"In an easy, readable style, David Cottrell identifies the essentials for quality leadership and management.Don't miss Monday Morning Mentoring!"

  --Ken Blanchard, coauthor,The One Minute Manager and The Secret

"A real leader spends his time fixing the problem instead of finding who to blame."

"The most important thing you do as a leader is to hire the right people."

"Take the time and energy to manage your boss the same way you manage your career."

"Don't stifle your career by limiting your knowledge."

Everyone who wants a fulfilling career needs a mentor--someone who has seen it all before, someone who can share hardwon experiences and teach valuable lessons.

In this expanded and enhanced version ofhis best-selling book, Monday Morning Leadership,David Cottrell packs all of the wisdom of his wide-ranging business experience into this inspirational story. Cottrell introduces us to Jeff, a successful corporate manager who has hit a major wall. Jeff has been leading his team,quarter after quarter, to great sales and better profits for several years--until now. The tricks that used to work wonders have lost their magic;Jeffis in a slump and is at a loss to find his way out of it.

Overworked, stressed, and feeling that his personal and professional lives are at risk, Jeff reaches out to the father of a college buddy, a retired and tremendously accomplished former executive named Tony. Tony and Jeff agree to meet every Monday for ten weeks to work through Jeff's problems and get his career back on track.

In the course of these intimate sessions,Jeff discovers the secrets of real leadership:"Until I accept total responsibility--no matter what--I will not be able to put plans in place to accomplish my goals." And, "My success is the result of making better choices and recovering quickly from poor choices."

Tony leads Jeff through tough lessons in how to manage his people, how to manage his own time, how to manage his superiors, and how to escape from "management land." Most of all,Jeff learns that his success is intimately bound with the success of his people and that tolerating lackluster performance in himself and others.

Prologue

1.Getting Past Splat

2.Keep the Main Thing the Main Thing

3.Escape from Management Land

4.Tough Learning

5.The "Do Right" Rule

6.Hire Tough

7.Exits and Entrances

8.Do Less or Work Faster

9.Buckets and Dippers

10.The Gift of Your Legacy

Epilogue

Acknowledgments

About the Author

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