Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership

Arrive and Thrive: 7 Impactful Practices for Women Navigating Leadership
Author: Susan MacKenty Brady
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2022-04-12
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1264286368

Wall Street Journal, USA Today, and Publishers Weekly Bestseller From three of today’s top women leaders in business and academia—seven essential practices for thriving professionally. Women who arrive at the top should be able to thrive at the top. Instead they’re judged lucky to survive—even more so with pandemic-era pressures overwhelming their already busy family and professional lives. What if there was a way you could flourish in a senior leadership role as your best self, inspire excellence in your team channeling your own wellbeing and, at the same time, lead a highly fulfilled life? There is—and Arrive and Thrive shows you how. This timely and practice-driven guide reveals 7 practices you can use to thrive as you rise to positions of greater responsibility, risk, and reward—and empower others along the way. Powered by the latest research, boots-on-the-ground experience, and advice from 24 of the world's most successful leaders, the book captures seven practices that help you understand and leverage your unique personal powers so you can thrive in leadership. Three of today’s top women leaders in business and academia, the authors hail from very different worlds—each brings a different career path, focus of experience and personal point of view to the conversation. From their experiences, you’ll learn to make the best choices for yourself, your team, your industry, and your community.

When They Win, You Win

When They Win, You Win
Author: Russ Laraway
Publisher: St. Martin's Press
Total Pages: 304
Release: 2022-06-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1250279674

From the legendary Silicon Valley manager who inspired Radical Candor, the three simple rules for creating happy, engaged teams. Businesses everywhere are plagued by managers who seem to think that keeping their staff miserable is the best way to deliver profits. This is a failure of leadership that also hurts the bottom line; research has shown that maintaining a happy, engaged workforce consistently drives measurably better business results across the board. In When They Win, You Win, Russ Laraway, the Chief People Officer at Qualtrics, provides a simple, coherent, and complete leadership standard that teaches organizational planners and managers how to develop incredible levels of employee engagement. The book identifies three key elements: clear direction-setting, frequent coaching, and active engagement with employees on their long-term career goals. Russ Laraway's approach to management, developed at Google, Twitter, and Qualtrics, shows the way to cultivate a happy, productive, and engaged team. Happy results are sure to follow—for you, your customers, your shareholders, and your employees alike.

Vital

Vital
Author: Jorge Acevedo
Publisher: Abingdon Press
Total Pages: 142
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1426769857

What behaviors do highly vital congregations have in common? How can all congregations move toward greater vitality? In Vital: Churches Changing Communities and the World, Jorge Acevedo passionately and effectively reveals how Grace Church in Cape Coral, Florida, has developed behaviors that result in vital and fruitful ministry. Focusing on spiritual pastoral leadership, lay leadership development, worship, small groups, and service and mission, Acevedo both inspires and coaches. He helps leaders of congregations act in their own contexts to develop behaviors essential to vitality, as identified by the recent study of 32,000 United Methodist congregations. The book includes brief summaries of learnings from the research and stories from other congregations illustrating vital behaviors in different settings. Approximately 15% of the 32,228 churches (4,961 churches) scored high in vitality based on the vitality index. What this means is that 15% of our churches have figured out some way to remain highly vital in spite of the fact that 85% have not. What this means is that we cannot assign all the blame for our congregational demise at the feet of the “institution” of the church. 4961 congregations have figured out ways to prevail in spite of our denominational condition. To me this is hopeful and promising! This book is my best attempt for us to learn from the 15% of United Methodist Churches that are vital, growing and prevailing. Jorge Acevedo

Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement: How the Best Women Leaders Practice Self-Awareness to Change What Really Matters

Mastering Your Inner Critic and 7 Other High Hurdles to Advancement: How the Best Women Leaders Practice Self-Awareness to Change What Really Matters
Author: Susan Mackenty Brady
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 272
Release: 2018-11-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1260440613

