Book: Inspriring Excellence

Oftentimes leadership is expected to be innate, and many entrepreneurs do not or cannot make the transition from startup to growing concern.  I believe it is because they lack the essential skills Michael Schutlzer lays out in his book, Inspriring Excellence.  Nancy Truitt Pierce of Woods Creek Consulting calls this lack of essential skills “The Founder Factor” and helps companies transition from founder to new leadership.  Michael makes the argument that these skills can be learned, and I agree with him.  If you want to hone your skills for Executive Entrepreneurship, get the book!

Michael Schutzler clarifies the essentials for leadership excellence. Lay a foundation of listening, storytelling, negotiating, and making assessments. Apply those skills to the functions of assembling talent, reaching consensus, making tough decisions, and harnessing ambition. Walking the talk, Schutzler inspires with clever and relevant anecdotes the reader easily commits to memory. Simple exercises then move the reader to transform ideas into action and, with practice, into targeted results.