Bootstrap Leadership : 50 ways to break out , take charge, and move up

Leadership coach, consultant and keynote speaker Steve Arneson, named one of the country's top 25 leadership coaches by Leadership Excellence Magazine, helps aspiring leaders overcome cutbacks in corporate training and "pull themselves up" the leadership ladder in 50 practical, tested tips.

Leadership training can be inconsistent in the best of times and in tough economic times it's often one of the first things that even the most progressive companies cut back. Nor can you depend on finding that mentor you've been hoping for. So now more than ever, if you're going to advance your career you need to lift yourself up by your bootstraps. But not entirely: Steve Arneson is here to give you a boost.

In Bootstrap Leadership, Arneson, one of America's top leadership coaches, offers a complete blueprint for designing your own personal leadership development program. In fifty brief, to the point chapters he provides creative and practical ideas that have been proven successful in his work with executives at Fortune 500 companies like AOL, PepsiCo and Capital One. But, surprisingly, these ideas cost nothing or next to nothing to implement, nor do they require any elaborate equipment or infrastructure they're open to anyone with sufficient initiative, drive and ambition.

Foreword by Dave Ulrich
Preface
Introduction

Part I : How Are You Showing Up as a Leader?
Chapter 1 : Where Have You Been?
Chapter 2 : Build a Spider Web
Chapter 3 : Spin Around in a Circle
Chapter 4 : Your Own Private Detective
Chapter 5 : When the Student Is Ready
Chapter 6 : Just Like the CEO
Chapter 7 : Get in the Weight Room
Chapter 8 : Go Back in Time
Chapter 9 : Is There Another Way?
Chapter 10 : How Am I Driving?

Part II : Add Something New to Your Game
Chapter 11 : Break Out the Dictionary
Chapter 12 : Put It in Writing
Chapter 13 : One Year at a Time
Chapter 14 : What Is It That Only You Can Do?
Chapter 15 : The Whistle and the Clipboard
Chapter 16 : Hit the Books
Chapter 17 : The Best Thinking Tools Ever Invented
Chapter 18 : I Have a Theory
Chapter 19 : Once Upon a Time
Chapter 20 : This Is Me

Part III : Get Curious about the World Around You
Chapter 21 : Take a Trip Around the World
Chapter 22 : So This Is What We Do
Chapter 23 : Keep Tabs on Your Friends
Chapter 24 : That Thing Called the Internet
Chapter 25 : Who Are These People?
Chapter 26 : Ask the Experts
Chapter 27 : Scout the Enemy
Chapter 28 : Go Back to School
Chapter 29 : Road Trip!
Chapter 30 : Bring It Home

Part IV : Step Out of Your Comfort Zone
Chapter 31 : Get Outside the Circle
Chapter 32 : You're Right and I'm Wrong
Chapter 33 : Become a Member
Chapter 34 : Share Your Story
Chapter 35 : Tell the Boss You're Bored
Chapter 36 : Love the Numbers
Chapter 37 : Build the Business Case
Chapter 38 : A Healthy You
Chapter 39 : Write Your Own Screenplay
Chapter 40 : Question Everything

Part V : It's Not about You
Chapter 41 : It's All about Them
Chapter 42 : Give Something Back
Chapter 43 : What the Boss Needs to Hear
Chapter 44 : Extend Your Reach
Chapter 45 : Your Most Precious Resource
Chapter 46 : Step Up to the Podium
Chapter 47 : Talk to Yourself
Chapter 48 : Join the Volunteer Army
Chapter 49 : The Best Advice Ever
Chapter 50 : Welcome the New Guard

Where Do You Go From Here?
Figures
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index
About The Author