IT’S TIME TO STOP QUESTIONING YOURSELF—AND START TAKING CONTROL OF YOUR SUCCESS How many times did your inner critic pop up and talk you down today? Or, tell you someone else wasn’t good enough? Is your inner critic running rampant, thwarting your advancement as a leader? You may have never called your inner critic out or confronted its harsh ramblings until now, but it’s time! Mastering Your Inner Critic offers first-hand hard-won advice for scaling the hurdles that prevent you from controlling that little voice. It’s time to counter those nagging questions that torment you—with positive solutions that empower you. “DO I KNOW WHAT I WANT?”Learn how to conquer self-doubt and clarify your goals. Be honest and true to yourself. “CAN I DO THIS?”Yes, you can. This book shows you how to build your confidence from the inside out. “HOW DO I ASK FOR WHAT I WANT?”Master the secret to expressing your needs. “WHY CAN’T I DO IT ALL?Stop doing too much to prove yourself and start equipping and empowering others. “WHO HAS THE TIME?”Rely on your relationships and networks to get the support you need to tackle anything. Filled with inspiring anecdotes from accomplished women at various stages in their careers, as well as proven strategies any woman can use in the workplace, this unique and self-motivating guide helps you confront your inner critic, face your hurdles head on, and achieve the goals that really matter—to you.

When Not to Build

When Not to Build
Author: Ray Bowman
Publisher: Baker Books
Total Pages: 209
Release: 2000-08-01
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 158558052X

Wise insight on building a church, growing a church, and keeping costs low. For pastors, leaders, and building committees.

Sweet Spot Leadership

Sweet Spot Leadership
Author: Scott Simons
Publisher: CreateSpace
Total Pages: 116
Release: 2014-01-30
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781491024003

Is it time to find the sweet spot that creates value? Is it time to show the world what you and your business really have to offer? If so, this book will help you stop being the best-kept secret in your industry, niche or region – and reveal your products, services, and value as the “secret sauce” that is essential to your prospects' and customers' success. No matter what industry you are in, and no matter how long you have been in business, there is more value that you can deliver for your clients, customers, prospects, employees, vendors, partners, suppliers, franchisees and yourself than you think. This short book will show you where to find the sweet spot and create the value in your business to create the lasting success you deserve. Using the interactive exercises and tools, you can also use this as a field guide to find value and to change the way your business operates, serves customers, and serves you, the owner.Are you an entrepreneur who has dreamed of building a company that has real value? Are you hoping your great idea will automatically translate into growth and success? As many entrepreneurs before you have learned, it is necessary to have more than just an excellent product or service. Many who start out with great ideas fail to take their company to the next level. To truly be a leader and build the type of company you want, you must become a transformative leader. You must be willing to make changes. You also need to be prepared to guide your company as you transform to capitalize on opportunities that will help you to grow.

Change Enthusiasm

Change Enthusiasm
Author: Cassandra Worthy
Publisher: Hay House, Inc
Total Pages: 241
Release: 2023-08-08
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1401971806

Dynamic corporate speaker and coach, Cassandra Worthy, introduces a growth mindset practice that helps readers to view change and the emotions surrounding it as a gift. Cassandra Worthy is a highly sought-after consultant, speaker, and Change Enthusiast, who is sharing her revolutionary approach for not only embracing change but using it to propel you to heights you never imagined. Only 10 percent of successful change adoption is about know-how; the other 90 percent is centered squarely on the motivation and willingness to accept the change. Cassandra explains that if you don't address the emotions surrounding change then your transformation journey will be stopped in its tracks. In this book, Cassandra will teach you to: Redefine your relationship to change Embrace "negative" emotions and use them for epic growth and transformation Make conscious, productive choices in the face of disruption of any sort Develop your resilience muscle View change as something that happens for you vs. to you Cassandra's practical yet inspiring strategies can inspire anyone to authentically embrace change and find their own unique power of resilience during turbulent times. Using insights gleaned from her life, those of her clients, and the tools and exercises she has refined over the years, Cassandra Worthy has written the playbook for anyone leading, influencing, going through, or embarking upon change.

