The Twelve Absolutes of Leadership by Gary Burnison
"Leadership is the eighth wonder of the world - easy to intellectualize, but elusive to actualize," According to Burnison. "Leading is less about analytics and strategy and much more about making a difference in the lives of others."
This is actually true, because if you can make the others to believe that you can make a difference then they will follow you. It is more about actions than talking...
This book will show you how to focus on the most critical elements of leadership so that you can:
-Establish your vision and a strategy to achieve your vision
- Inspire your people to agree with your vision and to help you to reach your vision
- you also need to measure how effective you are as a leader and this book will teach you how to measure the effectiveness of your leadership
- but you can't do it all by your self, you also need to learn how to build great teams to support you and to make your job easier . These teams will help you to achieve your vision and your strategic goals
- all the great leaders have been able to foresee opportunities and take an advantage of these. When you notice an opportunity, you need to learn how to act and act fast. Because if you wait too long, the opportunity is gone or some other competitor might have noticed it, too. You might have to change your short-term goals in order to take an advantage of the opportunities ahead.
About the Author
Gary Burnison is Chief Executive Officer of Korn/Ferry International, the world’s largest executive recruiting firm and a leading global provider of talent management solutions. Based in Los Angeles, the firm delivers an array of solutions that help clients to attract, deploy, develop, and reward their talent. Burnison is a regular contributor to CNBC, CNN, Fox Business, and to other international news outlets.
