The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership

The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership

ISBN-10:
0313378053
ISBN-13:
9780313378058
Pub. Date:
08/10/2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN-10:
0313378053
ISBN-13:
9780313378058
Pub. Date:
08/10/2009
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Academic
The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership

The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership

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Overview

An esteemed executive coach shows managers and leaders how they can achieve personal and professional success—and leave a mark on the world.

Dr. Joelle Jay's The Inner Edge: The 10 Practices of Personal Leadership draws on timeless principles and Jay's experiences with hundreds of leaders from America's most successful and admired companies, setting out ten essential components of leading well and living well.

In The Inner Edge, Dr. Jay offers customized coaching to help leaders overcome challenges, leverage opportunities, and maximize their talents, teams, and time. Through vivid examples, conversations with accomplished leaders, insightful perspectives on leadership, and thought-provoking questions and exercises, Jay shows readers that leadership is not just a label, but a way of life. Finding your edge, gaining clarity, focusing and taking action, expanding your knowledge—under Jay's training these and other principles become concrete achievable assets for living and leading. The result is an essential resource for helping leaders get results for their organizations in a way that capitalizes on—and enriches—their own unique identity.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780313378058
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date: 08/10/2009
Pages: 391
Sales rank: 532,222
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 9.30(h) x 1.20(d)

About the Author

Dr. Joelle K. Jay is an executive leadership coach and the founder and principal of Pillar Consulting, LLC.

Table of Contents

Foreword by Howard J. Morgan
Acknowledgments
The Inner Edge
The First Practice: Get Clarity
The Second Practice: Find Focus
The Third Practice: Take Action
The Fourth Practice: Tap into Your Brilliance
The Fifth Practice: Feel Fulfillment
The Sixth Practice: Maximize Your Time
The Seventh Practice: Build Your Team
The Eighth Practice: Keep Learning
The Ninth Practice: See Possibility
The Tenth Practice: All … All at Once
Leading on the Edge
Appendix A: Your Inner Edge at a Glance
Appendix B: Reflective Questions
Appendix C: Making Time for Personal Leadership
Notes
Index

What People are Saying About This

Cece Sutton

"Really great leaders need to work on themselves. To be effective in this environment, we need to take care of who we are as leaders to sustain our well-being and effectiveness. In The Inner Edge , Joelle Jay helps define the leaders of the future, and this book will show them how to define themselves.' "
Cece Sutton, President, Retail Banking Group, Morgan Stanley

Marshall Goldsmith executive coach and author o Ready?

"This book can help you achieve what really matters – as a professional and a person! A great roadmap on your journey through life! Wonderful coaching for a great life!' "

Steve Bailey President

"I'm a firm believer that even if you master all the leadership competencies and attributes that comprise every leadership model there is, you still can't lead others until you lead yourself. We are all amazingly transparent and until people see who we are . . . and until we look inward ourselves, it's all for naught if The Leader Within isn't home. Joelle gives you the tools to find yourself and not let go.' "
Steve Bailey President, National Management Association

Jim Kouzes

"The instrument of leadership is the self, and the mastery of the art of leadership comes from mastery of the self. That means that the quest for leadership is first an inner quest to discover who you are. That is the premise of Joelle Jay's exciting new book, The Inner Edge, and in it she guides us on a path to discovering the self who leads. It's an engaging, respectful, and encouraging book that presents real stories about real leaders who struggle with the answers to important leadership questions. She offers highly relevant and realistic examples of how we can all become the best we can be. With ten practices that are intuitively sound and grounded firmly in the lives of leaders, Joelle offers useful advice and applied exercises on what we can each do develop our capacity to be successful in leadership and life.' "

Jim Kouzes, award-winning coauthor of the bestselling, The Leadership Challenge, and Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership
Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

Janine Pecsi Director of Talent Development

" The Inner Edge is a valuable resource for leaders. Emerging leaders will find it a good instrument to use and read as they begin their leadership journey, and seasoned leaders will find it reaffirms what they need to be doing (and may have forgotten!) to be effective as leaders.' "
Janine Pecsi Director of Talent Development, Gensler

Paula Kruger

"The Inner Edge reveals a powerful but simple truth. No matter what our role in life, we are all leaders. Joelle Jay's book provides us with a step-by-step plan to maximize our effectiveness as 'personal leaders' so we can learn to meet the demands of our hectic lives in a way that is productive, effective, and harmonious.' "

Paula Kruger, former EVP, Mass Markets, Qwest

Jim Kouzes

"The instrument of leadership is the self, and the mastery of the art of leadership comes from mastery of the self. That means that the quest for leadership is first an inner quest to discover who you are. That is the premise of Joelle Jay's exciting new book, The Inner Edge , and in it she guides us on a path to discovering the self who leads. It's an engaging, respectful, and encouraging book that presents real stories about real leaders who struggle with the answers to important leadership questions. She offers highly relevant and realistic examples of how we can all become the best we can be. With ten practices that are intuitively sound and grounded firmly in the lives of leaders, Joelle offers useful advice and applied exercises on what we can each do develop our capacity to be successful in leadership and life.' "
Jim Kouzes, award-winning coauthor of the bestselling, The Leadership Challenge , and Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

