Description:
Great leadership starts with exceptional self-leadership.
Has disruption to the world of work, dented your confidence?
Are you struggling to have your voice heard?
Do you want more courage and influence in yourself, your leadership, your career?
The second decade of this 21st century has seen the world of work shift in ways no one could have predicted.
Leaders today struggle to engage and influence despite seemingly endless screen time and being in more meetings than ever before.
Long hours, juggling everyone else's priorities, burning out and losing sight of the clear line between work and home life impact on a leader's confidence, boundaries and wellbeing.
This book covers nine simple strategies to spark self-leadership.
Leaders with exceptional self-leadership have the courage to stand up, speak up and stand out to ensure they have:
- more engaged and productive people,
- a strong and respected voice, and
- a reputation as a confident and influential leader
SPARK your confidence, influence and courage through self-leadership.
Brief description: Sally Foley-Lewis inspires and skills managers be high performing, purposeful and productive. Obsessed with boosting productive- and self-leadership that ensures people reach their potential. Sally's presentations and programs positively impact your confidence, leadership and results.-2021 USQ Outstanding Alumnus of the Year - Business and Enterprise-2021 A.I. Influential Businesswoman - Winner - Most Inspirational Leadership Development Specialist (Australia)-2020 Gold Stevie Award - Female Entrepreneur of the Year - Business Services-2020 Bronze Stevie Award - Female Entrepreneur of the Year - Consumer Services-2020 Breakthrough Speaker of the Year by Professional Speakers Australia-2019 finalist for Australian Learning Professional of the Year-2019 Australian Champion Sole Trader winner - Australian Small Business Champion Awards-One of the 25 LinkedIn Top Voices for Australia for 2018 for her thought leadership.She is a global professional speaker, and has authored multiple books. The drive to support and skill managers comes from her own CEO and senior leadership experiences. Sally delivers presentations, keynote speeches, workshops and coaching - live online and face-to-face - to skill managers, boost productivity and self-leadership.Blending 20+ years of working with a diverse range of people and industries, in Germany, the Middle East, Asia and across Australia Sally has extensive qualifications, a wicked sense of humour and an ability to inspire and make people feel at ease. Sally's your first choice for mastering skills, facilitating action and achieving results.
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Praise for SPARK
Sally has pulled together nine strategies that any leader would be wise to adopt for greater success. Her addition of templates and guides makes this an interactive approach laser-focused on improving one's self.
- David Pace, Ph.D., Nuclear Energy Industry Research, Deputy Director
If you want to lead a team, or an organisation, you need to lead yourself first. Sally makes a compelling case to increase performance, productivity and ultimately profit, you need to start with self-leadership. This book contains 9 simple, powerful strategies for any leader willing to do the work on themselves to get the best out of everyone.
- Peter Cook, Author, The New Rules of Management
Self-leadership - it's such an integral component of every successful leader's journey. This wonderful book provides the how-to for any leader who is seeking great outcomes. You will enjoy this book, and the important messages it contains.
- Assistant Commissioner Andrew Short AFSM, Queensland Fire and Emergency Services
This book is essential reading for leaders, be they aspiring, new to leadership or experienced. It will appeal to anyone looking for ways to invigorate their leadership and build strong new behaviours. Sally is able to provide many insights into how we can develop our self-leadership, combining practical exercises and reflection activities with observations from her own leadership journey, and enhanced through compelling insights from a diverse range of leaders in her Spark interview series. This book has fired me up (again) and immediately joined my 'Go-To library' (once I have finished my homework)!
- Rowena Samaraweera, Customer Experience Design Lead, Insurance Industry
Sally's pragmatic approach once again shines through in her latest book, SPARK. The strategies in SPARK will ignite your confidence, influence and courage as you spark your self-leadership.
- Josh Grocke, Head of Client Engagement, Flight Centre Business Travel
That Sally Foley-Lewis would write a book entitled 'Spark' comes as absolutely no surprise. It's one of the most congruent titles imaginable, coming from an author who is so adept at helping others access the spark that lights them up. Leafing through the pages of this book, I'm seeing wisdom and courage in equal measure, carefully laid out such that the reader is invited to step up and find the spark that makes their leadership shine.
- Col Fink, Speaker and Adviser, Author of Speakership and Tribe of Learning.
Self-leadership - this is the how-to for any leader who wants more success. This is for any leader who wants more confidence, influence and courage in their career.
- Mark Middleton, Group CEO, Icon Group
SPARK is a must-read for any leader who wants more - more success driven by more confidence, more influence and more courage.
- Dominique Lamb, CEO, National Retail Association
If you are looking for one great idea, concept or a spark of genius as a leader, you will find it here. After reading Sally's book "SPARK", I found mine. Sally takes what can be complicated and make it simple and practical in today's world. This book is exactly what leaders are looking for and need. It is a five high and a thumbs up from me.
- Jennifer Leone, Storytelling strategist in Business, Talk Trainers
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