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The Leadership Journey

Practical tips on starting or changing your leadership journey

Jim Holmes

This isn't a "Best Practices of Leadership!" or "Learn Leadership with this one Weird Trick!" kind of book. This book's centered on practical ideas that can help you begin, or improve, your journey as a leader.

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A handful of great leaders were born with something innate that made them inspirational and amazing. The rest of us? We have to struggle and learn through our failures. Perhaps we're able to learn from mentors along the way. This book is designed to help you figure out what you want to be as a leader, and how to help yourself inspire and motivate awesome, highly effective teams.

What makes this book different from other leadership books? Well, me, frankly. I've piled up some unique experiences working in various roles from the military through Cub Scouts. This book gathers up those experiences and lessons learned, and adds in practical exercises to help you focus on discovering and building your own leadership style.

This book also contains my Leadership 101 series from my blog at FrazzledDad.com.

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Jim Holmes

Jim is the Director of Quality Assurance and Performance at ConstructConnect. He's also the Owner/Principal of Guidepost Systems. He has been in various corners of the IT world since joining the US Air Force in 1982. He’s spent time in LAN/WAN and server management roles in addition to many years helping teams and customers deliver great systems. Jim has worked with organizations ranging from start ups to Fortune 10 companies to improve their delivery processes and ship better value to their customers. When not at work you might find Jim in the kitchen with a glass of wine, playing Xbox, playing in the field with his dogs, or looking longingly at the guitars he owns but seldom plays.

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Contents

Table of Contents

Dedication

Foreword

Preface: Why This Book?

  1. The Bad
  2. The Good
  3. Whom Is This Book For?
  4. Which Teams Does This Book Focus On?
  5. Leadership Is a Journey

Acknowledgements

Contributors

My Goals for You

  1. Decide if You Do Indeed Want to Become a Leader
  2. Know How to Become a Leader
  3. Help You Feel Like You’re a Successful Leader
  4. Help You Understand How to Run an Awesome Team

Working The Exercises

Why Should You Become a Leader?

  1. Too Few Good Ones
  2. Career Advancement
  3. Filling a Gap
  4. Self-Fulfillment
  5. Exercise: Why Should You Become a Leader?

What Makes a Great Leader?

  1. Exercise: What Makes A Great Leader?
  2. A Good Leader…
  3. What Will Make YOU a Great Leader?
  4. Exercise: Find Your Strengths and Weaknesses
  5. Exercise: Working With Your Strengths and Weaknesses

Growing Into Leadership

  1. Dealing With Impostor Syndrome
  2. Get Your Boss Looped In
  3. Learn the Mission
  4. Demonstrate Ability
  5. Following Up With Your Boss
  6. Becoming a Trusted Advisor
  7. Finishing Up

Being A Great Leader

  1. Learn to Prioritize and Push Back (Gracefully)
  2. Learn More About The Mission
  3. Foster Success
  4. 1:1 Meetings: They’re Not Optional
  5. Formal Career Reviews
  6. Working With Difficult People
  7. Handling “Red Zone” Situations
  8. Be Prepared
  9. Level Up Your Communication Skills

Taking Care of You

  1. Time Management
  2. Find a Mentor—For Yourself
  3. The Final, Most Important Thing: Work Life Balance

Finishing Up

  1. Exercise: What Have You Learned About Yourself?
  2. Closing Up

Closing Thoughts

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Appendix A: The Leadership 101 Blog Series

  1. My Take On Fundamentals
  2. Don’t Screw With My Crew
  3. Want Respect? Give Respect.
  4. Calm in a Storm
  5. Communicate Bad News And Big Changes In Person
  6. Foster Success with Small Victories
  7. Build Broad Shoulders
  8. Don’t Sweat The Small Stuff (And It’s NOT All Small Stuff)
  9. Open That Door!
  10. Integrity is a Coin You Can’t Afford to Spend
  11. Stop Talking and Listen
  12. Odds and Ends Grab Bag

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