Tim Irwin - Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything

PRAISE FOR IMPACT

With Impact, Tim Irwin gives us deep thinking about a topic too often ignoredthe guts to lead. We each have the ability, if we choose to take the leap.

Seth Godin, author of The Icarus Deception

Dr. Tim Irwin has another great story to tell in his new book, Impact. It is an excellent read that focuses us on the core values and foundational issues needed to sustain a leader in todays difficult business environment. Impact will cause you to think critically about who you are and what youre trying to accomplish.

Michael L. Ducker, CEO and President, FedEx International

Dr. Tim Irwins new book, Impact, demonstrates how great leadership can make the difference between success and failure, and play an important role in improving the lives of others. Tims analysis reinforces what I have discovered through experience: Purpose matters. People want to be part of something bigger than themselves. They want to make a difference in the world. Our job as leaders is to help people discover their Purpose, through self-awareness and self-examination find the Values that animate that Purpose, and from that understand ones Beliefs that drive Action. Tims book is a wonderful how to for any individual looking to take on this leadership task. In the end this journey is critical and urgent since it can improve our ability to make a positive difference in the life of another. What higher calling is there?

Robert A. McDonald, Chairman, President, and CEO (ret), The Procter & Gamble Company

Tim Irwin underscores the ageless truth that sustained organizational excellence is as much, if not more, a function of the leaders character than of the leaders competencies. He provides thoughtful, practical, and meaningful ways for leaders to avoid the pitfalls of power and pride that too often bring down a leader. I recommend it to everyone, but especially to those leaders on the rise in their career.

Dave Ridley, Senior Vice President, Southwest Airlines

In Impact, author Tim Irwin digs deeply into the inner core of leaders to discover what enables them to succeed and why many derail. His revealing insights and constructive exercises provide you with many opportunities to overcome inner barriers and sustain your leadership. If you heed Tims counsel, you will become a better leader.

Bill George, Professor, Harvard Business School and author of True North

In my many years in the hospitality industry, I have worked with a number of very gifted leaders who had significant impact in their sphere of influence over a long period of time. While certainly they were highly competent, they had something else. Dr. Tim Irwin has written a powerful new book about that something else. He gives us the keys to having an impact and sustaining great leadership. I strongly urge you to read this book!

Horst Schulze, CEO and Chairman, Capella Hotel Group(Formerly, Founding president and COO of Ritz-Carlton Hotels)

Bravo! Tim Irwins new book, Impact, hits on the key issue of our time: the crisis of leadership. Principled leadership from the core, as Tim puts it, will be critical to putting our leaders and business ethics back on track. Tim has given us a great road map.

Kevin Race, President and COO, Mortgage Banking, J.P. Morgan Chase

Finally, someone who knows and understands what leaders face every day gets to the core of it all in his new book, Impact. Dr. Tim Irwin challenges us to take a deep dive and understand what truly makes us tick as leaders. He follows this with practical suggestions that I for one implemented immediately, with visible results! This is all done with an entertaining and elegant penmanship that made me think I was paddle-boating down an easy river rather than reading what is truly a profound book. Impact is a must for anybody that wants to grow as a leader.

Diana Derycz-Kessler, CEO, The Los Angeles Film School

Impact should be required reading for anyone in leadership or aspiring to be. This book gets to the heart of what makes some leaders great and why others become catastrophic failures. I rarely find a book that I recommend to everyone I knowImpact is one of those.

Wayne Huizenga, President, Huizenga Holdings

Tim Irwin has written a very thoughtful and insightful book with great advice and counsel for every person leading or desiring the opportunity. I wish that it had been available to me early in my career as a leader. Sadly I had to learn some of his wisdom the hard way! What a great resource this is! A must read AND APPLY for every leader.

David M. Ratcliffe, Chairman, President, and CEO of Southern Company (ret)

In his latest book on leadership, Tim vividly demonstrates why we want so much more from our leaders than simply running a successful team or organization. We want leaders to be profoundly trustworthy and to inspire us to a higher sense of meaning and purpose in our work. If you aspire to be the kind of authentic, courageous, humble leader that people want to follow, you will find Tims stories and insights to be most relevant.

Bonnie P. Wurzbacher, SVP, Global Customer & Channel Leadership, The Coca-Cola Company (ret); Chief Resource Development Officer, World Vision, Intl, London, UK

As CrossFit, P90X, or personal trainer-led work out regimens are for disciplined physical fitness enthusiasts, so Impact is for disciplined intellectual and emotional leadership enthusiasts. Through great insight, extensive application tools, and humor, Dr. Irwin helps the reader learn practical habits to strengthen and protect their coretheir leadership core. If you are in leadership, or aspire to be, this is a must read!

Thomas K. Sittema, CEO, CNL Financial Group

Every leader is just one decision away from devastating failure. The only guardrail is the preparation leaders do ahead of time to know themselves, to set their principles, and to hold themselves accountable. Tim Irwin gives us a template for this soul journey. Use it well; get prepared; leave a legacy.

Cheryl Bachelder, CEO, Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen

Dr. Tim Irwin has delivered a book that is practical, easy to read, and offers a high impact formula for great leadership. The world needs leaders who know what they believe and have the personal integrity and support systems in place to lead from their core. Irwin uses powerful illustrations and genuine solutions to identify, strengthen, and protect our core beliefs. Likewise, he uses real life examples of what can go wrong if were not intentional in this important aspect of leadership. Impact is a must read for anyone serious about leadership.

Brandon Barnholt, President and CEO, KeHE Distributors

I have witnessed both the positive and negative impacts that good and bad leaders can have on an organization. Unfortunately, the ramifications of bad leadership can be catastrophic. In this book, Dr. Irwin contrasts both good and bad leadership in a clear and practical way that provides a true roadmap for anyone interested in strengthening their managerial skills. Leaders in all areas of organizations will find Dr. Irwins insights both foundational and relevant to navigating through todays career challenges.

Walter Rakowich, CEO, Prologis (ret)

When you read Dr. Tim Irwins latest book, Impact: Great Leadership Changes Everything, be ready to take notes and take action because meaningful self-revelations are on their way. Id recommend leaders who want to make an impact read this one.

Glenn A. Youngkin, CEO, The Carlyle Group

Tim Irwin has a unique way of bringing out the best in leaders. He knows the key to having a lasting impact is how you treat people. Read