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  • Published: 2 October 2006
  • ISBN: 9781905211289
  • Imprint: Random House Business
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $29.99

You Don't Need a Title to be a Leader

How Anyone, Anywhere, Can Make a Positive Difference




Bestselling author Mark Sanborn returns with inspiring advice about how to make the most of our opportunities - in leadership and in life.

'Despite popular myth, leaders - whether titled or untitled - aren't born. They learn how to lead. The real test of leadership is: if you had no title or ability to reward or penalize others, could you still get them to follow you?'

In this powerful follow-up to The Fred Factor, world-renowned motivational speaker Mark Sanborn explains how each of us can be a leader whatever we do - regardless of our title or position. He sets down the key skills that genuine leaders have mastered, and encourages us all to apply them, wherever we may be in the pecking order.

Genuine leaders:
-- Plan ahead, thinking about where they're heading before they begin.
-- Are terrific at communicating as well as listening.
-- Care about the success of the entire team and look for ways to encourage useful contributions from everyone.

By following Mark Sanborn's advice you can take control of your life, seize new opportunities, and maybe even make the world a little better. And you don't need a title to do it.

  • Published: 2 October 2006
  • ISBN: 9781905211289
  • Imprint: Random House Business
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 128
  • RRP: $29.99

About the author

Mark Sanborn

Mark Sanborn is an internationally-known motivational speaker. He has served as the president of the National Speakers' Association and and is a member of the Speaker Hall of Fame. He is the president of Sanborn and Associates Inc, an ideas studio for leadership development. He gives talks to over one hundred business audiences a year on such topics as leadership, team building, customer service and mastering change. He is the author of eight books, including The Fred Factor: How Passion in Your Life and Work Can Turn the Ordinary into the Extraordinary, which has sold over 1.6 million copies internationally. His latest book is Fred 2.0: New Ideas on How to Keep Delivering Extraordinary Results (2013).

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Praise for You Don't Need a Title to be a Leader

Praise for The Fred Factor

Goodness is in shorter supply than is necessary. The Fred Factor is about how all of us can add to the goodness in the world through simple daily acts that touch the lives of others.

Jim Cathcart, author, The Acorn Principle

The Fred Factor is a powerful, poignant parable of success. It's about going the extra mile and always doing more than is expected. It is revolutionary yet simple. It is life changing.

Brian Tracy, author, Focal Point and Goals: How to Get Everything You Want-Faster Than You Ever Thought Possible

The Fred Factor will not only inspire you, it will empower you and your team to make every day a masterpiece.

Terry Paulson, PhD, speaker, and author, They Shoot Managers, Don't They?