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From the leadership gurus of Zenger Folkman, How to Be Exceptional provides a revolutionary approach to leadership development. Instead of focusing on your weaknesses and how to overcome them, it focuses on your strengths—and how to build them.
Citing the kind of extensive research for which Zenger Folkman is famous, the authors prove that for every leadership competency developed, there are several significant related behaviors that enhance leadership effectiveness. In How to Be Exceptional, they offer a fresh new direction and concrete techniques for growing the full spectrum of your leadership strengths.
Readers will learn how to pinpoint their best leadership traits and choose the right development target. They’ll learn how to apply Zenger Folkman’s revolutionary “cross-training” method to grow their leadership competencies into the top 90th percentile.
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