Leadership Isn't For Cowards: How to Drive Performance by Challenging People and Confronting Problems

by Mike Staver

A no-nonsense guide to driving performance while still maintaining a great place to work Leadership Isn't For Cowards offers straightforward steps to leading courageously and practical tips for driving performance. Courageous leadership means toughening your approach by being rigorous in the application of your values through the company culture. It means confronting and challenging people, and not letting them get away with being less than you know they can be. The path to courageous leadership has six Accept Your Current Circumstances, Take Responsibility, Take Action, Acknowledge Progress, Commit to Lifelong Learning, and Kindle Relationships. These manageable steps With courageous leadership, you'll create a culture and a mindset that encourages and demands excellence! Follow these steps to bring out the best in your employees and lead your company to significant success.

Genres: Leadership, Business, Nonfiction, Professional Development

240 pages, Hardcover

First published May 17, 2012

Reviews

[Ayibatari Ogounga · Rating 3 out of 5]

Brought to mind (once again) how asking questions is important for thinking about problems and bringing forth solutions.

[Jacob Thomsen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Really thoughtful perspectives. I'll refer back to this in my career for years to come. Sometimes overwhelming amounts of information.

[Alex Bulankou · Rating 3 out of 5]

Solid principles, but so basic that I cannot think of anything new I learnt from the book or anything memorable I can quote. Another book “Principles: life and work” by Ray Dalio that I happened to read at around the same time provides much better concrete framework about following and instilling principles as part of company culture.

[Usha · Rating 5 out of 5]

Had me hooked when the 1st page acknowledged that leaders are "messing with people's life".

Precise and concise - very well written - spot on when asking deep questions and parenthesizing that if you think otherwise, you are most likely wrong. It also has a good set of short questions following each chapter. And the fact that each chapter is itself not more than 3-4 pages is a wonderful way to appeal to the short human attention spans ;-)

One of a very good life books in a long time. Its not fair to limit it to just the Business/Management/Leadership genre. Most lessons equally apply to marriage, personal relationships and just about everything in everyday life. But start small and apply it to 1 facet of life and then expand for a wholesome-real change in life.

Definitely in my short to-own book list!

[Rick Vanbuskirk · Rating 5 out of 5]

Clear concise guidance!

[Carole · Rating 1 out of 5]

I saw him in person which was much better than the book. I felt because I wasn't a big executive or manager I could not relate the information.

[Bassel · Rating 1 out of 5]

couldn't find anything new in this book.