Eric Papp - Leadership by Choice: Increasing Influence and Effectiveness through Self-Management

Praise for Leadership by Choice

Successful people never stop working to grow their influence as an effective, productive, and trustworthy leader. This book lays the groundwork to position you along the pathway that so many great leaders have traveled before you. Apply these proven strategies to your professional life and watch your career flourish.

Dr. Nido Qubein
President, High Point University; Chairman, Great Harvest Bread Co.

If your aim as a leader is to be more effective, influence and persuade others, and get better results in your position, this book will show you the way.

Brian Tracy
Author of How the Best Leaders Lead

Leadership is not just about what you do but what you can inspire, encourage, and empower others to do. This is why I encourage you to read Eric's book. It's a road map for making the right choices to lead more powerfully and effectively!

Jon Gordon
Best-selling author of The Energy Bus and Soup

If you have ever thought about leadership or consider yourself a leader, Leadership by Choice is a must read. Eric does a great job at combining entertaining stories with practical application you can use professionally and personally.

Jack Canfield
Coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series and The Success Principles

Leadership by Choice offers practical application on how leaders can be more productive. Eric teaches leaders to align their strategic objectives with their day-to-day priorities.

Laura Stack
President of the National Speakers Association, America's premier expert in productivity;Author of What to Do When There's Too Much to Do

Leadership, as Eric Papp points out, is always a choice. And that choice begins within, getting in touch with who you are, what you care about, and what you are willing to do. Make that choice to leadand read this book because it is full of wisdom (which is practical advice based on experience!). No matter where you are in your leadership journey, you'll find some good ideas in this book that can make you an even better leader.

Barry Z. Posner, PhD,
Accolti Professor of Leadership, Santa Clara University; Coauthor of The Leadership Challenge, Credibility, and The Truth about Leadership

Whether leading at work, selling, or parenting, this book is golden, with a plethora of practical insights and how to's. Well done. Everyone in our company will benefit from reading this book.

Cary Mullen
CEO VivoResorts.com, Oceanfront Properties

Business is about peoplealways has been and always will be. Leadership by Choice provides page after page of practical insight about how to lead people to become the best version of themselves. Unless you can do that your organization will never become the best version of itself.

Matthew Kelly
New York Times bestselling author of The Dream Manager and Off Balance

If you can only buy one leadership book that will make a difference in your lifethis is the one.

Rocky Bleier
Vietnam Veteran; 4-time Superbowl Champion with the Pittsburgh Steelers

Copyright 2012 by Eric Papp. All rights reserved.

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Published simultaneously in Canada.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Papp, Eric, 1983

Leadership by Choice: Increasing Influence and Effectiveness

through Self-Management / Eric Papp.

1 online resource.

ISBN: 978-1-118-29319-5 (cloth)

ISBN: 978-1-118-33182-8 (ebk)

ISBN: 978-1-118-33400-3 (ebk)

ISBN: 978-1-118-33514-7 (ebk)

1. Leadership. 2. Organizational effectiveness. 3. Communication in management. 4. Decision making. I. Title.

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To my father and mother, Alex and Cindy Papp. Thank you for your unconditional love, support, and belief in me.

Acknowledgments

No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.

John Donne

Many folks have been instrumental in my life and played a role in the completion of this book.

I want to first thank God. My motto has always been AMDG, which stands for To the greater glory of God.

To my parents, Alex and Cindy, for believing in me, showing me the right path in life, and giving the two greatest gifts a parent can give: unconditional love and a strong work ethic.

To my brothers, Christopher and Jonathan, for their continued support and camaraderie.

To all of my audience members and clients, your outcomes, success, and feedback are why I do what I do. Thank you for putting your trust in me and being a partner in business.

To my friends in the National Speakers Association who have been instrumental in helping me over the years. Speaking can be a lonely business, and you make it enjoyable.

To the men and women in the military who allow us to enjoy a life of freedom.

To my editors, Cynthia and Adrianna, you made this book a reality.

Introduction

Congratulations! You have just discovered a gold mine of proven strategies and applications to become a better leader. Inside you'll learn strategies that will show you how to communicate more effectively by developing your listening skills (which most people lack), techniques on how to find strength and peace in the silence, and so much more.