BSP 131: A CEO's Journey by Dr. Gary McGrath

Dr. Gary McGrath, author of A CEO’s Journey: The 7 Steps of
Intentional Leadership – Making Bosses Into Great Leaders wrote
this book to help CEOs that are struggling with being good bosses
and might be in need of someone to coach them through some of the
rough patches of being a c-suite leader. He says that it is very
easy for CEOs to feel like they are in a vacuum with few resources
to help them be better leaders. The book dives into the fundamental
parts of leadership and what is required to be an effective leader
this day and age. Herein are the seven steps of leadership, broken
down into three sections – steps 1-3 involve self-development, step
4 is the crossover between self and the team, and steps 5-7 involve
team development. These steps allow those in leadership positions
know where their leadership capabilities are. McGrath argues that
leadership is based on someone’s authentic ability to tell people
what they stand for – their own mission statement of sorts. He
adds, “If you’re not clear about that, people aren’t going to
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