Greg’s Books
The Five Pillars of Leadership
Leadership is an Art
I've been a student of leadership most of my life and a practitioner for more than 40 years. I've held senior-level leadership positions in three Fortune 500 companies and a four-year stint as a government regulator. I've been hired, fired, promoted, demoted, elected, voted out, a “high-potential” and on a performance plan. I've been rightsized, downsized, laid off, ranked, yanked, overrated, underappreciated, engaged and detached.
I've been a staff member not listened to and the out-of-town consultant with a briefcase who said the same thing and saved the day. If I were a menu item at Waffle House, I would be sliced, diced covered, smothered and scattered. Bottom line, I've seen and experienced it all. But once the organizational dust settled, The Five Pillars of Leadership that held it all together and when absent and/or used inappropriately brought everything tumbling down, emerged in the form of my fourth book.
Every follower, manager and leader would greatly benefit from this book!
My first book, Building Cathedrals: The Power of Purpose, provides readers a blueprint for personal, team and organizational effectiveness. In its fifth printing, the principles of leadership, redemption, purpose, engagement and touching others in a deep and meaningful way continues to inspire readers while the keynote speech is moving thousands in the pursuit of excellence.
My second book, Soft Skills Field Manual (4th printing), accompanies the workshop, Soft Skills Boot Camp, and is based on the essential skills needed for succeeding in the workplace. The book and the workshop are unique in that I expand the concept of soft skills to be much more than basic work skills. In short, soft skills are ALL the dynamics (purpose, engagement, communication, appreciating differences, teamwork, emotional intelligence, culture, customer satisfaction, forgiveness and reconciliation, grit, problem-solving, etc.) outside the technical aspects of one’s job.
My third book, Healing the Wounds: Forgiveness & Reconciliation in the Workplace, I offer a firsthand perspective on an unchartered organizational dynamic, while building the case on why forgiveness and reconciliation is indeed a key business issue that today’s leaders can no longer afford to ignore. Forgive, reconcile but don’t discuss the past is the powerful message that’s changing lives and organizations.