The Rising Leader Handbook: Turning High Achievers Into Effective Leaders

by Mark J Silverman

Advance Praise for The Rising Leader Handbook“This is the most thorough, transformative and compelling book on leadership have ever read.”—Steve Chandler, Author of Time Warrior“The innovative leadership skills in The Rising Leader Handbook will transform and uplevel your own success and self-worth, while generating ripple effects that boost morale and productivity across your organization.”—Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO, TIME100 Honoree“A rare combination of many useful insights on multiple aspects of leadership and common sense ways of applying them. This same approach is why Mark has become such a successful, sought after, executive coach.”—Tom Mendoza, former President/Vice-Chair NetApp“A masterful job of synthesizing critically important leadership concepts and behaviors into easily implementable, practical and tactical advice that all leaders — new and experienced — can benefit from.”—Matt Abrahams, Stanford GSB Strategic Communication Lecturer, Author of Think Faster Talk Smarter, and Host of the Think Fast Talk Smart The Podcast“I highly recommend The Rising Leader Handbook. I worked with Mark at two different companies and he distinguished himself in short order both times. It’s been inspiring to watch him develop into a leadership voice.”—Kevin Haverty, Vice-Chair Global Public Sector ServiceNow

Genres: Leadership, Psychology

211 pages, Paperback

Published February 21, 2024

Reviews

[Megan G · Rating 2 out of 5]

RATING: 2/5
- Much of the content felt repetitive and obvious, especially if you’ve already consumed a lot of self-help books or leadership podcasts.
- The central message emphasizes self-work: to lead others effectively, you must first show up for yourself.
- Key point I appreciated: leadership starts with you — investing in your own growth and well-being enables you to better support others.
- The book highlights the shift from being a high achiever (focused on individual performance and organizational success) to being a leader (focused on humanizing relationships, valuing people as individuals, and building genuine connections).
- Main takeaway: leadership isn’t just about driving results; it’s about treating people like people, not tools for advancement.
- The writing style is digestible and easy to follow, with clear, simple concepts and plenty of quotable lines.
- However, the simplicity worked against it, most lessons boiled down to “treat others the way you’d want to be treated.”
- Overall, while accessible and straightforward, the book didn’t provide much depth or new insight beyond common-sense leadership principles.
- Also I’m not a huge nonfiction reader but I had to read this for work, so there’s that too.

[Greg · Rating 5 out of 5]

Mark has done it again with The Rising Leader Handbook. This is an incredibly practical and immediately helpful book. This is one those books where you can read a chapter today and use it to have an impact and be better tomorrow. While it is targeted towards leaders it is clearly applicable to anyone who wants to improve, be more effective and happier in work and life. It is one of the few books that I know I will go back to repeatedly if only for the reminders in his attitude adjustments. I will also be using this book with people I am coaching and mentoring.

[elizabeth difrancsico · Rating 5 out of 5]

What an inspiration!

[Kristi Bowman · Rating 4 out of 5]

Excellent insights and suggestions. Book would be even better with some editing of multiple typos. Still very much worth the read.