Leadership Excellence

PAT WILLIAMS, longtime NBA executive and basketball Hall of Famer, is currently leading an effort to bring Major League Baseball to Orlando. He is the author of well over a hundred books, many of them on leadership. Pat is the father of nineteen children and has twenty-one grandchildren.

JIM DENNEY is a writer with dozens of books to his credit, including titles with NFL legend Reggie White, supermodel Kim Alexis, and radio host Michael Reagan. A full-time writer since 1989, he has written books both for adults and children, including the Timebenders science fiction series. Jim lives in California. | Foreword: Leadership Lessons That Ring True, by Bobby Bowden, former head football coach, Florida State University Foreword: Here’s Your Assignment, by Gen. Tommy Franks, U.S. Army (Retired) Introduction: They Just Led 1. The First Side of Leadership: Vision 2. The Second Side of Leadership: Communication 3. The Third Side of Leadership: People Skills 4. The Fourth Side of Leadership: Character 5. The Fifth Side of Leadership: Competence 6. The Sixth Side of Leadership: Boldness 7. The Seventh Side of Leadership: A Serving Heart Epilogue: A Leader Who Has It All Notes Acknowledgments Contact the Author About the Authors | From a lifetime of searching, Pat Williams shares his leadership discoveries that will expand your influence and ful?llment! —Dan Cathy, Chick-Fil-A Chairman, President, and COO | In the 1980s, the experts told Pat Williams that no one could build an NBA expansion team in Orlando, a city without an arena or a professional sports tradition. Today, the Orlando Magic exists because he exemplified the principles in this book.
Pat Williams has distilled a lifetime of leadership experience and study into the seven principles of this ultimate leadership manual. Leadership Excellence provides insight, encouragement, and step-by-step instruction to help you tackle every challenge your team or organization may face.
You’ll read intriguing stories—of leaders from Solomon to Steve Jobs—a dash of humor, and an emotional epilogue that ties all seven principles together. Leadership Excellence is a must-read for every leader.
If leaders in every segment of our society would learn and practice Pat’s Seven Sides of Leadership, the world would be a better place for all of us. —Ken Blanchard, Co-Author of THE ONE MINUTE MANAGER® | Leadership is everyone’s business, and this book will help you immensely in making it your own. —Jim Kouzes and Barry Posner,Co-Authors of ?? THE LEADERSHIP CHALLENGE