Book description
Achieve a better work/life balance with the innovative approach outlined here
Author Scott Leonard is a successful business professional who adapted his business to allow him to achieve his goals and live his dreams now—while still working in the business he loves. His experience is an inspiring example of extreme work-life empowerment that can help you whether you're the owner of a business or just want more freedom and flexibility in your career. Now, in The Liberated CEO, Leonard shares his story and strategies with you.
In The Liberated CEO, he turns the conventional portrait of the 24/7 entrepreneur as multi-tasking control freak on its head by using strategies that unshackle individuals from the "daily grind," inspiring you to perform your responsibilities on your own terms and schedules. In addition to giving the individual more freedom, the benefits of The Liberated CEO principles will increase the success, profitability, operational efficiency, and, ultimately, the enterprise value of any business.
Contains advice, analysis, and personal stories that shows how to grow a healthier and more sustainable company that doesn't demand your absolute attention
Explains how to implement an innovative business model that empowers business owners and key executives to perform at the highest level
The principles highlighted here are in sync with today's technology that allows people to have a better work-life balance
Engaging and accessible, The Liberated CEO is about developing a business model that empowers business owners and key executives to perform—and live—at the highest level.
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Copyright
- CONTENTS
- AUTHOR'S NOTES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
- INTRODUCTION: SETTING FREE THE CEO (WHY A BUSINESS IS LIKE A BOWLINE KNOT)
- CHAPTER 1: CHART YOUR RHUMB LINE (PLOTTING A THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISION)
- CHAPTER 2: KNOW YOUR PEAK ZONE
- CHAPTER 3: SMART SOURCING: HIRE THE BEST—OUTSOURCE THE REST
- CHAPTER 4: GIVE YOUR CREW PREFLIGHT CHECKLISTS
- CHAPTER 5: HOW TO BUILD A SERVICE BRAND (IT'S NOT ABOUT YOU)
- CHAPTER 6: BREAK THE SERVICE CEILING WITH SYSTEMATIC CUSTOMIZATION
- CHAPTER 7: KEEPING A LOYAL CREW
- CHAPTER 8: MADE TO SELL: CHANGING THE WATCH
- CHAPTER 9: BECOME AN EXPERT IN YOUR FIELD
- CHAPTER 10: AFTERWORD: READY FOR THE NEXT PEAK
- APPENDIXES: LIBERATED CEO EXTRAS
- ABOUT THE AUTHOR
- INDEX
Product information
- Title: The Liberated CEO: The 9-Step Program to Running a Better Business so it Doesn't Run You
- Author(s):
- Release date: February 2014
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118653661
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