Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders

by Alain Hunkins

Become the effective, proactive leader you aspire to be with this practical tool kit for leading people and organizations

Yes, you can learn the skills to effectively lead people, organizations, and employees. With the right motivation and knowledge, you can be a leader who knows what it takes to succeed. Throughout his extensive experience in training leaders, author Alain Hunkins discovered that many leaders shared a common trait. They were mainly focused on what they were doing but not so focused on how they were doing it, especially when it came to working with other people. By strengthening their leadership capabilities, they could become trusted leaders within their organization, improve employee communications, and build bridges across hierarchies. Cracking the Leadership Code shares the valuable principles and practices that Hunkins developed and refined during the 20+ years he's worked with leaders.

When you crack the code, you'll have a new operating model for organizational leadership that will help your teams thrive in a 21st century economy.

Discover the brain science behind leading people Get inspired by real life leadership stories Use a practical leadership tool kit to become a better leader Learn how to communicate, influence, and persuade others, more effectively than ever before With this book as a resource, you'll have a new perspective, a new framework, and new tools at your disposal, readily available to guide your leadership. You'll learn to establish proactive, leader-follower relationships. To do this, you'll use the interconnected elements of Connection, Communication, and Collaboration.

When you learn from the author's insightful experiences working with organizations around the world, you can accelerate your leadership development and become the leader you've always aspired to be.

Genres: Leadership, Business, Nonfiction

288 pages, Hardcover

Published March 24, 2020

About the author

ALAIN HUNKINS is a sought-after speaker, consultant, trainer, and coach. Over his twenty-year career, he has led over 2,000 groups in 25 countries. Alain’s clients include Wal-Mart, Pfizer, Citigroup, General Electric, State Farm Insurance, IBM, General Motors, and Microsoft. He has designed and facilitated seminars on numerous leadership topics, including teambuilding, conflict management, communication, peak performance, innovation, engagement, and change. Alain serves on the faculty of Duke Corporate Education and has published over 400 articles on leadership.

Reviews

[Lauri · Rating 5 out of 5]

I read this book in just a few days. Mr. Hunkins' writing style is clear and engaging, and his use of real-world anecdotes makes the text enjoyable, while helping the reader to relate the stories to his or her own experiences in the workplace. As I was reading the book, I found several practical suggestions for improving my own practice; at the same time, I thought of several people I know who would surely benefit from reading this and taking it to heart! Each chapter ends with a summary/checklist of important points, which makes this book one that I will want to keep nearby as a reference, to ensure that I don't just read it and forget its wisdom. Definitely worth the read.

[Greg Basham]

"Cracking the Leadership Code: Three Secrets to Building Strong Leaders" is both a practical pathway to becoming a leader who can take an organization, group or team beyond the status quo and a book endorsed by the giants in leadership development. Highly relatable stories, ideas and a book for not only today's aspiring leaders but those looking for a take on how to lead effectively in these challenging times.

Not only do I highly recommend Cracking the Leadership Code my advice is to connect with Alain on Linkedin or via his website as you'll be surprised to get a response with his calendar offering a quick meet up virtually where he's not selling but focused on learning more of your story.

Alain's values based leadership approach is evidenced in both his book and personal style!

[Anna Bendewald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Next Level Leadership!
I just finished this book and know I’ll keep it nearby for frequent consultation. As I’ve advanced into leadership roles I’d always struggled with the fallacy of ‘born leader’ and failed to get much out of tired old leadership consultants who seemed more HR focused. Here are practical and frankly easy ways to improve how I lead. - Brilliant!

[Kathy Cowie · Rating 3 out of 5]

3.5 stars
to be reviewed in the Sept-Oct. issue of Global Business and Organizational Excellence

[Michael Koltsov · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book. I really liked the part on empathy and how important it is to listen to other people. Very practical.

[Becca · Rating 4 out of 5]

Worth the read. Easy to get through and great reminders. Favorite part are the statements at the end of each chapter - like daily intentions to review and restate on your leadership journey

[Alvin Soh · Rating 4 out of 5]

It’s an easy book, and has many practical practices that can improve the effectiveness of a leader. However it doesn’t cover enough on leadership in my opinion. Still a worthwhile book though.

Key ideas are that leadership effectiveness is driven mainly by
1. Connection- which is about empathy and credibility
2. Communication- which is about ensuring alignment and clarity of the speaker, listener and the core message itself
3. Collaboration- which is about driving the motivators of team members