The world is full of myths: common ideas that exist but are not true. Unfortunately, often such myths rule what we do and dominate our behavior. Myths can cause disorganized thinking and set up a system of behavior that is based on misconceptions and doomed to failure. For example, consider the teenage girl with poor self-esteem who has accepted the myth that college is just for smart kids. For whatever reasons, shes convinced that shes not smart. Over time, these attitudes will begin to pervade her thought process, and she will convince herself of the hopelessness of her situation. Eventually, she will begin to act in an inferior way, select unchallenging courses and perform poorly in high school. In essence, she will act out the myth and fail to go to college. Such destructive myths come from various sources. Some originate with kids themselves, either as defense mechanisms to cover for past or future failures or as ego boosters for successful kids who like the idea of making college sound difficult. In short, we often dont know the specific sources of myths or the motivation behind them. This book does not pretend to be anything more than a guide designed to steer students away from the myths and toward the realities of how to survive the first year of college.

Surviving the First Year of College: Myth vs. Reality

Business & Money

Steve Gladis

Stephen D. Gladis (aka)

Management & Leadership

Human Resource Development Pr

Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work provides key research-based principles that will help you be a more effective leader. The first part of the book, “The Concept,” gathers some of the best positive psychology research available and reads like a Harvard Business Review article. The second part, “The Story,” is a leadership fable about a homeless, former business executive who attempts to climb back into society after a shocking body blow to his life. The research and the story together make a memorable read. Editorial Reviews and Endorsements key thought leaders: Marshall Goldsmith, Tom Rath, Dan Pink, Tony Bingham
Foreword by Marshall Goldsmith, the world’s most influential leadership thinker: “…. If you lead one person or 1,000, you’ll want to read this book [Positive Leadership] as quickly as you can and pass it on to someone you care about.”New York Times Bestselling Author Tom Rath: “If you want to lead people toward a better future, start with this book.”Daniel Pink, author of To Sell is Human, Drive, and A Whole New Mind: "Steve Gladis has done a spectacular job of combining the science of positive affect with a story that brings that science to life. Positive Leadership is a smart and sensible game plan for game changers of every kind.” Tony Bingham, CEO of The American Society of Training and Development: “Positive Leadership is a must-read for anyone who wants to positively impact the culture, and ultimately the success, of an organization.”

Positive Leadership: The Game Changer at Work

Steve Gladis Leadership Partners

The Journey of the Accidental Leader By Steve Gladis, PhD You re looking around for a leader someone else to take charge when the responsibility to take action falls upon you. Here s a fictional story that will ensure you re up to the challenge of unexpectedly becoming a leader. This business parable describes an untimely death and the journey of the leader suddenly put in charge of a company. The story demonstrates some of the leadership lessons the author learned while with an organization that has trained some of the nation s most successful leaders the United States Marine Corps. In 10 chapters, Dr. Gladis elaborates on the meaning of these important lessons: · No one knows what they re doing until the try. · You get what you give. · Build trust by character, competence, caring, commitment and consistency. · Change isn t easy. But if you do it right, everyone wins. · You have to have a vision to make it comes true. · To create a positive culture, show people by your actions what you believe in don t just tell them. · Leadership is all about courage. · The long march begins with the first bold step. · Change will happen embrace it by sticking to your principles. · Leaders have a passion for people. Inspirational and motivational, this engaging story is full of insight and perspectives that will pave the way for both current and future accidental leaders.

The Journey of the Accidental Leader

Human Resource Development Press

Written as a business fable, The Executive Coach in the Corporate Forest is the story of a gifted executive coach, J. C. Williams, and his coaching relationships with his varied business clients-all with their own professional challenges. The book offers engaging stories, has believable characters with realistic problems, and illustrates the structure and content of the coaching process. The book is a quick read-something any busy executive could read on a flight between Washington, DC and Boston-and is time very well spent, not only for the individual executive but for her or his company's future. Although executive coaching has become increasingly popular with organizations across the globe because of its effectiveness, many people don't know what it looks like until they actually commit to the process. The confidentiality involved in coaching between coach and client is somewhat responsible for the mysteriousness of the process. That's why Dr. Steve Gladis has written The Executive Coach in the Corporate Forest to help leaders better see and understand how executive coaching works.

The Executive Coach in the Corporate Forest

HRD Press, Inc.

A leadership fable, The Trusted Leader is the story of a new young leader, Carlos Lopez, who gets promoted to supervise his peers. He gets conflicting advice from his boss about how to take charge, and it backfires. Confused, Carlos seeks out the best leader he’s ever known, Coach Jack Dempsey. The two agree to meet regularly talk about leadership at a local restaurant. The Coach teaches Carlos about how to lead, while Carlos and the Coach learn about each other’s secret, sad, but ultimately formative pasts. Finally, the Coach teaches Carlos about the Trust Triangle—the critical key to leadership. "Trust is among the most important words in the vocabulary of leadership. With trust, there’s not much you can’t get done. Without it, even the smartest people in the world can get little done. In The Trusted Leader, Steve Gladis helps the reader clearly frame and visualize the basic concept of trust. This is a book I can and will recommend to clients in search of what makes good leadership work: "Trust." Marshall Goldsmith

The Trusted Leader

H R D Press