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Take your ego out of the equation, and watch your company thrive
In 2005, Brandon Black was promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knew he needed to make a change and fast. He signed his executive team up for a series of leadership development seminars hosted by Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its president, Shayne Hughes. LaL offered a novel approach to solving dysfunctional corporate culture by exposing the destructive effects of the ego and identifying the unproductive and unconscious habits that cause individuals to work against each other.
Leveraging tools and insights gleaned through their partnership with Shayne and LaL, Encore s leadership team began to solve problems collectively, prioritize resources without drama, and focus on initiatives that would have the greatest financial benefit. Three years later, in the midst of a financial crisis that forced 90% of its competitors to shutter operations or file for bankruptcy, Encore had emerged as a thriving company, with its stock price rising 1200% and profits increasing by 300%. Incorporating both Brandon and Shayne s unique perspectives, Ego Free Leadership walks readers through Encore s incredible success story and offers a roadmap for eliminating the destructive forces within their own team or company."
Synopsis
Take your ego out of the equation, and watch your company thrive
"I've got a solution," Encore's CFO tells Brandon, "but it's unorthodox." It's 2005 and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knows he needs change--and fast. Following his CFO's advice, he and his executive team start working with Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its president, Shayne Hughes. Through their partnership, Encore's executive team learns to root out the unproductive ego habits that undermine collaboration and performance.
As they instill these more effective behaviors throughout the organization, Encore begins to solve problems collectively, prioritize resources without infighting, and focus on the initiatives with the greatest strategic value. When the financial crisis of 2008-09 forces 90 percent of its competitors out of business, Encore thrives, with its profits increasing by 300 percent and its stock price by 1200 percent. Told from two lively first-person perspectives, Ego Free Leadership brings readers along for Encore's incredible success story. They'll see a CEO overcome his unconscious resistance to modeling the change he wants in his team and discover a time-tested roadmap for eliminating the destructive effects of the ego in teams and organizations.
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2017 Silver Nautilus Winner
2018 Indie Book Award Finalist
Take your ego out of the equation, and watch your company thrive "I've got a solution," Encore's CFO tells Brandon, "but it's unorthodox." It's 2005 and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knows he needs change--and fast. Following his CFO's advice, he and his executive team start working with Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its president, Shayne Hughes. Through their partnership, Encore's executive team learns to root out the unproductive ego habits that undermine collaboration and performance.
As they instill these more effective behaviors throughout the organization, Encore begins to solve problems collectively, prioritize resources without infighting, and focus on the initiatives with the greatest strategic value. When the financial crisis of 2008-09 forces 90 percent of its competitors out of business, Encore thrives, with its profits increasing by 300 percent and its stock price by 1200 percent. Told from two lively first-person perspectives, Ego Free Leadership brings readers along for Encore's incredible success story. They'll see a CEO overcome his unconscious resistance to modeling the change he wants in his team and discover a time-tested roadmap for eliminating the destructive effects of the ego in teams and organizations.