{"product_id":"farther-faster-and-far-less-drama-isbn-9781637742891","title":"Farther, Faster, and Far Less Drama","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e offers a simple but powerful set of leadership behaviors to align teams and accelerate progress.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFom team leaders to consultants to stay-at-home parents, everyone wishes life could be less complex, but that often feels impossible. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eJanice and Jason Fraser introduce the Four Leadership Motions, a method they have been using for decades to help all kinds of teams make fast, meaningful progress—including Navy SEALs, startup CEOs, and Fortune 100 executives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith the Four Leadership Motions, you will set and achieve goals faster, make complex situations more manageable, and create momentum even during overwhelming circumstances. The book calls on readers to:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eOrient honestly\u003c\/b\u003e to understand the complexities of any situation \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eValue outcomes\u003c\/b\u003e more than plans, activities, or deliverables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eLeverage the brains \u003c\/b\u003eby tapping the right people and maximizing their contribution\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eMake durable decisions \u003c\/b\u003eby eliminating the two pernicious kinds of waste  \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e offers theory alongside hands-on exercises, formulas, and frameworks that can all be adapted to real-life situations in both professional and personal contexts. The world around you might constantly be in flux, but you don’t have to be. With this book, you’ll be empowered to make efficient progress with less stress—every single day.“\u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is a wonderful book. It provides leaders with tools and techniques to unleash the full creativity of the organization and underscores what leaders must do to clarify their own thoughts and feelings, to better guide themselves and the rest of their team.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eGene Kim, \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e Bestselling Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Unicorn Project\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Phoenix Project\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eDevOps Handbook\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is the book I wish I had fifteen years ago as I started building my first company, or even five years ago as I started building my family. Janice and Jason Fraser have written an exceedingly practical guide to making decisions and pursuing progress with tactics and tools that apply to every dimension of life.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eChristina Wallace, Senior Lecturer, Harvard Business School and Author of \u003ci\u003eThe Portfolio Life\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eNew to Big\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Janice and Jason Fraser have managed to write a leadership book that is incredibly useful both for ‘elite’ leaders of large organizations as well as for ‘regular’ leaders—those of us who don’t have high-powered corporate positions or huge responsibilities, but who nonetheless find ourselves leading others in decision-making, big or small, work-related or not.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMeg McLaughlin, Deputy Director, Presidential Personnel Office, President Barack Obama (Retired)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is the actionable how-to manual for the modern leader I’ve been waiting for. The authors give us permission to swap out the outdated, cookie-cutter ‘old boys club’ methods and swap *in* a more inclusive, collective, intentional way of leading - for the rest of us.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eFemily, Gender\/Equity Advisor Executive Director, American Association of Corporate Gender Strategists\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “Janice and Jason Fraser have helped me think in new ways about how I can unlock potential to create breakthrough performance and accelerate progress with sales teams and customers . . . Their work enables leaders to eliminate distractions to help teams execute with speed and precision, in environments of extreme uncertainty, when you have a fraction of the information you'd like to have, but need to make decisions and deliver outcomes fast. \u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e grounds these enabling tools with insight, humor, and humility.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eKeith Salisbury, Chief Revenue Officer, ASAPP and Former Navy SEAL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “This book is an indispensable distillation of decades of experience helping teams, families, and organizations of all sizes make progress. In these pages Janice and Jason guide us through four simple leadership motions, connect theory to practice through engaging examples, and make them actionable by providing all the tools and frameworks you could hope for to tackle each of them in your own way.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eMartin Eriksson, Product Partner, EQT Ventures and Co-Founder, Mind the Product\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “The Frasers’ practical framework is a panacea for anyone grappling with how to be an effective leader as we stagger into this confusing and complex era. I am so pleased to see the techniques that I have long admired in their work distilled so cleanly in this book.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eEdward Hieatt, Senior Vice President, VMware\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “\u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e engages the potential of people to create new possibilities for organizations. With strategies that are easy to enact and tools that are simple to use, this book is an essential tool for me as both a coach and a leader.  Whether you work in the private or public sector, having this by your side will help you thrive in even the most daunting circumstances.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eTyrome Smith, Director of Strategic Partnership, Common Mission Project \u0026amp; formerly Innovation at National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “I met Janice and Jason at the beginning of my product design career . . . They taught me how co-creation trumps selling ideas, that the best ideas emerge when we amplify the quieter voices in the room, and that leading with less ego leads to far greater impact. \u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama\u003c\/i\u003e is for leaders, yes that’s you, who want to make an impact with empathy and authenticity.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eLeslie Yang, Senior Design Manager at Lyft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “In a world where things move fast and get complex while you are trying to slow down and focus, the Four Leadership Motions proposed in \u003ci\u003eFarther, Faster, and Far Less Drama \u003c\/i\u003eare the effective easiness you were looking for. They give everyone a ‘common horizon to head toward,’ filled with empathy that speaks from experience, humbleness, and community.”\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eAlejandra Dancuart, Senior Product Owner, Colectivo23\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eJanice Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e is an investor, speaker, and expert in the management practices to support disruptive innovation at scale. A Silicon Valley veteran, she’s built a storied career as a product manager, founder, facilitator, and confidant for entrepreneurs and enterprise executives alike. But her impact extends beyond the Valley with innovation and transformation projects at NASA, the Obama White House, Procter and Gamble, and many other companies in the Fortune 500. 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