Welcome to How Leaders Lead where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the best leaders in the world.

I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple you can apply as you develop into a better leader.

That's what this podcast is all about.

Now, we have a bonus episode for you this week because today,

March 22nd is the release date of my brand new book. Take charge of you, how self-coaching can

transform your life and career. I'm going to read you the introduction to the book because I know

you'll get so much value as a leader

and achieve even more success if you can learn how to become a great self-coach.

Your life is simply way too important to leave your personal growth and professional development

to chance. And in this book, I'll give you an insightful roadmap and specific tools for becoming more self-aware on your journey to reaching your fullest potential.

The great leaders I know are self-coaches, and I'm here to teach you how to be one.

All right, here we go.

Take charge of you, how self-coaching can transform your life and career by David Novak and Jason Goldsmith.

Introduction to self-coaching, becoming the best you you can be. Everyone wants to find success in their life and

career. The question is, how to get there? Well, this book is going to show you a way that not many

coaches will tell you about. It's going to show you how you can coach yourself to success. A few

years ago, Google created Project Oxygen with the purpose of

discovering what makes someone a good manager or determining if managers even matter for success.

Team members went to work gathering and analyzing data and came up with a definite conclusion.

Not only do managers matter a lot,

but the best ones display a consistent set of eight traits. Can you guess what was number one on the

list the most important quality successful managers should have? First and foremost, good managers are good coaches. Of course, that shouldn't

...