- Paperback: 200 pages
- Publisher: Pearson Professional (29 Jun 2009)
- ISBN-10: 0273727559
- ISBN-13: 978-0273727552
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (143 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 5,799,547 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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LEADERSHIP ISN’T COMPLICATED. KEEP IT SIMPLE. MAKE IT COUNT.
You already have what it takes to be an effective leader. But to be the best leader you can be, you need to recognise what really works and then build your skills in these areas. Leadership, Plain & Simple gives you a powerful, actionable framework to help you do just this, by focusing on the only three leadership practices you’ll ever need. This framework is derived from expert coach Steve Radcliffe’s work with real leaders in real leadership situations. It shows you how to:
- Be guided by the Future you want and stay focused on your vision
- Engageothers in productive and stimulating working relationships that make things happen
- Deliver the results you need to really move your business forward.
This book is a compact, instantly-applicable guide to developing your leadership skills. It contains no jargon or irrelevant theory, just practical insights, straightforward actions and plain guidelines to accelerate your growth as a leader. Start using Leadership, Plain & Simple now and reap the benefits straight away.
HOW TO BE A LEADER WHO MAKES A DIFFERENCE
The best leaders aren’t distinguished by their competencies, skills or personality. They stand out because they’re in touch with what they care about and because they go for it, consciously focusing on the things that will make the biggest difference. Packed with revealing quotes and case studies from real leaders, Leadership, Plain & Simple shows you how you can achieve outstanding results by taking this approach.
This results-focused book uses a highly effective and proven coaching style to help you identify what’s most important to you as a leader. Through a combination of probing questions and step-by-step action plans, expert leadership coach Steve Radcliffe shows you how to identify the areas where you personally should focus your efforts and gives you the actions, practices and guidelines you need to accelerate your leadership skills, whatever you’re aiming to achieve.
A fast, focused and straight talking guide to fulfilling your potential as a leader.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.From the Back Cover
“I do not think I have ever read such a good, simple, helpful book about leadership. This book is such a gift and will be of inspiration and support to so many people.” Professor Gillian Stamp
“With this book, you won’t just grow as a leader, you’ll grow as a person too.”
John Harper, CEO, Hasbro Europe
LEADERSHIP ISN’T COMPLICATED. KEEP IT SIMPLE. MAKE IT COUNT.
You already have what it takes to be an effective leader. But to be the best leader you can be, you need to recognise what really works and then build your skills in these areas. Leadership: Plain and Simple gives you a powerful framework to help you do just this, by focusing on the only three leadership practices you’ll ever need. This framework is derived from expert coach Steve Radcliffe’s work with real leaders in real leadership situations. It shows you how to:
- Be guided by the Future you want and stay focused on your vision.
- Engage others in productive and stimulating working relationships that make things happen.
- Deliver the results you need to really move your business forward.
This book is a compact, instantly-applicable guide to developing your leadership skills. It contains no jargon or irrelevant theory, just practical insights, straightforward actions and plain guidelines to accelerate your growth as a leader. Start using Leadership: Plain and Simplenow and reap the benefits straightaway.
Download templates and other tools to help you accelerate your growth as a leader now from the author’s website at www.futureengagedeliver.com/book.
--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This litle book does exactly what its title suggests - circumnavigating the acres of verbose, over complicated, self serving, management psycho-babble found in most leadership texts and presents a plain and simple leadership model that really works.
How plain and simple? Well for me it passed the ultimate test: I'm a business leader with a 2 hour daily drive, with 3 kids under 6 at home and a short attention span, and yet I read this book last thing at night, understood it and retained enough of it to start practising it the next day at home and at work AND it worked.
The Future-Engage-Deliver model is simple to understand, simple to apply, simple to explain to others and simply makes sense...so do yourself a favour, buy this book, give yourself an easy late night read, and embrace a liberating leadership model that is so simple and yet so effective that it feels like cheating.