Elevating the Human Experience

Elevating the Human Experience
Author: Amelia Dunlop
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 244
Release: 2021-10-26
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1119791340

Wall Street Journal bestseller Have you ever struggled to feel worthy at work? Do you know or lead people who do? When Amelia Dunlop first heard the phrase "elevating the human experience" in a leadership team meeting with her boss, she thought, "He is crazy if he thinks we will ever say those words out loud to each other much less to a potential client." We've been conditioned to separate our personal and professional selves, but work is fundamental to our human experience. Love and worth have a place in work because our humanity and authentic identities make our work better. The acknowledgement of our intrinsic worth as human beings and the nurturing of our own or another's growth through love ultimately contribute to higher performance and organizational growth. Now as the Chief Experience Officer at Deloitte Digital, a leading Experience Consultancy, Amelia Dunlop knows we must embrace elevating the human experience for the advancement and success of ourselves and our organizations. This book integrates the findings of a quantitative study to better understand feelings of love and worth in the workplace and introduces three paths that allow individuals to create the professional experience they desire for themselves, their teams, and their clients. The first path explores the path of the self, an inward path where we learn to love ourselves when we show up for work, and examines the obstacles that hinder us. The second path centers around learning to love and recognize the worth of another in our lives, adding to the worth we feel and providing a source of meaning to our lives. The third path considers the community of work and learning to love and recognize the worth of those we meet every day at work, especially for those who may be systematically marginalized, unseen, or unrepresented. Drawing on her own personal journey to find love and worth at work in her twenty-year career as a management consultant, Amelia also weaves together insights from philosophers, theologians, and sociologists with the stories of people from diverse backgrounds gathered during her research. Elevating the Human Experience: Three Paths to Love and Worth at Work is for anyone who has felt the struggle to feel worthy at work, as well as for those who have no idea what it may feel like to struggle every day just to feel loved and worthy, but love people and lead people who do. It’s a practical approach to elevating the human experience that will lead to important conversations about values and purpose, and ultimately, meaningful change.

Career GPS

Career GPS
Author: Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell
Publisher: Harper Collins
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2011-01-04
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0061714399

Whether you're looking at the CEO seat, an executive manager slot, or a more intrapreneurial position, Career GPS has what every woman needs to achieve her career goals. An authority on career development, Dr. Ella L. J. Edmondson Bell, Ph.D., offers valuable guidelines and essential tips for maximizing a review, networking in a relevant way, and much more. Combining Dr. Bell's knowledge and expertise with dozens of first-person stories from female achievers who rose through the ranks, Career GPS will guide women of all cultures, ages, and range of experience to success at every level in a dynamic new corporate marketplace.

Flip the Switch: Activate Your Drive to Achieve a Freakish Level of Success

Flip the Switch: Activate Your Drive to Achieve a Freakish Level of Success
Author: Coach Micheal Burt
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Total Pages: 270
Release: 2023-01-31
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1264269234

Learn now to unlock your "prey drive"—the instinctual ability that allows you to "flip the switch" to achieve massive success Micheal Burt was already a successful basketball coach when he discovered, quite by accident, how to articulate the concept he had been using for years to motivate himself and his players. At a workshop in Tennessee taught by a Vietnam veteran, he learned about the "prey drive" of war dogs—an instinctive inclination to find, pursue, and capture their prey. In Flip the Switch, Coach Burt shows how humans, too, have this instinctive drive—not for hunting prey, but for pursuing goals with a persistence and intensity that goes far beyond the usual efforts applied to everyday tasks. As with war dogs, external stimuli are required for flipping the switch: For the dogs, it's movement or scent. What are they for you? In these inspiring and eye-opening pages, you'll discover how to find what activates you, personally, to do more, create more, and achieve freakish levels of success. You'll explore them all in detail, in chapters that include: Motivated by What? The Three Phases of the Prey Drive The Science Behind What Activates You Screw Your Why: How to Get Your Purpose to Activate You Going All In: How to Make Your Drive a Daily Habit Creating Value in the World: Becoming a Contender Prioritizing and Personalizing Your Prey Drive: The Keys to Continued Expansion The Habit of 1% Performers: How to Re-ignite Your Prey Drive and GO PRO Every Single Day Throughout Flip the Switch, Coach Burt explains how to analyze and explore the primary drivers: fear, competition, exposure, environment, inspiration from others, and yes—even embarrassment. Whether you're flipping the switch to win a championship or win new business, knowing how to find external stimuli that activates that thing inside of you is what will allow you to achieve your highest goals—naturally.