Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics for Women

Written by Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch

Narrated by Kimberly Schraf

THE LEADERSHIP BESTSELLER FOR WOMEN--FROM TWO MARINE CORPS CAPTAINS

“A brilliant, original, practical, profound, human, energetic book written by two remarkable women. It's one of the best books on leadership published in the last several years.”
-Tom Peters, author of In Search of Excellence

Angie Morgan and Courtney Lynch weren't born leaders-they became leaders during their years in the U.S. Marine Corps, enduring some of the toughest training on earth. Now they pass those field-tested strategies and hard-fought insights to you. They deliver 10 key practices to becoming a powerful leader. You'll improve your decision-making, focus, and performance as you learn to:

* Lead from the front-and set an inspiring example for others
* Think fast on your feet-and stop making excuses
* Take care of your team (so they'll take care of you)
* Stay cool while dealing with crises-and respond without overreacting
* Develop Marine-level confidence, coolness, and courage-without the boot camp

Now more than ever, women are stepping up, leaning in, and taking charge in leadership positions of every stripe. Channel your strengths, maximize your resources, and motivate your team to achieve any goal you set by Leading from the Front.

• Language: English
• Publisher: McGraw Hill-Ascent Audio
• Release date: Feb 1, 2017
• ISBN: 9781639293438

Angie Morgan

Angie Morgan is a dynamic, creative thought leader who knows how to unlock the capability and talent of leaders at all levels. After serving as a Marine Corps officer, Angie led in pharmaceutical sales for Merck and Pfizer. She’s been a special advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on diversity initiatives, and engages routinely with boards and organizations to drive performance. Angie is an avid athlete — her competitive nature and motivation to win shows up in every client engagement as she inspires others to be their best. She is the cofounder of Lead Star, a leadership development firm that works with Fortune 500 companies, small- and mid-sized businesses, nonprofits, government agencies, and academic institutions, and the co-author (with Courtney Lynch) of Leading from the Front: No-Excuse Leadership Tactics For Women.

Reviews for Leading from the Front

[jimserger · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

What an excellent book for a women--but don't be fooled men can learn these traits as well--I love the book because of the real stories they share and how they can teach us about us all as leaders in civilian life, military, private sector or were ever else leaders can be found. ALL OVER.