by Kevin Ford (Author), Ken Tucker (Author), David Allen (Foreword by)
Tired of leadership clichés? Ready to become a truly life-changing leader?
In today's complex and ever-changing world, leadership is a tough pursuit--whether you are leading a business, department, church, nonprofit board, team, or even a family. At every turn, you face leadership obstacles, challenges, and opportunities that demand choices. What if you had, at your fingertips, the ability to understand the choices you need to make and a toolbox of tried and true options from which to choose?Author Biography
Kevin Ford is a Principal of TAG Consulting. In demand as a public speaker and strategic leadership consultant, Kevin has spoken publicly to thousands of people on strategic planning and leadership. He led CEO roundtables with Jim Collins, Ron Heifetz, and Margaret Wheatley and was one of the featured speakers at the Organizational Development Summit with Peter Senge and Phil Harkins. He was the senior consultant for the redesign of the U.S. Army staff--the largest employer in the nation. While he consults with large corporations, government agencies, and small businesses, he heads up TAG's faith-based practice. He has personally developed over four hundred strategic plans in a wide variety of industries. He is the author of three previous books, including one that reached the top .04 percent of sales on Amazon. Kevin lives in Charlotte, N.C., with his wife and two children.
Ken Tucker is a senior partner of TAG Consulting. Prior to joining TAG, he was a managing consultant for The Gallup Organization. Ken's expertise is in helping clients transform disjointed organizations and workgroups into high-performing teams. He uses the organization's metrics and initiatives as a basis for increasing per-employee productivity. For the executive team, Ken uses customized tools and strategies that increase execution by reducing the distance between time of decision and time action is taken. Additionally, he advises leaders and instructs managers on how to unleash employee discretionary effort to drive long-term business outcomes. Ken has published two other books and is in demand as a speaker for groups of all sizes.