Jeremie Kubicek - Leadership Is Dead; How Influence Is Reviving It

PRAISE FOR JEREMIE KUBICEK

Leadership Is Dead effectively reveals that lasting power and influence stems only from a servant/leader mentality based on timeless principles and true character. This remarkable book is a bold jolt of CPR to a failing heart.

Stephen R. Covey, author of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Leader in Me

Jeremie has given a clear path to follow that will serve as a guide and a measuring stick for any leader who wants to have real and lasting influence. Take it to heart. If you want to have life-giving impact, start here.

Dr. Henry Cloud, bestselling author of Necessary Endings

Jeremie Kubicek clearly shares what so many influential leaders have come to know: theres a huge difference between authority and responsibility and between influence and power.

Seth Godin, author of Linchpin: Are You Indispensable?

Leadership is dead or alive, depending on how people use it. Jeremie shows us how to influence in such a way that brings life into organizations, and most important, into you. Dont miss this.

Joel Manby, CEO Herschend Family Entertainment

In a world where everyone wants to be a leader, Jeremie understands that its the influencers that change the world. This book offers you a way to move people to action and make your mark on the world. Its fast-paced, easy to act on, and most important, from the heart.

Tim Sanders, former chief solutions officer at Yahoo! and author of Love Is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends

Jeremie Kubicek delivers a unique voice on the topic of leadership, and that is not easy to do. More than that, his voice climbs off the pages as if he were standing in front of you imploring you to use your influence to help the world. Not because he is preaching, but because he has a very real desire to help you understand that leadership is more than just being in charge.

Scott Klososky, CEO of Future Point of View and author of The Velocity Manifesto: Harnessing Technology, Vision, and Culture to Future-Proof Your Organization and Enterprise Social Technology: Helping Organizations Harness the Power of Social Media, Social Networking, Social Relevance

Are you for me, against me, or for yourself? Thats only one of the thought-provoking questions Kubicek asks in this must-read book on true influence. This book should come with a warning: May make you uncomfortable and reexamine your motives as you strive to be a person with trust, character, and credibility.

Pattye Moore, chairman of the board, Red Robin Gourmet Burgers, and coauthor of Confessions from the Corner Office: 15 Instincts That Will Help You Get There

Where are the great leaders of our time? The world needs a new paradigm for leadershipJeremie Kubicek has defined it. If you needed to dig a ditch, would you use a teaspoon or a bulldozer? Until now, leaders have been using a teaspoon. Every leader should read this book!

Matthew Kelly, New York Times bestselling author of The Dream Manager and president of Floyd Consulting

Get inspired. Live with intention. Make a difference. Jeremie shares how-to insights to manifest breakthrough leadership moments.

Kevin Carroll, author of Rules of the Red Rubber Ball:Find and Sustain Your Lifes Work and founder of the Katalyst Consultancy

LEADERSHIP
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kubicek, Jeremie.

Leadership is dead : how influence is reviving it / Jeremie Kubicek.

p. cm.
1. Leadership. 2. LeadershipPsychological aspects. 3. Influence (Psychology) I. Title.

HD57.7.K8155 2011

658.4092dc22 2011008227
ISBN 978-1-4516-1214-1
ISBN 978-1-4516-1216-5 (ebook)

This book is dedicated to my amazing bride, Kelly.
Thank you for being alive with me. I love you!

O ne cant very well write about this book without commenting on that title. Leadership Is Dead ?

Of course, what it really speaks to is the impending death of a tired, unproductive notion of leadership, one that has been reportedly dying for many years but has somehow managed to hang on for far too long. Well, it finally seems to be in its last throes, its death being hastened by a new economy and a new breed of free-agent followers and nave leaders, people who have no history or vested interest in preserving the idea that power and title and

Wait. Ill let Jeremie explain all that to you. Let me just assure those who believe that serving, supporting, and inspiring followers is more important than controlling, manipulating, and exploiting them that leadership is alive and well and should have a promising future.

What Jeremie has done here is to put together a humble, gentle, and thorough guide to embracing the right kind of leadership, the one with a future. He does so in a way that you would expect from a person who practices what he preaches, by letting you into his own life and the dramatic experiences that shaped his beliefs about living and leading.

Leadership Is Dead is not a shocking, controversial book that will be relevant for only a few months. It is a timeless reminder of something that has always been right and true, even if not always practiced. Current or aspiring leaders should read it slowly, underlining passages that speak to them, and then go back and reread it as they grow in their capacity to inspire.

I certainly hope that this book sells very well for a number of years. But I must admit that I also hope that one day in the not-too-distant future no one will need to buy it because the kind of leadership that Jeremie describes has become the standard. Because that will mean that the old model of leadership has finally been laid to rest. We can always hope.

Patrick Lencioni, president of the Table Group and author of
The Five Dysfunctions of a Team

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D eath is not a popular subject, especially when discussed within the context of leadership.