The Leadership Habit: Transforming Behaviors to Drive Results - Hardcover

by Tammy R. Berberick (Author), Peter Lindsay (Author), Katie Fritchen (Author)

The 10 essential skills to transform the way you lead

The Leadership Habit provides the framework for patterns of behavior that will transform the way you lead. By articulating a clear, well-defined standard of what it means to be a leader, this book condenses volumes of advice and opinion into 10 key areas and teaches leaders how they can create daily habits surrounding these centers of excellence. Leaders who can commit to creating change will develop more productive teams and will build long-term growth for their organization.

This book is your invaluable guide to being one of the greats, with proven advice and a concrete framework for leading well. Through expert discussion and deep dissection of these critical areas, you'll discover how to drive for results, build the best team, execute on vision, foster innovation, and more. Learn how to:

• Transform your habits across 30 specific skill areas
• Model personal growth, focus, and positivity
• Accelerate productivity and maintain your organization's competitive advantage

As a leader, your team's performance and your organization's outlook are direct reflections of you. Discover how to become a catalyst for driving performance and results by transforming your actions every day.

Front Jacket

"Leaders who are determined to improve their own performance and the performance of others first must decide to improve. Deciding on higher performance and excellence is a mental commitment to discover or rediscover how to lead and a physical commitment to do something to create the change."
--Tammy Berberick

The consistent habits in our day-to-day behaviors have profound relevance to managers and executives who expect high-performing teams. Leaders who develop great teams and great outcomes recognize three things: Learning never ends. Practicing new behaviors is the only way to improve. And, leadership habits influence the results.

Cartoonist, Andrew Toos, drew a picture of six managers sitting together at a boardroom table. On the wall, in view of the group, are two charts showing sharply falling profits and sales. As the group perplexes over ways to improve, one of the managers asks, "What if we don't change at all... and something magical happens?"

The mindset that improvement can happen magically, without effort, may seem absurd. But many managers consciously or unconsciously expect to improve without action. Leaders who want more from their teams need to do more themselves to bring about positive change.

The Leadership Habit reveals the 10 core competencies that define great leadership. The book clearly defines habits of mind and patterns of behavior that form the foundation for building teams that succeed. With the help of real-world examples and case studies, the authors show you how those habits and patterns apply evenly across small, medium, large, and global organizations. They form a universal standard of leadership that bridges industries and cultures.

Crestcom Leadership Institute, supported by a global network of leadership companies and a faculty of thought leaders, collects valuable insights from thousands of managers, executives, and CEOs who participate annually in training worldwide. Despite the complexities and diversity of businesses in Europe, Asia, Africa, the Middle East, the Americas, Caribbean, and Australia, the evidence of Crestcom's worldwide experience is that all people can speak one language--the language of leadership. The ability to lead is the sum of habits, your habits. Reading The Leadership Habit alone will not bring magical change. That requires your personal commitment and application to become the catalyst for high performance.

Back Jacket

Your Guide to Becoming One of the Leadership Greats

In The Leadership Habit, the authors articulate a clear, well-defined and universal standard of great leadership. Drawing on vast experience training leadership teams at companies across the globe, Tammy Berberick, Peter Lindsay, and Katie Fritchen identify the 10 core competencies of great leadership. And with the help of numerous real-world examples and case studies, The Leadership Habit illustrates how to develop those core competencies and fundamental skills within yourself and the teams you may lead.

Whether you are an experienced leader looking to take your leadership skills to a bold new level or a manager committed to becoming a leader in your industry, The Leadership Habit arms you with the knowledge and skills you need to realize your goal. Managers, directors, and CEOs everywhere will:

• Discover a universal standard and framework for leading well that applies across industries and cultures
• Learn leadership skills needed to accelerate your personal growth and development of your organization
• Inspire, motivate, and drive productivity and long-term improvement

You cannot fake great leadership. Your team's performance and your organization's outlook are direct reflections of you as a leader. The Crestcom Leadership Institute brings together more than 30 years of experience providing actionable training for managers and executives. With clear awareness of the challenges and opportunities of leaders in today's workforce, Crestcom International continues its purpose to empower true leaders to develop consistent behaviors that get results. The Leadership Habit captures many of the very best ideas to help you have the influence and impact that will propel your organization forward.

Author Biography

TAMMY R. BERBERICK is the CEO for Crestcom International, the leading organization in results-based interactive leadership development. Tammy holds an MBA and has held numerous executive level positions leading transformational change within organizations. Tammy has coached over 100 CEOs and key executives on leadership, change management, organization design, and strategy.

PETER LINDSAY is the Director of Operations for Crestcom International. He is a former officer in the United States Air Force, holds a MS in Strategic Intelligence, and is a global facilitator in leadership development. Recognized as a thought leader, he is a trainer, instructional designer, and author in leadership and social change.

KATIE FRITCHEN is a writer and strategist for Crestcom International. A graduate of the University of Oregon's Lundquist School of Business and specialist in business development, she is an author and editor in areas including business management and leadership.