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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

Open Daily: 10am - 10pm | Alley-side Pickup: 10am - 7pm
3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
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The Leadership Ladder: Ready to Lead

The Leadership Ladder: Ready to Lead

Koh, Jared

Paperback

CareersManagementSelf-Help

ISBN13: 9798311364256
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Feb 20 2025
Pages: 112
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.23 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
You're good at your job. So why does leadership feel like a foreign language?

You deliver results. You're trusted by your peers. You've mastered your craft. But somewhere between high performer and team leader, there's a gap that nobody prepared you for - and technical excellence alone won't get you across it.

The transition from individual contributor to first-time leader is the hardest career shift most professionals will ever make. It's not a promotion. It's a transformation. And the skills that made you successful in your current role - deep expertise, personal accountability, attention to detail - can actually become your biggest obstacles.

The Leadership Ladder: Ready to Lead is a practical, no-nonsense guide built for growth-oriented professionals who are ready to stop waiting for leadership to happen to them.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

  • Escape the Expert Contributor Trap - why your best technical instincts can sabotage your leadership, and how to shift from doing to enabling
  • See the bigger picture - move beyond your task list to understand how your work connects to organisational strategy
  • Master the skills that actually matter - communication, delegation, mentoring, and networking (not just harder work)
  • Showcase your potential - proactively demonstrate leadership readiness before you have the title, drawing lessons from leaders like Sheryl Sandberg, Ursula Burns, and Satya Nadella
  • Position yourself for advancement - express your ambitions strategically, build sponsor relationships, and create a development plan that delivers results
  • Develop the leadership mindset - cultivate self-awareness, empathy, resilience, and integrity as the foundation of everything else

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