Number of pages: 336
Publisher: Thomas Nelson
BBB Library: Leadership, Personal Success
ISBN: 9780785260929
Leadership experts and specialists estimate that 99% of all leadership occurs not from the top but from the middle of an organization. Usually, an organization has only one person who is the leader. So, what do you do if you are not that one person? Leading in all directions will require you to learn different sets of leadership skills which, in turn, can help you know how to direct your personal leadership growth. However, before getting into those skills and actions, we need to address other issues, starting with the seven myths believed by many people who lead from the middle of any organization.
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