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On the edge, the art of high impact leadership, Alison Levine

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On the edge

Alison Levine

the art of high impact leadership

'On the edge' is an engaging leadership manual that provides concrete insights garnered from various extreme environments ranging from Mt Everest to the South Pole. By reflecting on the lessons learned from her various expeditions, author Alison Levine makes the case that the leadership principles that apply in extreme adventure sport also apply in today's extreme business environments. Both settings require you to be able to make crucial decisions on the spot when the conditions around you are far from perfect. Your survival - and the survival of your team-depend on it. On the Edge provides a framework to help people scale whatever big peaks they aspire to climb-be they literal or figurative - by offering practical, humourous, and often unorthodox advice about how to grow as a leader

Machine generated contents note: 1. Hard-core preparation -- Sometimes it hurts -- 2. Go back, Jack, do it again -- Why backward is often the right direction -- 3. Choosing your team -- Experience, expertise, and ego -- 4. Friends in high places -- Get your network on -- 5. Complacency will kill you -- Make your move -- 6. Coming up short -- Making the most of weakness -- 7. Bring it -- You need your A-game, and then some -- 8.You're not special -- building trust and loyalty -- 9. Ignore the rules -- Do the right thing. Always -- 10. Your three words -- What's your mantra? -- 11. Embracing failure -- Own it, and come back with a vengeance

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