Inspiring Excellence: A Path to Exceptional Leadership

By Michael Schutzler

Michael Schutzler clarifies the essentials for leadership excellence. Lay a foundation of listening, storytelling, negotiating, and making assessments. Apply those skills to the functions of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 193535910X
• ISBN13: 9781935359104
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: Book Pub Network
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.3" x 0.8" x 5.0"

Customer Reviews

Simple Steps that Yield Results

Inspiring Excellence may seem like something only born leaders can achieve, but Michael lays out simple to follow steps that make it something anyone can do. At first glance much of his guidance may seem overly simple, in fact, but that's part of the beauty of it. While most decent management books have a few gems of good information surrounded by bloat to beef up the page count, Inspiring Excellence has dozens of specific, actionable instructions communicated extremely efficiently. You'll read it in a day but carry it's inspiration with you for a lifetime.

Terrific Advice for the Leader or Anyone Aspiring to Lead

I just finished this excellent, quick reading book on a cross country flight. It's jam packed with a great balance of advice and supporting anecdotes. The author's real world experience comes through as genuine and authoritative. The book covers critical topics like how to tell your company story, how to listen, how to inspire and motivate, how to assess talent - how to lead. If you're a business leader or someone who wants to lead others, you need to read this book. If you're a CEO, you must read it.

Must Read For Any Executive or Manager of People

Just finished Inspiring Excellence. What a great handbook for leadership. It should be mandatory reading in every BSchool and executive leadership course. I plan to keep mine close at hand for extra inspiration. Congratulations on an excellent work.

Read This Book 10 Times & Give To 10 People You Work With

Every once in while a great book on leadership comes along... Add this one to the shelf of "must read" timeless classics. The author is not a professor or a Fortune 500 CEO. He is a successful executive who has been there and done it. He has been through the trenches and up the ladder. First time managers, CEO's of billion dollar companies and everyone in between should buy this book. You can become a better manager and... you can become someone who people respect and want to emulate personally and professionally.

Important book for those in a leadership role or seeking one

This book might be small but it packed a big punch for me. These are crucial business lessons in plain language that are very accessible and truly frame the leadership challenge in a new light. It is clear Michael has had a lot of related experience and he translates it well into easy to understand stories from his past that entertain, instruct and help drive home his concise keys to leadership success. My copy is displayed proudly in the office and I head back to key sections for a reminder on a regular basis - consider me inspired!