How plain and simple? Well for me it passed the ultimate test: I'm a business leader with a 2 hour daily drive, with 3 kids under 6 at home and a short attention span, and yet I read this book last thing at night, understood it and retained enough of it to start practising it the next day at home and at work AND it worked.
The Future-Engage-Deliver model is simple to understand, simple to apply, simple to explain to others and simply makes sense...so do yourself a favour, buy this book, give yourself an easy late night read, and embrace a liberating leadership model that is so simple and yet so effective that it feels like cheating.
20 of 23 people found the following review helpful
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This is one of the better books on leadership, but the previous reviews are so gushing that I feel they lack balance. Perhaps that is why I gave it three stars rather than four stars.
First the good points. It is written in a clear, easy-to-read style. It is short (170 pages). The FED model is simple yet powerful. Finally, Mr Radcliffe clearly knows his stuff; his material is well thought out and based on experience.
Now the two main limitations. The book is so short that it means the important subject of limiting beliefs gets several mentions but no in-depth treatment, reducing its practical value in my view. Also, the FED model, while clear and simple, gives the impression that real-life leadership won't have messy twists and turns that can divert the leader. That gives the book a one-dimensional feel and that is when, for me, "simple" becomes "simplistic". It reminds me in this respect of Kouzes and Posner's book, The Leadership Challenge.
Nonetheless, I do recommend the book - it is just that I don't think it is enough on its own. As a companion read you could consider another of the recent offerings in this field, The Three Levels of Leadership by James Scouller. It is similarly easy to read and practical but delves more deeply into limiting beliefs.
First the good points. It is written in a clear, easy-to-read style. It is short (170 pages). The FED model is simple yet powerful. Finally, Mr Radcliffe clearly knows his stuff; his material is well thought out and based on experience.
Now the two main limitations. The book is so short that it means the important subject of limiting beliefs gets several mentions but no in-depth treatment, reducing its practical value in my view. Also, the FED model, while clear and simple, gives the impression that real-life leadership won't have messy twists and turns that can divert the leader. That gives the book a one-dimensional feel and that is when, for me, "simple" becomes "simplistic". It reminds me in this respect of Kouzes and Posner's book, The Leadership Challenge.
Nonetheless, I do recommend the book - it is just that I don't think it is enough on its own. As a companion read you could consider another of the recent offerings in this field, The Three Levels of Leadership by James Scouller. It is similarly easy to read and practical but delves more deeply into limiting beliefs.
14 of 16 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
The principles established in this book are very obvious but so easily overlooked. I found myself looking back over previous successes and failures and being able to translate them into the principles highlighted in the book. It was then easy to understand the reasons for success which I can then repeat, but also the reasons for failure and hence lessons to be applied from the book
If you are going to read one book to imporve your leadership capabilities then I would suggest it be this one as being straightforward, easy to apply and hence successful.
If you are going to read one book to imporve your leadership capabilities then I would suggest it be this one as being straightforward, easy to apply and hence successful.
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This book really works!
How refreshing and extremely helpful to read a book that you can read and put into action straight away and see the difference it makes to your leadership. Read more
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A leadership model that sticks
I support leaders from Executives to front line team leaders to develop their leadership - and I would recommend this book on leadership above all others. Read more
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Leadership: Plain & Simple
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Brilliantly motivating, simple to execute
This is the little book that everyone should read. Steve has managed to distill the truth and the facts into an understandable and easy to action set of guidelines. Read more
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Leadership Plain and Simple
Having listened initially to Steve talking about Leadership at a master class, I looked at the book and ended up reading it-what a great read-concise, easy language, logical... Read more
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Simple but effective
A plain speaking, easy to read and easy to use guide to leadership.
I've found Steve's approach effective and extremely digestible which makes a nice change!
I've found Steve's approach effective and extremely digestible which makes a nice change!
Published 22 days ago by Fred
Leadership Plain & Simple
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