<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>This book takes you on a practical, no nonsense adventure transforming even the most inexperienced leader into one with confidence and skills within 30 days! Become a leader by following this plan of action with readings, models, and on-the-job practice assignments-even if you have no experience or background in leadership.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>Your new VP tells you sales are off by 25 percent; he believes the sales team is dysfunctional and half of them should be fired. Meanwhile, sales team members tell you confidentially the VP is out of control and restricts the team from calling your biggest client directly. What to do? Fire the VP? Fire half the sales team? Continue to watch your numbers fall?</p><p><em>Quick! I Need to Be a Leader in 30 Days!</em> provides you with effective options. Leadership author Brad Dude takes you on a practical, no nonsense adventure transforming even the most inexperienced leader into one with confidence and skills within 30 days! Anyone can become a leader by following this plan of action with readings, models, and on-the-job practice assignments.</p><p> </p><p>In this book, Brad Dude will show you how to</p> <ul> <li>Lead individuals, teams and organizations</li> <li>Influence your organization and the people in it</li> <li>Manage organizational conflicts more effectively</li> <li>And much more...</li> </ul> <p>At the end of this book you will have a 30-day outline of key steps needed to become an effective leader--even if you have no experience or background in leadership.</p><p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><p>"One of the easiest, truest measures of leadership is the ability to turn conflict from a divisive, adversarial source of stress and malfunction into a unifying, collaborative opportunity for creativity and organizational learning. The great value of this book is that it tells you how, and offers many quick, practical techniques in the art of leadership. Buy it and keep it handy."</p><p>--Kenneth Cloke, co-author of <em>Resolving Conflicts at Work: 10 Strategies for Everyone on the Job</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"It is rare that a 'how to book' has universal appeal. This book does so by the diversity of skills that Brad discusses. Serious leaders will find this book informative and a useful reference. The focused and concise presentation makes it an easy read. I recommend it to any serious manager or leader."</p><p>--Dr. Jim Colvard (former Deputy Director, Office of Personnel Management)</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>"Everything they forgot to teach you at school! Brad Dude's new leadership book highlights the need for understanding and mastering the basics of influence when stepping into leadership and introducing organizational change."</p><p>--Teresa de Grosbois #1 International bestselling author of "<em>Mass Influence - Habits of the Highly influential"</em></p><p> </p><p>"Striving to teach a person to become an effective leader in 30 days really forces the author to zero in on the essentials--with no time or space to spare. In a concise and integrated manner, Brad includes a diverse assortment of vital leadership skills for today's organizational world. Whether new to the leadership arena or not, the reader will benefit from this streamlined presentation of the fundamentals of leadership practice."</p><p>-- Ralph H. Kilmann, co-author of the Thomas-Kilmann Instrument (TKI) and CEO of Kilmann Diagnostics</p><br>