How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never Had One

The Blueprint for Modern Leadership

A powerful leadership instruction manual designed to help you bring out the best in your team members

In How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never Had One: The Blueprint for Modern Leadership, entrepreneur, podcaster, and leader, Mick Hunt, delivers a deeply honest story about leadership that offers hands-on insights and actionable frameworks you can apply at your organization today. The author provides strategies that are tailor-made for modern leaders who are engaging with a diverse workforce.

After a powerful foreword by Les Brown, How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never Had One marries proven leadership strategies forged in the real world with a fresh perspective on work that is inspiring and practical.

Inside the book:

• A toolkit for modern leadership that leverages transparency, resilience, influence, listening, and vision
• Powerful case studies of real-life leaders—including soldiers, corporate executives, and healthcare leaders—who have found ways to overcome common leadership strategies and achieved extraordinary outcomes
• Strategies for addressing obstacles unique to leading a contemporary workforce

This audiobook includes a bonus afterword not included in the print edition.

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