LeaderShock
"LeaderShock" describes what's happening to leaders everywhere. Faced with the chaos, demands and difficult relationships in business today, leaders in all walks of life feel overwhelmed, frustrated and ineffective. As a management consultant with clients in over 30 industries, I've watched LeaderShock grow more debilitating each year — registering on the workplace as slowed growth, low morale and lack of confidence in management. In short, LeaderShock now affects everyone — employees, companies, stockholders — but most of all the leaders themselves who are searching for a new brand of leadership that will give them the powerful effectiveness they need and the personal exhilaration they want.
Good news! With a determination to reduce the personal toll on leaders, I have developed a revolutionary way to lead which has shown thousands how to thrive in the face of the real LeaderShock culprit — an outdated worldwide business culture that has us managing from one crisis to the next, fighting forces beyond our control and plagued with too much to do.
Unlike other leadership solutions which prescribe generic traits and competencies, my program offers a radically different solution: a practical roadmap of eight behavioral rules you can use regardless of your personality, experience level, organizational culture, gender or age. Mix all eight rules together and something amazing happens: all those outside forces you can't control, no longer control you. You become the masterful and invigorated leader you want to be.
Whether you lead a three-person team or a multinational conglomerate, you will learn how to:
- Activate and express "Intentions" to create extraordinary relationships and get the outcomes you really want.
- Use "Recasting" — a surprising and acutely analytical new way to convert stress and problems into strength.
- Create a uniquely accountable and truth-driven culture that excites and motivate your people.
- Become proactive and forceful without overpowering others.
This new program now gives you the choice to move into today's new leadership and thrive!
Praise for LeaderShock
"The 8 LeaderShock rules come together to form a powerful roadmap for a fresh brand of leadership right when we need it most. Hundreds of leaders within our company — from senior managers to first — time supervisors — have become thriving leaders by following these simple steps. Without question, LeaderShock — the book — should be required reading for every leader in the 21st century. And LeaderShock — the term — will undoubtedly become part of everyone's business vocabulary."
—Dean O'Hare
Chairman and CEO, The Chubb Corporation
"Greg Hicks has named the epidemic all leaders must fight — LeaderShock. Fortunately, he's also developed the ultimate cure and shares it clearly and concisely. The best leadership book I've read, its 8 precepts truly cross cultural and geographical boundaries with extraordinary effect."
—Gary Owcar
President, CNA Global
"LeaderShock presents a practical guide for leaders at all levels in our complex, high — stress world. Over and over, I've watched its 8 rules transform overwhelmed and reactive managers into highly effective and energized leaders. With this important book, Greg Hicks now gives everyone that same essential opportunity."
—David Kelso
Executive V.P. of Finance and Strategy, Aetna, Inc.
"Greg's book gives us what we've all been waiting for — a powerful and timely new way to lead. Adopt these 8 rules — you will feel masterful and invigorated. A must read for anyone working to build a healthy, thriving workplace or community."
—Martha D. Newman, MHA
Executive Director, Education, Health Forum
"During the last twenty — five years I've been exposed to dozens of leadership programs, books and speakers. None have come close to the lasting and profound effects of Greg Hicks' 8 LeaderShock rules. After embracing these principles our leaders began to operate in a whole new way — me included. As a result we finally feel "on — top" of our business issues. We're less stressed and more cohesive. This book will save your life!"
—David Fowler
CEO, TCI
