52 Leadership Tips To Live By

This book is all about taking a second look at conventional wisdoms and thinking about how we can use them to become better leaders today. It is about using what we know (but seldom really understand) to dig deep to become the very best leader you can be. It is as much about adding value to others, as it is about adding value to yourself… it is about discovering the most powerful you – a leader who creates transformation by leading with intention. You don’t know me, but I have something you need – something you should deeply desire, if you want to be the very best leader you can be. I have 52 tips that will change how you communicate, do business and interact with the world around you. These 52 tips were developed to help you: 1. Excel in your role as a leader 2. Provide a structure in which to expand your leadership potential 3. Explore new ways of thinking about your leadership style and work environment 4. Transform those around you with new approaches and thought processes 5. Invoke a thoughtful process when considering how you lead people

This book is all about taking a second look at conventional wisdoms and thinking about how we can use them to become better leaders today. It is about using what we know (but seldom really understand) to dig deep to become the very best leader you can be. It is as much about adding value to others, as it is about adding value to yourself… it is about discovering the most powerful you – a leader who creates transformation by leading with intention. Within the pages of this book are some time-honored pieces of advice that can change the way you lead. By reading and thinking through each of the 52 tips, you will have the capacity to acquire something you should deeply desire... if you want to be the very best leader you can be. These 52 tips will change how you communicate, do business and interact with the world around you. These 52 tips were developed to help you: 1. Excel in your role as a leader 2. Provide a structure in which to expand your leadership potential 3. Explore new ways of thinking about your leadership style and work environment 4. Transform those around you with new approaches and thought processes 5. Invoke a thoughtful process when considering how you lead people This book is designed to act both as an information source, as well as a thought journal to record your thoughts, progress and challenges throughout the year. It is meant to take you on an exciting journey through your own mind, asking you to: 1) Invest 30 minutes per week to initially read and introspectively think about each of the prompts 2) Assess how you can amend your current thinking or behavior 3) Document your plans and thoughts as you develop your skills around the tip of the week 4) Throughout the week, stop at critical moments each day to assess how well you are implementing the tip into your everyday activities, ensuring your actions are in alignment with your weekly goals 5) Document the changes you see in yourself and others based on the application of the current prompt. Note how others perceptions change as they react to your modifications, as well as how they benefit from your shift of consciousness. By taking action on the prescribed tip each week and journaling through the changes you see in yourself and others, you will find yourself transformed at the end of the 52 weeks. Enjoy your intentional journey toward becoming a transformational leader!

Sheri L. Mackey is a highly sought-after Keynote Speaker and Executive Coach, whose areas of expertise include intercultural theory and practice, strategic planning, maximizing global operations, and unleashing leadership potential. Having spent more than 28 years living, working, learning, and traveling throughout the world, Sheri provides a unique perspective on intercultural relationships and the impact these relationships have on global business operations. With over 20 years of executive management experience, and expertise in service operations and leadership development across multiple industries, she is the CEO and President of Luminosity Global Consulting Group – a strategic leadership and intercultural coaching and consulting firm, offering a full range of services focused on developing exceptional executives across boundaries and borders. Ms. Mackey’s work with executives in Fortune 500 companies has resulted in organization-wide initiatives that have facilitated the achievement of exceptional business results on a worldwide basis. Sheri’s enterprise expertise on a global scale makes her uniquely qualified to inspire, as well as enable, high potential leaders to drive for extreme organizational results. Sheri is an Internationally Certified Master Coach, as well as having an MBA in International Management from the University of Cambridge and a B.Sc. in Psychology from the University of Maryland. She is active in the community, serving on several Not For Profit Boards of Directors, as well as leading both foreign and local Missions for her local church and mentoring at-risk teenage girls.