Synopses & Reviews
68% of Americans believe that we are currently facing a crisis in leadership, according to the latest National Leadership Index from the Harvard Kennedy Center for Public Leadership.In LIFTOFF LEADERSHIP, Betty Shotton draws on her 35 years of experience as a CEO, entrepreneur, and pilot to chart a new course for leaders. She believes that numerical measures of success and financial acumen alone are not enough. We need leaders with strength of character and unshakable principle. LIFTOFF LEADERSHIP calls for a return to leadership attributes that have enabled mankind's greatest achievements and defined its most exceptional leaders. Chapter by chapter, Shotton examines 10 powerful principles such as vision, accountability, and altruism, within the context of today's business and economic environments. She uses her own experiences in business, first person tales from the cockpit, and a series of thorough checklists to help readers examine and improve their own leadership style.This powerful, provocative book is a game changer for leadership, a book every leader needs to read.
Synopsis
In 1999, Betty Shotton stood on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange and watched her company go public. After witnessing the negative consequences of the ensuing transition from purpose driven to profit driven, Shotton set out to change the way we define leadership success.
Today, with over 35 years as a CEO and Entrepreneur, Shotton passionately advocates a business model that integrates profitability into a larger context of meaningful contribution to the quality of life affected by what we do and who we are as leaders.
In Liftoff Leadership, Shotton charts a new course, beginning with an examination of leadership character. With engaging insights into today's business climate, Liftoff takes readers on an exploration of their unique leadership style: Who am I as a leader? What are my best attributes and guiding principles?How can I make a difference?
Calling for a return to leadership traits that have defined history's most exceptional leaders, Shotton takes us on a journey into ourselves and gives us tools to examine our own unique attributes.
Synopsis
America is in the midst of a leadership crisis. Businesses, employees, and citizens are suffering because of it. A narrow definition of success that demands profit at all costs has caused great harm to our economy and way of life. Our future needs quality leaders to get us back on track.
What kind of leader are you?
With engaging insights into the challenges of today's business climate, LiftOff Leadership takes readers on a journey into their unique leadership conduct and character, answering fundamental questions that leaders must ask themselves on the path to greatness:
Who am I as a leader?
What are my best attributes and guiding principles?
How can I make a difference?
With 35 years of experience as a CEO, entrepreneur, and commercial pilot, Ms. Shotton offers readers an elevated perspective of how their leadership affects the lives of others and the communities they serve.
Practical and fun to read, this is the perfect book for all leaders who hope to improve, and a reminder of what really counts in the end.