If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
— Toni Morrison
As a young college graduate, I was on a constant quest to gain experience and learning that would propel me to higher and higher levels of leadership. I found lots of lofty ideas but little that applied to me in the earliest stages of my career. I wanted to learn about what I could do now to become more prepared for each jump as a manager and a leader.
I looked for advice from people at different stages of their careers. But most of the information I found was only about executives and CEOs—there is a gap in guidance for developing leadership skills for early leaders.
Fast forward to 20 years later, and I still see blanks. So, here I am writing a book about skills, behaviors, tools, and techniques people can immediately use; whether they are an individual contributor. a frontline (team) leader, a mid-level leader, and an organizational leader.
This page is an invitation for you to provide some feedback as I complete my book. I will be posting pieces and parts of my unfinished work as I go along. I would appreciate your comments and insights to help me with this exciting project.
I understand why organizations feel the need to categorize people using important sounding words like ‘high potential’ or ‘emerging’. This practice focuses more training and mentoring resources into people deemed as most ‘worthy’ of the effort. Grrr.