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Do You Really Want to Lead?

Making the leap to leadership can be one of the most rewarding--and challenging--moves we can make. And I\u2019m excited in this episode to bring you what I think is the best guide I\u2019ve come across to date on how to make that jump. Adam Bryant joins us to talk about his new book The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership.

In this episode, you\u2019ll learn the first question you should be asking about leadership--and why it\u2019s important. Adam shares a practical tool he calls a Leadership User Manual--I\u2019m telling you, you\u2019re going to want to create one of these after listening to this. He discusses why a career pyramid might be a better metaphor than a ladder. Along the way you\u2019ll hear why you should learn to merge into traffic and go play in the traffic! And why some of the most valuable leadership lessons are playing out before your eyes every day. It\u2019s a conversation I can\u2019t wait to share with you.

Learn more about Adam and his book at AdamBryantBooks.com/the-leap-to-leader/.

For more episodes related to this topic, check out:

• Episode 360, with Janet Polach about her book The Seven Mistakes New Managers Make.
• Episode 307, with Ron Carucci about his book Rising to Power, and
• Episode 261, with David Epstein about his book Range.

Do you know someone who is in college or maybe recently graduated?

My experience is there are a growing number of people who dread being asked the question, \u201cSo, what\u2019s the plan?\u201d When it comes to their career, they have\xa0no freaking idea!

I bring this up because we\u2019re rolling out a new course entitled just that:\xa0No Freaking Idea: How to Navigate Career Uncertaity. It\u2019s a career guide for people who don\u2019t know what they want to do, and it has been so fun to hear the feedback on the course.

Whether it\u2019s you who is wondering about next steps in your career or a son or daughter and you'd like to give them this as a gift, learn more by going to NoFreakingIdea.courses. Thanks!

Thank you for joining me for this episode of The People and Projects Podcast!

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