Robert S. Murray Reveals How To Tap Innate Leadership Skills That Are Already Inside“I believe that everything you need to be a great leader is already inside. It’s in your DNA,” says Robert S. Murray, chairman of the GrowthPoint Group, and author of the new book IT’S ALREADY INSIDE: Nurturing Your Innate Leadership For Business And Life Success. “I also believe that the leadership talent, which is innate within us, needs nurturing and practice to bring it out,” he continues.
In IT’S ALREADY INSIDE, Murray shares the foundational imperatives for leadership development in short, energetic chapters designed to stimulate thought and action. Drawing on personal experience, boardroom anecdotes, and tips from diverse sources such as Billy Idol, Formula One, teenagers, and Mount Kilimanjaro, topics he covers include:
Authentic leadership vs. fake leadership
The power of vision
The importance of critical thinking
What leaders can learn about teamwork from a Formula One pit crew
Examining what it’s like to be a customer or client of the business you lead
How coaching and mentoring fit into the leadership role
The importance of listening well
Solutions vs. problems
Overreacting vs. under-reacting
Each chapter tells a story, teaches a lesson, and ends with thought-provoking questions or challenges that force the reader to think about and examine the issue at hand. Questions range from What process in your business might you be over-thinking? and What graffiti exists in your business? to From whom are you missing inspiration and ideas in your world? and What are you doing to leave a legacy that will make your friends and family proud?
In addition, he offers eleven points that he says should be part of every leaders lifelong learning plan:
Get a mentor
Be a mentor
Get a mastermind partner
Turn into a habitual personal planner
Turn your commute into a university
Always be reading something
Stay abreast of business news and always be thinking, “If I were CEO of that organization, what would I do?”
Do what you say you are going to do
Learn to say “No”
Go to workshops
Learn the “sweetness of imperfection” in yourself and others
In IT’S ALREADY INSIDE, Robert S. Murray shares the leadership lessons that can only be learned in the trenches, the boardroom, and the real world; not the classroom. He writes, “I’ve had some remarkable successes along the way, but they were all successes because of the team I had working with me. The failures were because of me. That is the essence of leadership. When times are good, look out the window at your team. When times are less than good, look in the mirror because world-class leaders always take ultimate responsibility. And, great leaders encourage every leader in the organization to push boundaries, knowing full well that mistakes will be made, lessons will be learned, and employees, customers, and shareholders will prosper because of it.”
About The Author
Robert S. Murray has been in the C-Suite for Fortune 100 organizations; is Chairman of the GrowthPoint Group; a Director on the Board of Russell Brewing; an Advisory Board Member of ElementFour; an Associate Professor on Strategy, Marketing, and Leadership at British Columbia Institute of Technology’s School of Business in Vancouver; and a passionate speaker on leadership and strategy in life and business.
Murray lives in Vancouver, Canada. For more information, visit www.Robert-Murray.com.
“A modern day Acres of Diamonds. All the leadership characteristics and qualities you need to succeed are within you – Robert Murray’s new book, IT’S ALREADY INSIDE, shows you how to identify them and put them into practice.”
– Jeffrey Gitomer, author of The Little Red Book on Sales
“Whether you’re in the C-Suite of a Fortune 1000 company, or you’re starting from scratch and harnessing your entrepreneurial spirit, you should read this book! Robert has captured the essence of leadership and highlighted it throughout his many personal experiences to show you that it’s already inside.”
– Jeffrey Hayzlett, author of Running the Gauntlet