Bootstrap Leadership 50 Ways to Break Out,

Steve Arneson, one of America's top leadership coaches, offers a complete blueprint for designing your own personal leadership development programan approach proven successful in Steve's work with executives at Fortune 500 companies like AOL, PepsiCo, and Capital One. Most of these ideas cost nothing to implement, nor do they require elaborate processes or infrastructurethey're open to anyone with the desire to become a better leader. The fifty concise, to-the-point chapters are entirely self-contained and can be read in any order and at any paceyou can choose a chapter that speaks to a particular challenge or one that just seems intriguing. If you manage people, you owe it to yourself and your team to keep growing and developing as a leader. Bootstrap Leadership shows you how. Book jacket.

Steve Arneson founded Arneson Leadership Consulting to provide executive talent management, coaching and leadership development solutions to corporations and non-profit organizations. He was named one of America’s Top 100 thought leaders on leadership and one of the country’s Top 25 leadership coaches for 2008-2009 by Leadership Excellence magazine. Steve also writes a national weekly leadership column for Examiner.com. Steve has served as the head of Learning, Leadership Development, & Talent Management at five Fortune 300 companies: Capital One, AOL, Time Warner Cable, and divisions of Yum Brands and PepsiCo.

Foreword author Dave Ulrich is a university professor, speaker, and bestselling author of Human Resource Champions.

Foreword	p. xiii
Preface	p. xix
Introduction	p. 1
How Are You Showing Up as a Leader?
Where Have You Been?: Document Your Leadership Journey	p. 13
Build a Spider Web: Evaluate Your Working Relationships	p. 17
Spin Around in a Circle: Make 360° Feedback Work for You	p. 21
Your Own Private Detective: Ask a Peer to Track Your Development	p. 26
When the Student Is Ready: Find a Mentor	p. 30
Just Like the CEO: Create a Personal Board of Directors	p. 35
Get in the Weight Room: Identify and Leverage Your Strengths	p. 40
Go Back in Time: Ask Past Colleagues about Your Leadership	p. 45
Is There Another Way?: Confront Your Hardest-Held Positions	p. 50
How Am I Driving?: Develop a Vision, Mission, and Strategy	p. 55
Add Something New to Your Game
Break Out the Dictionary: Craft Your Own Definition of Leadership	p. 63
Put It in Writing: Prepare a Leadership Development Plan	p. 67
One Year at a Time: Develop One Leadership Skill a Year	p. 72
What Is It That Only You Can Do?: Learn to Delegate	p. 77
The Whistle and the Clipboard: Practice Your Coaching Skills	p. 82
Hit the Books: Read Three Business Titles a Year	p. 88
The Best Thinking Tools Ever Invented: Keep a Journal	p. 93
I Have a Theory: Study Great Leadership Thinking	p. 98
Once Upon a Time: Become a Great Storyteller	p. 102
This Is Me: Share Your Leadership Foundations	p. 107
Get Curious about the World Around You
Take a Trip Around the World: Learn about Other Cultures	p. 113
So This Is What We Do: Learn the Business	p. 118
Keep Tabs on Your Friends: Document Your Network	p. 123
That Thing Called the Internet: Leverage Technology	p. 128
Who Are These People?: Get to Know Your Team Members	p. 133
Ask the Experts: Tap Vendors and Consultants for New Ideas	p. 138
Scout the Enemy: Know Your Competitors	p. 142
Go Back to School: Attend a Conference or Seminar	p. 147
Road Trip!: Visit Innovative Companies	p. 152
Bring It Home: Learn Something New—Outside of Work	p. 157
Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
Get Outside the Circle: Practice New Leadership Behaviors	p. 165
You're Right and I'm Wrong: Admit Mistakes and Limitations	p. 170
Become a Member: Join a Professional Network	p. 174
Share Your Story: Organize an Internal Speakers Bureau	p. 179
Tell the Boss You're Bored: Take Charge of Your Own Career	p. 184
Love the Numbers: Learn to Read Financial Statements	p. 188
Build the Business Case: Give Great Presentations	p. 192
A Healthy You: Bring Energy to Your Work	p. 197
Write Your Own Screenplay: Imagine Yourself in Future Roles	p. 202
Question Everything: Review Your Strategy Twice a Year	p. 207
It's Not about You
It's All about Them: Showcase Your People	p. 215
Give Something Back: Help a Nonprofit Organization	p. 220
What the Boss Needs to Hear: Provide Feedback Up the Ladder	p. 225
Extend Your Reach: Spend Time with Your Broader Team	p. 230
Your Most Precious Resource: Set Priorities for Your Time	p. 236
Step Up to the Podium: Teach a Course Inside Your Company	p. 241
Talk to Yourself: Ask Three Questions Every Day	p. 246
Join the Volunteer Army: Donate Your Leadership Skills	p. 251
The Best Advice Ever: Become a Better Listener	p. 256
Welcome the New Guard: Write a Letter to Your Successor	p. 261
Where Do You Go From Here?	p. 265
Figures	p. 269
Notes	p. 279
Acknowledgments	p. 281
Index	p. 283
About the Author	p. 289
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