Kevin Sharer Boeken

Are you ready to lead? The challenges of leadership remain daunting; most CEOs don't last five years. The demands for consistent high performance can be unforgiving, marked by loneliness, immense responsibility, and constant scrutiny. Leaders face pressure to build exceptional teams while managing a relentless schedule that requires extraordinary stamina. Tough decisions often leave no one satisfied, and the expectation to always have the right answer can be overwhelming. These challenges are especially pronounced in the corner office, yet they resonate with all leaders. The authors draw on insights from hundreds of CEOs to equip aspiring leaders with the tools to navigate these tests and lead effectively. By mastering foundational leadership skills, executives can enhance their current roles and elevate their careers. This authoritative guide offers a no-nonsense approach to overcoming leadership's toughest obstacles, informed by the experiences of Adam Bryant, who has interviewed over 600 CEOs, and Kevin Sharer, a former CEO of Amgen who expanded the company significantly. As disruption accelerates across industries, this resource is essential for anyone aiming to succeed in leadership, whether as a CEO or an emerging leader.

Get ready to make the biggest jump of your career. The chasm separating managers from leaders is widening, because the responsibilities of leaders, and the skills required to be effective in the role, are growing in number and complexity. But you are ambitious. You want to cross that chasm. And your organization needs you to cross it in order to build its bench of leaders who will lead with empathy and humanity and ground the organization's strategies in a broader sense of mission and purpose. The Leap to Leader is your trusted playbook for making the biggest jump of your career. Foregrounded by compelling stories of those who've made the leap, this book describes what it takes to become a confident leader. Successful CEOs and other C-suite leaders share their strategies and tactics for building a loyal following, winning promotions without asking for them, developing a legacy by helping others make the leap to leader, and much more. Written by Adam Bryant, creator and former author of the iconic Corner Office column in the New York Times, now managing director at The ExCo Group, The Leap to Leader draws on his work with hundreds of fast-rising executives and shares the leadership-development frameworks, tools, and approaches that have helped these leaders succeed. The leap to leader doesn't have to be a leap of faith. If you're ready to make the jump, start here.