EAST LANSING, Mich., March 18, 2010 — In business, there is a difference between management and leadership, and a new book, Your Emerging Leadership Journey, offers practical and sometimes surprising ways to emerge a leader — both in life and one's career.
Professor John King, Jr. and Dr. Ronald F. Cichy, using real-life examples, offer a detailed "roadmap" to a leadership position in any business, in less than ten years. This journey can be undertaken by anyone, whether a new graduate or a well-established business person.
With understandable concepts and terminology, as well as user-friendly practical applications, Your Emerging Leadership Journey is the essential guide to leadership. It shows how to move from supervisor to manager to leader, defining the skills required for each phase, such as self-knowledge, emotional intelligence, empathy, and the ability to see the big picture. The book provides a blueprint that readers can personalize as they advance through their leadership journey.
Your Emerging Leadership Journey was born from a 16-year teaching partnership at Michigan State University. Professor King and Dr. Cichy team-taught two senior-level courses in The School of Hospitality Business: Managing for Quality in Hospitality Business, and Emerging Leadership.
Your Emerging Leadership Journey
How to be promoted to a leadership position in less than 10 years
Trade paperback, soft cover
Approximately 160 pages
ISBN: 978-1-4401-7194-9
$17.95 retail price
Available at http://www.amazon.com and http://www.barnesandnoble.com
"We wrote this book after testing the concepts in our Emerging Leadership course at MSU," says Professor King.
Dr. Cichy adds, "Executives and managers in our executive development programs have added their input, too. This was valuable since it comes from people who recognized that their technical skills should be complemented with the leadership practices we present."
About the Authors
John H. King, Jr. retired as president and CEO of HDS Services, a national food management company. He was promoted to his first leadership position, corporate vice president of Operations, at the age of 33. He has been an adjunct professor at Michigan State University since the early 1990s.
Dr. Ronald F. Cichy, Ph.D., NCE5, CHA Emeritus, CFBE, CHE, has been the director of The School of Hospitality Business at Michigan State University since 1988. He attained his first leadership position at the age of 24, as the general manager of a resort hotel. He is the author of several books and a frequent speaker at conferences, meetings and executive education.
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