Beyond Effective: Practices in Self-Aware Leadership

by David Peck

Book Overview

Over 100 practices to be a better leader; "Beyond Effective" offers up many concise, powerful tools for busy executives and managers who want new ways to tap their full potential.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1425153259
• ISBN13: 9781425153250
• Release Date: August 2008
• Publisher: Trafford Publishing
• Length: 140 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Customer Reviews

Pithy and Powerful Leadership Tool

5.0 out of 5 stars Pithy and powerful leadership tool, September 1, 2008 By Laura Klapper - See all my reviews (REAL NAME) David Peck's book on leadership is a pithy and powerful tool to help people become effective, and genuine, leaders of their organization. While as CEO I have found many of David's practices to be valuable, I believe his thoughts can help people at all levels become more successful in their business and personal life. David presents his practices in bite-size bits of knowledge, which makes the book enjoyable to read and easy to follow. I encourage other leaders, and people who want to learn how to better motivate and inspire others, to read David's book!

Cool & New School Leadership Development

David Peck has found a core to leadership advice. The pieces are short, useful, and pithy. They are not preachy, they seem to have some unique way of holding up a mirror in front of me, clearly but gently reminding me of what I am and am not doing; and providing a step back from the daily pressures of leadership which can so quickly obscure and overwhelm our best intentions and what we learned from our last old school book or seminar. This is cool and new school!

Attenton Fellow CEO's - See Page 63

People pleasing ... wishful thinking ... eternal optimism ... the glass is half full ... this management style brought me to the brink of bankruptcy until I took a hard look in the mirror. Page 63 says it all. Well done Mr. Peck.

Pearls of wisdom for the busy leader

Peck's book is built with pearls of wisdom. The best part of it is that the pearls are un-strung! You can read it front to back if you wish, but it also lends itself to re-reading bits and pieces in any order. It's ideal for the busy leader as the pieces are short and sweet. Easily take in a couple here and there; in between flights or meetings. If you can't read it in one sitting, no problem! 'Beyond Effective' is the real thing. It doesn't just theorize about how to be a better leader, it actually gives you specific ways to make it happen!

Little Book with Big ideas: developing leadership from within

If ever there was a manual for a leader, this is it. "Beyond Effective..." packs so much substance into its pages that all leaders would be well served by having a copy in their briefcases AND shirt pockets. The book serves as a daily reminder that truly inspired leadership is cultivated from within. By applying even just a handful of the lessons highlighted in this text, readers will be forced to develop their ability to self-evaluate. And if the ancient Greek phrase "Know Thyself" is the mandate to living an inspired, joyful, and powerful life, then Peck's work serves to carry that theme forward with a detailed roadmap. I especially appreciated the substantive and essential focus on these "lessons". There is very little abstract theory here. You will not find tomes of complex analysis, which in my mind, would obscure what entrepreneurs and effective executives already know: it comes down to practice and application. Each page has a gem of an insight worth pondering... and then applying. I highly recommend this book to aspiring leaders, effective leaders, and inspired leaders. People who are willing to confront their own self-imposed limitations will certainly benefit because, as it turns out, leading one's self is the most demanding task of all.