Accelerating Your Development as a Leader: A Guide for Leaders and Their Managers

Why This Book?

I was motivated to write this book for the same reason that I have written five previous business books, namely that I tend to get frustrated when I'm looking through hundreds of titles on a given topic and I cannot find what I'm looking for. In this case the topic area was high-potential development, particularly those actions and tactics that can be used to reduce development time for exceptional performers, while better preparing them for next-level assignments.

Unfortunately, what I found was that, while many books have been written on the subjects of executive coaching and leadership development, none has focused on the subject of how to reduce the time needed to prepare high-potential leaders for next-level positions. That's ...