Ignite: Real Leadership, Real Talk, Real Results

Ignite: Real Leadership, Real Talk, Real Results is an honest guide to achieving lasting business success by becoming a more authentic leader. Leaving behind the boring and mundane, this guide cuts to the chase with a frank and forthright style to provide insight that can radically transform your business. You'll learn how your communication style may be holding you back, and how a few simple changes can inspire your team, engage your customers, and remind you just how effective you can be. Storytelling is a powerful business tool, and this book shows how to find your own stories and dig deep to learn what's driving your leadership and motivating your diverse workforce. You'll successfully navigate the uncertain terrain brought about by mixed generational expectations, evolving technology, and a rapidly shifting culture as you learn to respond and adapt to become a more effective leader.

Communication is everything, and leaders are expected to be on message at all times. Today's workers want to know the why behind the what, and this guide shows you how to tailor your message and your entire communication style to have the biggest impact.

• Cut through the boring and bull and be real
• Communicate with impact across all platforms
• Ignite your teams, your customers, and yourself
• Level up, step out, and discover what you stand for

The rapid rise of technology and social media has resulted in information fatigue, and most leaders respond by communicating in logic and data. This approach has little impact on the shifting workforce demographics, and each new generation brings higher expectations from their employers and leaders. Ignite shows you how to exceed those expectations and become the authentic leader that drives today's business success.

Author: Gabrielle Dolan
Publisher: Wiley
Published: 10/19/2015
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780730322535

About the Author

GABRIELLE DOLAN is an expert in communication and a thought leader in business storytelling, as well as a sought-after keynote speaker, media commentator and coach. She is also the co-author of Hooked.