Why Great Leaders Must be Willing to GROW
Will you be a leader who is always ready to face the next challenge? Or will you be a leader who tries to apply yesterday’s solutions to today’s problems? These are just two of the questions posed by top-selling author team Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller who are back with their third book, Great Leaders GROW: Becoming a Leader for Life.
"Growth is at the heart of what sustains great leaders, and the failure to grow sabotages the career of more leaders than anything else" says Blanchard. "If you ever think you've finished growing as a leader, you're finished as a leader."
Debbie Brewster, the protagonist from Blanchard and Miller's first international bestselling business novel, The Secret, returns in Great Leaders Grow to mentor her mentor's son, Blake, as he begins his career. Now an accomplished leader herself, Debbie shows Blake how growing as a leader and as a human being are inextricably linked. "How well you and I serve will be determined by the decision to grow or not," she says."
As Blake confronts the challenges of business in the real world for the first time - getting off to a rocky start - he turns to Debbie for guidance. Step by step, she teaches him the GROW model-four ways that leaders must challenge and stretch themselves to fulfil their highest potential: Gain knowledge, Reach out to others, Open your world, and Walk through wisdom.
"Great Leaders Grow shows that successful leaders don't rest on their laurels, because leadership is not a title on a business card but a living process," says Blanchard. "And living means growing - the path to increased influence, impact, and leadership effectiveness is paved with personal growth."
About the Authors
Dr. Ken Blanchard has fifty books to his name, among them the famous 'One Minute Manager' series. Now a world-renowned leadership expert, he is co-founder of The Ken Blanchard Companies, an international management training and consulting company.
Mark Miller co-authored The Secret and The Secret of Teams with Ken Blanchard. He worked his way up from being an hourly worker at Chick-fil-A to becoming the company's Vice President of Training and Development.