The Radical Leap

A Personal Lesson in Extreme Leadership

Hardcover, 192 pages

English language

Published April 1, 2004 by Kaplan Business.

ISBN:
978-0-7931-8568-9
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Leadership guidance presented as a story

4 stars

Learning from stories is definitely much better for retention. I had my doubts about this book, as I'm skeptical of most leadership books. Even when you realize LEAP is an acronym for Love generates Energy to Inspire Audacity and Provide Proof, it sounds very New Age cultish. The thing, is, in many ways it's combining the ideas of Dan Pink's Drive (purpose) with the product management idea that you have to have a why for what you are building because this will be your north star, keeping you on track to get where you need to go. When you lose your purpose, a job becomes a grind. LEAP and the questions in the back could help you reinvigorate your belief in what you are doing, or help you find what you want to do, so that your love for that will make you wake up happy to go to work. …

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  • Management & management techniques
  • Organizational change
  • Leadership In Business
  • Management
  • Business & Economics
  • Business / Economics / Finance
  • Business/Economics
  • Organizational effectiveness
  • Leadership
  • Business & Economics / Management
  • Management - General