Janet Heppner Jones

"As soon as I read The Inner Edge , I could see its value for our organization. I put it to work right away – doing the exercises and using it with my team to develop our vision and strategy. A couple of weeks later I went back to look at it from a personal angle and was able to see the ideas in a whole new way. The Inner Edge does what many books on leadership neglect to do. It takes the whole leader into account.' "
Janet Heppner Jones, Managing Director, HYH Group

Stephen M. R. Covey

"In The Inner Edge, Joelle Jay walks her talk. At a time when the world clamors for genuine, trusted leadership, she has delivered an invaluable guidebook for managing from the inside out. Citing behaviors of high trust, high performance leaders, Joelle shows how to take the lead in your own life and sharpen that inner edge for true balance between a life of work and the work of life.' "

Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The New York Times bestseller The Speed of Trust

Patrick Byrne

"As a leader, you have to stay curious. You have to develop human capital. It's one of the great investments. When leaders read The Inner Edge, they will be investing in themselves, and their companies will reap the rewards.' "

Patrick Byrne, Chairman and CEO, Overstock.com

Janet Heppner Jones

"As soon as I read The Inner Edge, I could see its value for our organization. I put it to work right away – doing the exercises and using it with my team to develop our vision and strategy. A couple of weeks later I went back to look at it from a personal angle and was able to see the ideas in a whole new way. The Inner Edge does what many books on leadership neglect to do. It takes the whole leader into account.' "

Janet Heppner Jones, Managing Director, HYH Group

Marshall Goldsmith executive coach and author of t Ready?

"This book can help you achieve what really matters – as a professional and a person! A great roadmap on your journey through life! Wonderful coaching for a great life!' "

Randy MacDonald

"The Inner Edge is a good compendium of prescriptions for personal leadership. It is intelligently organized and has a workbook style that makes it a good self-study reference. The topic of personal leadership is significant and gets even more important with the generational challenges we will be facing in our workforce, as it provides a good way to combine our way of life with the demands we experience in the workplace.' "

Randy MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, IBM

Ted Dysart Managing Partner

"Where leaders get sideways is when they separate their personal values from their behavior in their business life. We just have to look around and we see countless examples of the carnage that leaders have allowed when they get out of alignment with their core values. Sometimes, we have so much noise and outside things coming at us that we don't take the time to listen to our inner voice. In The Inner Edge , leaders get though provoking advice to help them stay in alignment.' "
Ted Dysart Managing Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

Stephen M. R. Covey

" In The Inner Edge, Joelle Jay walks her talk. At a time when the world clamors for genuine, trusted leadership, she has delivered an invaluable guidebook for managing from the inside out. Citing behaviors of high trust, high performance leaders, Joelle shows how to take the lead in your own life and sharpen that inner edge for true balance between a life of work and the work of life.' "

Stephen M. R. Covey, author of The New York Times bestseller The Speed of Trust

Tom Rath Bestselling author of How Full Is Your Bucket?

"The Inner Edge is a valuable resource for anyone who aspires to lead in a home, workplace, or community. It is filled with practical strategies for being a more effective leader.' "

Tom Rath Bestselling author of How Full Is Your Bucket?, StrengthsFinder 2.0, and Strengths Based Leadership

Steve Bailey

President

"I'm a firm believer that even if you master all the leadership competencies and attributes that comprise every leadership model there is, you still can't lead others until you lead yourself. We are all amazingly transparent and until people see who we are . . . and until we look inward ourselves, it's all for naught if The Leader Within isn't home. Joelle gives you the tools to find yourself and not let go.' "

Steve Bailey

President, National Management Association

Ted DysartManaging Partner

"Where leaders get sideways is when they separate their personal values from their behavior in their business life. We just have to look around and we see countless examples of the carnage that leaders have allowed when they get out of alignment with their core values. Sometimes, we have so much noise and outside things coming at us that we don't take the time to listen to our inner voice. In The Inner Edge, leaders get though provoking advice to help them stay in alignment.' "

Nancy Bostdorff

"When I was growing up in the television news business I often told stories of being the Ôonly red dress in a room full of gray suits.' There was both a literal and a symbolic reality to that. Not only was the path one of doing exactly what the boss and the company wanted, including the adherence to rules, the long hours, and the 24/7 commitment to breaking news - but there was little help in learning how to walk even that path, let alone think that I was more than my job description, and could help create the path that was best for me. The Inner Edge will be invaluable to this generation of leaders.' "

