The World’s Newest Approach for Being a Great Leader

Looking for an edge? Or perhaps a way to get out from under that crushing pressure that pounds on you day after day? If you’re tired of complex tools and approaches to being a better leader, you’ll be thrilled with the world’s newest approach to leading your team more effectively.

IT’S FINALLY HERE! Our new book Lead Inside the Box: How Smart Leaders Guide Their Teams to Exceptional Results OFFICIALLY launches today!

Yes, I’m totally allowed to write in all caps and shout about it. Writing and launching a book is a ton of hard work and long hours. It’s both exciting and a huge relief when it finally hits the market (officially).  This post has a lot of great info on the book (and a special treat or two hidden within so read the whole thing).

If you’re new to the blog, check out posts over the last few months to learn what the book is about. If you’re a regular reader, I hope all the excerpts up until now have piqued your interest enough to buy a copy.  Heck, it’s only ten bucks. Seriously. $10. Isn’t your career and entire professional future worth $10?

I’d like to thank my co-author Victor Prince for inviting me to be part of this book. It was his original idea and I obviously thought it was a great one. We hope you will too.

Rather than making you read a bunch more about it, here’s a quick video explanation of what it’s about. Enjoy!

And here’s a familiar picture of the core framework – the Leadership Matrix – that sits behind the method. We’re sure you’ll recognize some of the people on this matrix:

Some smart people are offering some tremendously kind words about the book too:

“I strongly recommend Lead Inside the Box for leaders at all levels. It provides practical and simple guidance for how to better spend your time and energy to get better results from your team while improving your relationship with them at the same time.”
-Robert J. Herbold, Chief Operating Officer (retired), Microsoft Corporation

“Refreshingly pragmatic, authors Victor Prince and Mike Figliuolo offer a simple yet powerful everyday framework for more effectively leading people and getting better results.”
-Ethan Bernstein, professor of Leadership & Organizational Behavior, Harvard Business School

“Lead Inside the Box is a new, thought-provoking take on the age-old question of how to effectively lead people at work. It combines a clever framework with great stories to drive its points home. I highly recommend it for anyone who leads a team, or who wants to lead a team some day.”
-David K. Lenhardt, former president and CEO of PetSmart, Inc.

“Lead Inside the Box is a must-read for leaders at any level. The concept of optimally investing your ‘leadership capital’ to get the best results from your team is a differentiator between good and great leaders. The practical and simple methods in this book will help you make much wiser investments and get better results.”
-Jim Hinrichs, CFO, CareFusion

“Finally, a leadership book that cuts through all of the noise. In times when leaders have to do more with less, this book gives you the tools to elevate your people to new levels of success. This book needs to be on every leader’s desk!”
-Andrea Procaccino, Chief Learning Officer, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital

“I’ve seen many overly-complicated leadership models in my career. Lead Inside the Box breaks that mold and provides leaders something simple yet practical that they can use every day to improve team performance.”
-Mark Naidicz, VP, Human Resources & Employee Relations, AbbVie

“If you want to find new approaches to leading your team, this framework that will enable you to do exactly that. The guidance is practical and can be applied to challenges you face every day.  My experience leading teams across the globe tells me that this book would have helped me from the beginning to be a better leader.  With all the pressures leaders face, we must find new ways to lead our teams more effectively.  This is a great fundamental read for every leader no matter what level you are at.”
-Rob Miller, Divisional VP, R&D and Scientific & Medical Affairs, Abbott Nutrition

“WOW! Mike Figliuolo does it again. Lead Inside the Box takes a complex topic–prioritizing leadership effort to maximize productivity–and makes it both approachable and manageable. This book provides a strategic matrix and immediate tools to use your ‘leadership capital’ for maximum team success. What are you waiting for? Buy this book, apply the concepts, and lead smarter.”
-Joseph Michelli, customer experience consultant and #1 New York Times best-selling author of Leading the Starbucks Way, The Zappos Experience, and The New Gold Standard

Wait… You’re still here?  You’re not over on Amazon downloading it to your Kindle an buying hardcopies for every member of your team? What’s a guy gotta do to get you to invest in your own development?

Not convinced yet? Okay. I have to bring in the big guns. These two guys are the best salespeople on my team. Just try to resist them…

For the one PETA reader I’m sure I have – I feed them and don’t throw their toys on the roof. Most of the time.

In all seriousness, I hope you’ll pick up a copy, tell others about it, and share your thoughts here on the blog.  For an in-depth look at techniques for leading all different types of team members, check out the book’s website. We have a nifty assessment tool there where you can answer a few simple questions about your team members and get clear recommendations on how to lead them more effectively.

In addition to the book, classroom instruction and keynote presentations on the Lead Inside the Box method are available.  Please contact us to arrange for this course to be trained at your organization or to have us come deliver a keynote presentation on the topic at your next event.

– Mike Figliuolo at thoughtLEADERS, LLC

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