Leading What Matters Most - by Phil Geldart (Hardcover)

About the Book

Leading people should be your greatest asset not your biggest problem.

Bridget led a multibillion-dollar company that had grown incredibly fast. Now, she was facing some serious challenges. At the very top of the list? The need to put the customer dead center in everything her company, Talon Tech, executed. This, she knew, would be a monumental challenge.

Over the course of her successful journey to address these issues, she discovers:

• the important role she and her executive team must play
• the power of experiential learning to challenge behavior
• the incredible importance of front line leadership
• the power of conviction as an agent of change
• the impact of ensuring leaders focus on three priorities: model, coach, and require

Travel with her as she learns to wrestle through, and master, the challenge of being as great at harnessing the potential of her workforce as she is at the creative and operational side of Talon Tech.

Book Synopsis

Leading people should be your greatest asset not your biggest problem.

Bridget led a multibillion-dollar company that had grown incredibly fast. Now, she was facing some serious challenges. At the very top of the list? The need to put the customer dead center in everything her company, Talon Tech, executed. This, she knew, would be a monumental challenge.

Over the course of her successful journey to address these issues, she discovers:

• the important role she and her executive team must play
• the power of experiential learning to challenge behavior
• the incredible importance of front line leadership
• the power of conviction as an agent of change
• the impact of ensuring leaders focus on three priorities: model, coach, and require

Travel with her as she learns to wrestle through, and master, the challenge of being as great at harnessing the potential of her workforce as she is at the creative and operational side of Talon Tech.

From the Back Cover

1. Poor leadership
2. Underdeveloped staff
3. Concerning deficit in company-wide advancement

"Ouch," Bridget winced as she reviewed the consulting report. She knew something was no longer working at Talon Tech, but she had not understood the full extent of the issues until now.

That she was the pivotal reason for Talon Tech's incredible rise as a premiere, multibillion-dollar technology company meant nothing if that success was not sustainable. The report and the board's demands forced Bridget to acknowledge that her extreme focus over the past decade, on executing the next great technological feat had resulted in churning through top-talent at an alarming rate, which negatively impacted all areas of the business.

There was no denying that weak leadership and a poor people-centric culture were at the center of it all. If Bridget was going to remain Talon Tech's CEO, she needed to turn things around quickly, and she knew she couldn't do it alone.

It was time to make the call ...