Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization, Hardcover/Ron Williams

Description This master class on leadership, written by one of America's most prominent and successful executives, will help you develop the professional leadership qualities that deliver personal, interpersonal, and organizational success. In Learning to Lead: The Journey to Leading Yourself, Leading Others, and Leading an Organization , Ron Williams provides you with practical, tested leadership advice, whether you're searching for a new career, looking for proven management solutions, or seeking to transform your organization. Developed from Williams's own personal and professional journey, as well as the experiences of America's leading CEOs, these strategies emerge boldly from engaging stories, outlined with practical steps for you to accomplish goals such as-- - Launching your career quest - Avoiding professional pitfalls, wrong turns, and wasted effort - Overcoming interpersonal challenges and conflicts - Building and leading an effective, high-performance team - Prioritizing and solving problems from multiple perspectives - Developing your leadership style and mastering communication - Casting a vision and changing the culture of your organization After finishing Learning to Lead , you will be well equipped to take the next step to success in your personal and professional leadership journey. Williams's book has the potential to join other leadership development classics on your shelf--to be read repeatedly and consulted throughout the span of your career. About the Author Ron Williams is best known for his leadership at Aetna, where he transformed a $292 million operating loss into $2 billion in annual earnings. He has extensive leadership experience, including multiple board memberships, executive coaching clients, and a seat on the President's Management Advisory Board from 2011 to 2017. Williams currently serves as the chairman and CEO of RW2 Enterprises, and as a director for American Express, Boeing, and Johnson & Johnson. He holds an M.S. in management from the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.