Jerry Connor

Today's leaders face a messy reality. Constant disruption, competing priorities across business and society and complex human pressures, mean their ability to inspire their teams and deliver outstanding results is becoming ever more difficult. Mastering MESSY Leadership reveals a breakthrough approach for leading in today's unpredictable and demanding world. Based on insights from more than 10,000 coaching conversations with talent leaders around the world, it demonstrates howa small number of extraordinary leaders rise above the overwhelm, towards a more fluid, adaptive, and human way of operating. This book uncovers the five mindsets that enable these exceptional leaders to thrive amid complexity. MESSY leaders must: · Find Meaning in tackling complex organizational and societal issues · Connect Emotionally in today's culturally rich and diverse world · Sense the direction of current events and emerging futures · Seize momentum and stay ahead/competitive · Tame Your ego, so that you can empower people to step in and step up From BTS, world leaders in the people side of strategy and drawing on fifteen years of real-world examples, Mastering MESSY Leadership is a practical, actionable guide for anyone who wants to lead with clarity and confidence in a complex world.

Summoning the Ghosts is a kaleidoscope of events and characters associated with the century old Michigan Central railroad station. Many celebrated figures used Michigan Central, as documented in historic issues of the Detroit Free Press. Not all who passed this way were dedicated to high purpose. Nazi agents spying on the Arsenal of Democracy transited here in the buildup to WWII. The kingpins of the notorious Purple Gang pursued their sinister aims here in the violent days of Prohibition. A large story-within-the story, chronicles the epic tale of 3 generations of a black family bookended by the cataclysmic race riots of 1943 and 1967. From the intractability of racism in the Jim Crow south, to the plain at West Point, the steamy jungles of Vietnam and the horrors of the My Lai massacre, to the plight of homelessness and poverty; the black experience remains an indispensable chapter of the American saga. Legendary characters like John Lewis, Thurgood Marshal, Barry Gordy, Martin Luther King Jr., and Malcom X, populate this history. Added to this list is the enigmatic drifter Arturo Molina, whose decades long odyssey in pursuit of redemption unites characters who never met; proving all lives are connected if only remotely. Summoning the Ghosts is a sweeping tale of Detroit, it's history and long awaited renewal. The abandoned Michigan Central Station is a temple where countless memories are preserved and sanctified. This alone makes it worthy of restoration. The lessons it teaches can guide our way to the future.

Longlisted for Management Book of the Year 2021Forbes #1 Book to Help You Improve Your Performance at WorkBased on data and insights from over 100k virtual and in-person coaching conversations conducted by the talented coaches of global coaching company, BTS Coach, comes the first book to take BTS Coach's evidence-based coaching process to a mass audience. In a concise, easy-to-understand manner, readers will discover 4 mindsets - Be, Relate, Think, and Inspire - that are most critical for individuals to experience deep, meaningful change, along with the process and tools for sparking their own powerful conversations to get the best out of themselves and those around them.