The Point and the Lesson

Book excerpt: Effective leadership is a force multiplier. Finding your true self as a leader will help unlock your potential and deliver exponential results to your organization. Beginning with core fundamentals to include the definition of leadership, the 14 Traits of a Leader, and the 11 Leadership Principles, The Point and the Lesson gives you a strong foundation from which to further enhance your leadership skills and increase your ability to influence others. Former military officer and corporate leader Antonio G. Ignacio II offers you an easy-to-follow path on the journey of leadership development and inspires even the most seasoned leaders to a lifetime of learning. Extracting lessons learned from his experiences in the U.S. military and the civilian sector, he uniquely connects those experiences to your own leadership quest. With a realistic and unapologetic look at leadership failures and successes, The Point and the Lesson challenges you to make a hard self-analysis of your travels to becoming a more effective leader and helping to unite our world, one leader at a time.