Partnering: The New Way to Lead

Networks, relationships, partnership!Everyone tells you how importantthey are to your leadership, yourorganization and your career. Everyonetalks about it, but that’s whereit’s ended until now. Dr. Howie Shapiro,aka Head Coach, has writtenthe book on partnering, the new wayto lead: what it is, what goes into it,and how to do it.The best and brightest, the mosttalented, people in your organization—the high performers and thehigh potentials—don’t need or wantto be led from on high. Lofty messagesabout vision and mission won’tdo it. Speeches about how great yourpeople are won’t do it. Pep talksabout extra effort, digging down andsacrificing for the team won’t do it.Flashy presentations with big screenimages of smiling faces and loud, upbeatmusic won’t either.What will create outstanding success?Partnering. It’s the way yourpeople need you to lead. They wantto be counted in and counted on.They want you to partner with themand lead them to build their ownpartnerships.