Leadership Step by Step - by Joshua Spodek (Paperback)

About the Book

You have read a ton of leadership literature and are full of ideas--where to now? Learn how to cultivate these lessons, abilities, and beliefs through experience . . . step by step.

Book Synopsis

Don't be content with simply learning what makes a great leader. Take the time to put in the work building those character traits inside you.

Why is it that most of the principles and ideas we are inspired with when we read leadership books rarely end up leaving the page? Because we've learned what successful leaders are doing, as well as why we should be implementing it ourselves, but we have no idea how we can specifically do all this in our unique circumstances.

Leadership Step by Step walks you through what to do and how to do it by taking you through an integrated and comprehensive progression of exercises designed to cultivate key abilities, behaviors, and beliefs through experience.

By the end of the 22 exercises in this hands-on book, you will learn to:

• Build self-awareness
• Manage emotions
• Speak in an authentic voice
• Create meaningful connections
• Inspire others

Each chapter opens with a story demonstrating a vital leadership skill. Then, it guides you through the process of developing that skill for yourself.

Leadership Step by Step teaches you how to be that leader you've read so much about!

From the Back Cover

Advance Praise for Leadership Step by Step:

"Joshua is changing the game for leadership development and creating positive change. His insight to give a progression of exercises to practice is a once-in-a-lifetime game-changing advance in our field everyone else will follow. It's better than business school courses because he has you create real positive change that lasts. Leadership is about doing, not just understanding, and Joshua's exercises give you both. Leadership Step by Step gets it. Do its exercises and you will too. If you like my style, get coaching from me or buy Joshua's book." -- Marshall Goldsmith, 2015 #1 Leadership Thinker and #1 Executive Coach in the World; New York Times #1 bestselling author of Triggers

"In Leadership Step by Step, Joshua Spodek fills the gap between education and experience for potential leaders. By treating leadership like the art it is, he imbues it with empathy and understanding. This is a book that will improve your business savvy and possibly, your life."-- Daniel H. Pink, author of Drive and A Whole New Mind

"This book doesn't matter so much, but what you choose to do with it means everything. A hands-on, useful, urgent book about leveling up as a leader.-- Seth Godin, bestselling author and founder of altMBA

"Leadership Step by Step offers that rare breed of learning--genuine, authentic, effective, engaging, and, most of all, fun. It is based on the best leadership philosophy and practice. The results of doing its exercises ensure that you will become an authentic, great leader, able to serve and to live to the best of your ability. Anyone who aspires to lead, to lead more effectively, or to live life to its fullest would benefit from Joshua's exercises. This is true for business, public service, the social sector, the arts, education, and any sphere where leaders serve."-- Frances Hesselbein, Presidential Medal of Freedom Honoree; CEO of Girl Scouts; named "Best leader in America" by Peter Drucker

About the Author

JOSHUA SPODEK, PH.D. is an Adjunct Professor at NYU, a leadership coach and lecturer for Columbia Business School, and a columnist for Inc. He holds six patents and five Ivy-League degrees, including an MBA and a Ph.D. in Astrophysics. Named one of the "Best and Brightest" by Esquire in their Genius Issue, he has been featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Newsweek, Forbes, and other major media.