The Next Gen Leader: Cutting Edge Strategies to Make You the Leader You Were Born to Be

by Robert McMillan

Overview

While today's global economy is experiencing a significant cycle of outsourcing across industries, leadership cannot be outsourced; it must be organically transformed. The Next Gen Leader will show you how to discard outworn traditions and become the next-generation leader you were born to be! It is a system designed to help you maximize individual, team, and organizational leadership potential, regardless of your position, pay, or power.

The Next Gen Leader will introduce you to:

Assessments to identify and master leadership networks and styles.

Leadership traits, features, and profiles to maximize individual, team, and organizational success.

Secrets to increase performance, value, and productivity, leading to advancement, promotion, and increased pay.

Coaching exercises to accelerate and measure progress, performance,and results.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781601633095
Publisher:	Red Wheel/Weiser
Publication date:	03/24/2014
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Robert C. McMillan is one of the world's foremost thought leaders and experts on leadership transformational systems. Personally trained by leadership guru John C. Maxwell, Robert's solutions are rooted in two decades of leadership experience in corporate America, which includes a journey from rank-and-file to the C-suite as an executive for a health insurance company serving the President of the United States, Congress, White House staff, and millions of federal employees. His clients have included Motorola, BlueCross BlueShield and General Electric. Robert is the founder of the Next Gen Leader Institute and is a speaker, consultant, and coach to organizations and professionals around the world. Robert lives in the Washington, DC, area with his wife, Yolanda, and their two children, Journee and Jalen.

Table of Contents

Introduction: A Genius in the Making 9

Part 1 The 6G Leadership System

You Are a Leader! 19

Overview of the 6G Leadership System 25

What's My Leadership Aptitude? 35

Part 2 You Were Born to Lead!

The Truth About Leadership 55

Let's Talk Potential 67

Leadership Is All About Connecting 81

Circle of Life Apps 89

Stepping Into Leadership Shoes 101

Part 3 The Six Generations of Leadership

1G-Genetic Leader and the Awareness App 111

2G-Generic Leader and the Acceptance App 133

3G-Go-To Leader and the Acknowledgement App 157

4G-Growth Leader and the Achievement App 183

5G-Gateway Leader and the Acceleration App 211

6G-Genius Leader and the Agility App 245

Take the Genius Leader Challenge 287

Index 293

About the Author 297

Editorial Reviews

"For years I have been looking for a blueprint to climb the leadership ladder of success—this book is more than a blueprint, it is the complete system and has helped me soar."

Rolanda Richards

"Few organizations develop a universal leadership development system for aspiring, emerging and seasoned leaders, even though it is the largest area of criticality with major implications for many companies. Robert C. McMillan's The Next Gen Leader provides a powerful system with practical strategies that will accelerate change. It is an invaluable tool for that critical time—such transformation."

Brandon Clairmont

"Brilliant, bold, and substantive is how I describe Robert's latest masterpiece. As a passionate executive coach and consultant, he levels the playing field for everyone to discover their leadership genius. This is more than a book; it's an ecosystem that will change your business locally and globally. Read it, apply it, and share it."

Simon T. Bailey

"Robert's 6G Leadership system is a revelation that everyone has the potential to lead in the right environment. The Next Gen Leader provides systematic strategies and solutions to accelerating the growth and development of emerging and aspiring leaders, resulting in the creation of high performing teams and organizations. This should be required reading for every employee regardless of position, as an invitation to a seat at the leadership table."

Dwight V. McMillan

"Brilliant, bold, and substantive is how I describe Robert's latest masterpiece. As a passionate executive coach and consultant, he levels the playing field for everyone to discover their leadership genius. This is more than a book; it's an ecosystem that will change your business locally and globally. Read it, apply it, and share it."
--Simon T. Bailey, best-selling author of Release Your Brilliance

"For years I have been looking for a blueprint to climb the leadership ladder of success--this book is more than a blueprint, it is the complete system and has helped me soar."
--Rolanda Richards, consulting practice administrator, Morgan Franklin Consulting

"Robert's 6G Leadership system is a revelation that everyone has the potential to lead in the right environment. The Next Gen Leader provides systematic strategies and solutions to accelerating the growth and development of emerging and aspiring leaders, resulting in the creation of high performing teams and organizations. This should be required reading for every employee regardless of position, as an invitation to a seat at the leadership table."
--Dwight V. McMillan, Human Resource Business Partner, Rockwell Automation

"Few organizations develop a universal leadership development system for aspiring, emerging and seasoned leaders, even though it is the largest area of criticality with major implications for many companies. Robert C. McMillan's The Next Gen Leader provides a powerful system with practical strategies that will accelerate change. It is an invaluable tool for that critical time--such transformation."--Brandon Clairmont, Vice President of Sales, McCormick

Reviews

"Brilliant, bold, and substantive is how I describe Robert's latest masterpiece. As a passionate executive coach and consultant, he levels the playing field for everyone to discover their leadership genius. This is more than a book; it's an ecosystem that will change your business locally and globally. Read it, apply it, and share it."
--Simon T. Bailey, best-selling author of Release Your Brilliance

"For years I have been looking for a blueprint to climb the leadership ladder of success--this book is more than a blueprint, it is the complete system and has helped me soar."
--Rolanda Richards, consulting practice administrator, Morgan Franklin Consulting

"Robert's 6G Leadership system is a revelation that everyone has the potential to lead in the right environment. The Next Gen Leader provides systematic strategies and solutions to accelerating the growth and development of emerging and aspiring leaders, resulting in the creation of high performing teams and organizations. This should be required reading for every employee regardless of position, as an invitation to a seat at the leadership table."
--Dwight V. McMillan, Human Resource Business Partner, Rockwell Automation

"Few organizations develop a universal leadership development system for aspiring, emerging and seasoned leaders, even though it is the largest area of criticality with major implications for many companies. Robert C. McMillan's The Next Gen Leader provides a powerful system with practical strategies that will accelerate change. It is an invaluable tool for that critical time--such transformation."--Brandon Clairmont, Vice President of Sales, McCormick

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