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THE LEADERSHIP GAP

Lolly Daskal

What Gets Between You and Your Greatness

Lolly Daskal introduces seven leadership archetypes that, when mastered, result in exceptional leadership. She draws on more than thirty years of consulting for Fortune 500 CEOs to posit a powerful new framework for leading organizations: that the greatest leaders are those who embrace their failings.

Here Inc. magazine’s most popular writer explains how anyone can counter the downsides that come with great leadership.

Lolly Daskal introduces seven leadership archetypes that, when mastered, result in exceptional leadership. She draws on more than thirty years of consulting for Fortune 500 CEOs to posit a powerful new framework for leading organizations: that the greatest leaders are those who embrace their failings. This is the indispensable guide to clearing the inevitable hurdles to great leadership. Based on a mix of modern philosophy, science, and her own business experience, Daskal offers a new perspective on leadership—a way to rethink everything you know to reveal the kind of person you truly want to be.

Lolly Daskal is the president and CEO of Lead From Within, a global consultancy that specializes in leadership and entrepreneurial development. She has written thousands of articles and columns for a variety of media, including Inc., Fast Company, Psychology Today, and The Huffington Post. This is her first book.

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Book Published 2017-05-30 by Portfolio
Book Published 2017-05-30 by Portfolio

Comments

Great leaders understand who they are as leaders and what motivates them to do the things they do. If you want to become one of them, read Lolly Daskal’s deeply insightful book. It has invaluable advice for leaders who want to propel themselves to the next level. It’s essential reading for those who want to be great.

Our weaknesses live in the shadows of our strengths, and this book does more than help us spot them—it shows us how to overcome them. Lolly Daskal takes us into the trenches of her executive coaching practice, carefully unpacking the self-awareness gaps that hold leaders back and lighting the path to expanding our comfort zones.

I’ve seen talented leaders unwittingly make the biggest mistakes of their careers simply because they don’t understand the complexities and pitfalls of their own strengths. The Leadership Gap offers terrific insight and valuable wisdom for high achievers who want to understand the tendencies that stand between them and meaningful success.

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As a leader there’s one thing standing between you and your ultimate potential. Once you are aware of it, once you embrace it, and once you know how to close that ‘gap,’ you can then become the magnificent leader you are meant to be.

The Leadership Gap is an exciting new contribution to the tired conversation of leadership and artfully explains why some leaders succeed while others don’t. Lolly Daskal draws on a wealth of expertise as a leading global leadership consultant to identify the skills and gaps that exist within all of us.