Seth Godin, Author of This Is Marketing" Author InformationCapping a 25-year career that included serving as a chief marketing officer and executive vice president of business development, Scott Jeffrey Miller currently serves as FranklinCovey’s senior advisor on thought leadership. He leads the strategy and development of the firm’s speaker’s bureau and publishes podcasts, webcasts, and bestselling books. Miller hosts the FranklinCovey-sponsored On Leadership with Scott Miller, the world’s largest and fastest-growing leadership podcast, reaching more than six million people weekly. Miller also authors a leadership column for Inc.com and Utah Business and previously hosted the weekly iHeart Radio show Great Life, Great Career. Miller is the author of the award-winning, multivolume Mess to Success series, including Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow and Marketing Mess to Brand Success: 30 Challenges to Transform Your Organization’s Brand (and Your Own). He is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestseller Everyone Deserves a Great Manager: The 6 Critical Practices for Leading a Team and the author of The Ultimate Guide to Great Mentorship: 13 Roles to Making a True Impact and Career on Course: 10 Strategies to Take Your Career from Accidental to Intentional. His Master Mentors series features insights from his interviews with the leading thinkers of our time, including Seth Godin, Susan Cain, Dan Pink, General Stanley McChrystal, Liz Wiseman, and many others. Scott currently resides in Salt Lake City, Utah. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |