Success Factor: Lessons In Leadership Through Personal Experience

by TJ Dow

Overview

When you are faced with challenging decisions while serving in a leadership capacity, this book will equip you with the tools to succeed." Author TJ Dow

When you embark on your journey in pursuit of developing your leadership skills, you will most likely encounter various challenges along the way. The tools and skills you acquire to overcome these challenges will determine how effective you will be as a leader.

The Success Factor is designed to serve as a resource for anyone confronting a challenging time while serving in the capacity of a leader, whether the challenge consists of dealing with a difficult decision, occurrence or encounter while serving in a leadership role.

This book includes The Blue Print which outlines the 13 characteristics that any effective leader will need to perform at an optimal level. It also consists of essays submitted by leaders who detail their experiences while serving in various leadership roles as well as their perspectives on leadership. Use the advice describe in the essays to assist in your pursuit of developing into a leader. Applying the personal accounts of this book and The Dow Model of Effective Development, as you embark on your journey as a leader, can be a fortifying factor in your development.

If you are in pursuit of developing your leadership skills (or aware of someone in pursuit), The Success Factor: Lessons in Leadership Through Personal Experience is a must read.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940150435551
Publisher:	Dow Books
Publication date:	10/09/2014
Series:	Success Factor Series , #2
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	230
File size:	1 MB

About the Author

TJ Dow spent summers with his grandmother and cousins in a tough neighborhood. It was right there that he decided he wanted to make a difference in his community. He knew that education would have to be the driving force to help him to become a leader and make a difference in his community.

Dow received his Bachelor�s degree in Political Science from Ball State University. He went on to receive his Juris Doctorate from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law and a Master�s degree in Public Administration from Cleveland State University. Dow started his political career as an aide for Cleveland City Council. He has worked and served as a political strategist on several campaigns in Cleveland, the State of Ohio, and around the country. Dow served several years as an assistant prosecuting attorney for Cuyahoga County; served as a part-time instructor in the Criminal Justice Department at a local College; and more recently, he serves as a Cleveland City Councilman.

Dow also serves as President and CEO of the Dow Group, Inc. and The Dow Foundation, a non-profit organization, which implements programs that inform the public on different social, political, and economic issues. The mission of The Dow Foundation is to contribute to the preparation of youth through the advancement of leadership, citizenship, diversity and education. The Foundation�s motto is, �expressing the importance of education and the necessity to lead,� to tomorrow�s leaders. The Success Factor Series was birthed out of the Dow Foundation and it has implemented, �The Empowering Youth Through Leadership & Education Summit.� The Success Factor Series also offers a variety of programs, books and CDs aimed to cultivate and nourish the potential within our future leaders.

Dow is also currently developing his own television show and radio podcast entitled The TJ Dow Show. This integrated show will offer a blend of commentary on education, politics, and entertainment. Both shows aim to educate and entertain through interviewing community leaders, business leaders, entertainers, and sports figures here in Ohio and across the United States.