December 2015
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
5h 1m
English
Content preview from Leading Through Language
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.
19 THE LANGUAGE OF LEADERSHIP IS… PROFESSIONAL
It was time for the town hall of a pharma company I'll call RX. The 5,000 employees in attendance were excited about the keynote speaker. Two months ago, their CEO had proudly announced that Khalil was leaving their competitor to take over as RX's head of marketing. This was a real coup; Khalil had earned a reputation as a marketing genius and had helped RX's competitor increase its market share through savvy messaging to physicians who prescribed their drugs.
Now he was on RX's team, and everyone was excited to hear what he had in store. As the town hall began, RX's CEO Rebecca came to the podium and addressed the crowd. Rebecca was known for her polished talks – the organization called her the “Steve Jobs” of pharma. She always came across as supremely precise and professional. Like Jobs, she was known for meticulous preparation, and in her introduction of Khalil it was evident she had invested ample time in positioning him the right way.
After outlining his credentials and qualifications, she wrapped up: “So, in summary, it gives me great pleasure to welcome Khalil to our leadership team. For the last several years we developed a high level of respect for his work when he was working for our competition. We know he is a passionate, driven, genuine person. In fact, we came to admire him so much we decided to hire him. And I believe I speak for us all when I say we are very excited to hear his thoughts on how we can become the ...
Become an O’Reilly member and get unlimited access to this title plus top books and audiobooks from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers, thousands of courses curated by job role, 150+ live events each month,
and much more.
Read now
Unlock full access
More than 5,000 organizations count on O’Reilly
O’Reilly covers everything we've got, with content to help us build a world-class technology community, upgrade the capabilities and competencies of our teams, and improve overall team performance as well as their engagement.Julian F.
I wanted to learn C and C++, but it didn't click for me until I picked up an O'Reilly book. When I went on the O’Reilly platform, I was astonished to find all the books there, plus live events and sandboxes so you could play around with the technology.Addison B.
I’ve been on the O’Reilly platform for more than eight years. I use a couple of learning platforms, but I'm on O'Reilly more than anybody else. When you're there, you start learning. I'm never disappointed.Amir M.
I'm always learning. So when I got on to O'Reilly, I was like a kid in a candy store. There are playlists. There are answers. There's on-demand training. It's worth its weight in gold, in terms of what it allows me to do.