Leadership Elements: A Guide to Building Trust

by Mike Mears

Leadership is composed of many simple yet powerful elements. In Leadership Elements, author Mike Mears describes these elements and how to apply them in all types of organizations to become an effective leader, improve your organization's performance, and motivate employees. After Mears graduated from West Point, he worked with some of the greatest leaders in the military, corporate, and intelligence communities. In each situation, he analyzed the practical aspects of running an organization. The culmination of this experience is the Periodic Table of the Elements of Leadership and Management that provides the framework for Leadership Elements. Each element tells a story about the skills and attitudes essential for today's leaders and describes how to inspire, improve, and implement. Mears includes many tips and examples, while providing an in-depth look at how

364 pages, Hardcover

First published March 28, 2009

About the author

Mike Mears retired as the CIA’s Chief of Human Capital and founded and headed the CIA Leadership Academy.
Prior to CIA, Mike was a senior vice president at GE Investments and a Six Sigma Black Belt. And before that, he launched multiple small business start-ups.
He earned his undergraduate degree at West Point and his MBA from Harvard Business School.
Mike has lectured on leadership at the Department of Defense, Georgetown University, the University of Salzburg, the University of Maryland, and the National Intelligence University.
He has delivered keynote speeches at a wide variety of business, government and academic conferences.