"Easy to read, vital to implement. This book is packed with essential advice for the modern leader." - Paul Sloane, best-selling author on Innovation with over 2 million books sold.
Most leadership books are written by people who have never run a P&L, missed a quarter, or had to deliver bad news to a board.
This one isn't.
Accelerate Leadership Performance is a collection of 28 evidence-backed articles by Ralph Varcoe, a growth leader with nearly 30 years at the sharp end of business. Most recently, Chief Growth Officer of a technology company, where he scaled revenue. Before that, senior commercial roles spanning San Francisco to Sydney with Virgin Media Business, Tata Communications, Orange Business Services, and CenturyLink, managing multi-billion dollar company relationships.
Every article is grounded in research. Every claim is sourced. Every framework has been tested in real boardrooms with real consequences.
What you'll learn
Why your brain makes decisions seven seconds before you're consciously awareWhy micromanagement costs UK businesses 45 billion a year, and the nine behaviours that quietly destroy teamsWhat Google's Project Aristotle revealed about psychological safetyWhy 60 to 70% of change initiatives fail, and the specific moves that put you in the minority that succeedWhy self-belief needs a witness, and the science behind external validation in leadershipHow NLP delivers an 88% performance improvement in salesWhat the first 30 seconds of executive presence actually requireWhy companies investing 1 in mental health see 4.70 backFor leadership development, executive coaching and growth advisory, Accelerate Performance works directly with founders and leadership teams: accelerate-performance.com. If you would rather do the work yourself first, the coaching tools behind it are at piviva.com.