Nancy Bostdorff, former TV News Director for The New York Times Company and CBS affiliate KTVN

Ron Campbell

"Get past thought and word on pages. Lift your nose from the grindstone. Join Joelle at the kitchen table over a cup of coffee where the conversation is all about you – as a person, as a leader. Discover and get back whatever pleasures you inadvertently left behind while becoming accomplished.' "

Ron Campbell, President, Center for Leadership Studies

Patrick Byrne

"As a leader, you have to stay curious. You have to develop human capital. It's one of the great investments. When leaders read The Inner Edge , they will be investing in themselves, and their companies will reap the rewards.' "
Patrick Byrne, Chairman and CEO, Overstock.com

Marshall Goldsmith executive coach and author of the New York Times bestseller What Got You Here Won

"This book can help you achieve what really matters – as a professional and a person! A great roadmap on your journey through life! Wonderful coaching for a great life!' "

Steve BaileyPresident

"I'm a firm believer that even if you master all the leadership competencies and attributes that comprise every leadership model there is, you still can't lead others until you lead yourself. We are all amazingly transparent and until people see who we are . . . and until we look inward ourselves, it's all for naught if The Leader Within isn't home. Joelle gives you the tools to find yourself and not let go.' "

Ted Dysart

Managing Partner

"Where leaders get sideways is when they separate their personal values from their behavior in their business life. We just have to look around and we see countless examples of the carnage that leaders have allowed when they get out of alignment with their core values. Sometimes, we have so much noise and outside things coming at us that we don't take the time to listen to our inner voice. In The Inner Edge, leaders get though provoking advice to help them stay in alignment.' "

Ted Dysart

Managing Partner, Heidrick & Struggles

Tom RathBestselling author of How Full Is Your Bucket?

"The Inner Edge is a valuable resource for anyone who aspires to lead in a home, workplace, or community. It is filled with practical strategies for being a more effective leader.' "

Tom Rath Bestselling author of How Full Is Your Bucket?

" The Inner Edge is a valuable resource for anyone who aspires to lead in a home, workplace, or community. It is filled with practical strategies for being a more effective leader.' "

Tom Rath Bestselling author of How Full Is Your Bucket? , StrengthsFinder 2.0 , and Strengths Based Leadership

Janine PecsiDirector of Talent Development

"The Inner Edge is a valuable resource for leaders. Emerging leaders will find it a good instrument to use and read as they begin their leadership journey, and seasoned leaders will find it reaffirms what they need to be doing (and may have forgotten!) to be effective as leaders.' "

Paula Kruger

" The Inner Edge reveals a powerful but simple truth. No matter what our role in life, we are all leaders. Joelle Jay's book provides us with a step-by-step plan to maximize our effectiveness as 'personal leaders' so we can learn to meet the demands of our hectic lives in a way that is productive, effective, and harmonious.' "
Paula Kruger, former EVP, Mass Markets, Qwest

Nancy Bostdorff

"When I was growing up in the television news business I often told stories of being the Ôonly red dress in a room full of gray suits.' There was both a literal and a symbolic reality to that. Not only was the path one of doing exactly what the boss and the company wanted, including the adherence to rules, the long hours, and the 24/7 commitment to breaking news - but there was little help in learning how to walk even that path, let alone think that I was more than my job description, and could help create the path that was best for me. The Inner Edge will be invaluable to this generation of leaders.' "
Nancy Bostdorff, former TV News Director for The New York Times Company and CBS affiliate KTVN

Ron Campbell

"Get past thought and word on pages. Lift your nose from the grindstone. Join Joelle at the kitchen table over a cup of coffee where the conversation is all about you – as a person, as a leader. Discover and get back whatever pleasures you inadvertently left behind while becoming accomplished.' "
Ron Campbell, President, Center for Leadership Studies

Cece Sutton

"Really great leaders need to work on themselves. To be effective in this environment, we need to take care of who we are as leaders to sustain our well-being and effectiveness. In The Inner Edge, Joelle Jay helps define the leaders of the future, and this book will show them how to define themselves.' "

Cece Sutton, President, Retail Banking Group, Morgan Stanley

Janine Pecsi

Director of Talent Development

"The Inner Edge is a valuable resource for leaders. Emerging leaders will find it a good instrument to use and read as they begin their leadership journey, and seasoned leaders will find it reaffirms what they need to be doing (and may have forgotten!) to be effective as leaders.' "

Janine Pecsi

Director of Talent Development, Gensler

Randy MacDonald

" The Inner Edge is a good compendium of prescriptions for personal leadership. It is intelligently organized and has a workbook style that makes it a good self-study reference. The topic of personal leadership is significant and gets even more important with the generational challenges we will be facing in our workforce, as it provides a good way to combine our way of life with the demands we experience in the workplace.' "
Randy MacDonald, Senior Vice President, Human Resources, IBM

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