Ego Free Leadership
Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business
by Brandon Black; Shayne Hughes
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Pub Date Mar 14 2017 | Archive Date Mar 31 2017
Greenleaf Book Group | Greenleaf Book Group Press
Description
2018 Indie Book Award Finalist
Take your ego out of the equation, and watch your company thrive!
“I’ve got a solution,” Encore’s CFO tells Brandon, “but it’s unorthodox.” It’s 2005 and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knows he needs change—and fast. Following his CFO’s advice, he and his executive team start working with Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its president, Shayne Hughes. Through their partnership, Encore’s executive team learns to root out the unproductive ego habits that undermine collaboration and performance.
As they instill these more effective behaviors throughout the organization, Encore begins to solve problems collectively, prioritize resources without infighting, and focus on the initiatives with the greatest strategic value. When the financial crisis of 2008–09 forces 90 percent of its competitors out of business, Encore thrives, with its profits increasing by 300 percent and its stock price by 1200 percent. Told from two lively first-person perspectives, Ego Free Leadership brings readers along for Encore’s incredible success story. They’ll see a CEO overcome his unconscious resistance to modeling the change he wants in his team and discover a time-tested roadmap for eliminating the destructive effects of the ego in teams and organizations.
Advance Praise
“Ego Free Leadership chronicles the dynamic struggle of a CEO as his executive coach helps him face his ego triggers. It is unabashedly authentic, with unbridled self-evaluation and unvarnished honesty.”
—Nigel Morris, Cofounder, Capital One
“Brandon Black and Shayne Hughes have landed on a key insight: When leaders let go of ego, they unlock their potential. e story of how they improved culture and performance at Encore Capital is packed with useful lessons for coaches and leaders alike.”
—Marshall Goldsmith, Executive Coach, Business Educator, and New York Times Best-selling Author, ranked Number One Leadership inker in the World by inkers50
“An authentic read! I partnered with LaL to lead two large-scale orga- nizational turnarounds: rst as Center Director of NASA’s Langley Research Center, and then later as VP for Operations of the contractor operating the Nevada National Security Site for the Nuclear Security Administration. LaL led both my leadership teams through profoundly successful cultural transformations that produced breakthrough busi- ness results. In reading Ego Free Leadership, I could easily replace Bran- don’s name with my own. is book captures the challenges—and solutions—of leading large scale change.”
—Roy Bridges, Air Force Major General and Former Center Director,
NASA Kennedy Space Center and NASA Langley Research Center
“The framework presented in Ego Free Leadership has had a profound in uence on my research and teaching over the past fteen years. I’m thrilled to see it nally brought to life in this captivating story of one CEO and his team’s transformational leadership journey. is book is a must-read for any leader who wants to make a di erence.”
—Robin Ely, Professor and Faculty Chair, Gender Initiative, Harvard Business School
“I’m a big admirer of the work that Shayne Hughes and the team at Learning as Leadership perform. e practices and concepts for ‘going deep’ in the realm of leadership development are world-class and life changing. What is really happening, inside and out, for a leader trying to create deep change in himself and his organization? And what is hap- pening, inside and out, for the leadership coach who is trying to help him? is groundbreaking book answers those questions by bringing readers into both sides of a transformative relationship. Hughes’ and Black’s story is instructive, rewarding, and inspiring.”
—Robert Kegan, Meehan Research Professor of Adult Learning and Professional Development, Harvard University; Coauthor, Immunity to Change and An Everyone Culture
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| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781626343795 |
| PRICE | $24.95 (USD) |
| PAGES | 272 |
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Featured Reviews
Dr. Cassandra H, Educator
Ego Free Leadership explored the stages of professional growth for a chief executive officer(CEO of a debt collection agency). Written by a CEO, Brandon Black, and his professional coach, Shayne Hughes, Ego Free Leadership shows how the ego of a leader can impact his or her effectiveness. I appreciated the transparency presented in this text. I've read many books on leadership, which focus specifically on the positives and exclude their trials and tribulations.
I enjoyed reading Ego Free Leadership for several reasons. First, the authors presented numerous scenarios, which explained what was occurring, how ego played a negative or positive role, and what to do as a corrective measure. Before reading this book, I never really considered how much my ego can impact my ability to be an effective and efficient leader of an organization. Also, the authors, especially the CEO, shared their personal struggles with their desire to be viewed as a leader and maintaining their own egos. Lastly, Ego Free Leadership includes both success stories and stories about their failures. The anecdotal evidence demonstrates how their egos contributed to either failure or success. Using this method to share leadership strategies, the authors assist the reader in enhancing his or her ability to be a leader.
I think this book is ideal for leaders, who are new to their leadership roles. After reading this book, new leaders can begin to identify their strengths and weaknesses as a leader. Also, new leaders can implement the strategies to improve their leadership styles. I believe that Ego Free Leadership can assist seasoned leaders in their self-assessment of current leadership capabilities. Overall, I enjoyed reading this book.
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