{"product_id":"ego-free-leadership-ending-the-unconscious-habits-that-hijack-your-business-hardcover","title":"Ego Free Leadership: Ending the Unconscious Habits That Hijack Your Business - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBrandon Black\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eShayne Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2017 Silver Nautilus Winner\u003cbr\u003e 2018 Indie Book Award Finalist \u003cbr\u003e ​\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTake your ego out of the equation, and watch your company thrive \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"I've got a solution,\" Encore's CFO tells Brandon, \"but it's unorthodox.\" It's 2005 and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knows he needs change--and fast. Following his CFO's advice, he and his executive team start working with Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its president, Shayne Hughes. Through their partnership, Encore's executive team learns to root out the unproductive ego habits that undermine collaboration and performance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e As they instill these more effective behaviors throughout the organization, Encore begins to solve problems collectively, prioritize resources without infighting, and focus on the initiatives with the greatest strategic value. When the financial crisis of 2008-09 forces 90 percent of its competitors out of business, Encore thrives, with its profits increasing by 300 percent and its stock price by 1200 percent. Told from two lively first-person perspectives, \u003ci\u003eEgo Free Leadership\u003c\/i\u003e brings readers along for Encore's incredible success story. They'll see a CEO overcome his unconscious resistance to modeling the change he wants in his team and discover a time-tested roadmap for eliminating the destructive effects of the ego in teams and organizations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrandon Black\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Brandon Black retired as the chief executive officer and director of Encore Capital Group in 2013. During his nine years as president and chief executive officer, the Company built significant cost and operational advantages, expanded into new asset classes, and made acquisitions that established Encore as the industry's leading debt management and recovery solutions provider. In 2011, Encore started the Consumer Credit Research Institute, a groundbreaking effort to develop new knowledge about low- and moderate-income consumers using state-of-the-art research and fieldwork techniques. In addition, in 2013, the Great Places to Work Institute ranked Encore's subsidiary in Gurgaon, India as the 14th best organization in the entire country.\u003cbr\u003e Brandon earned an MBA from the University of Richmond and a bachelor's of business administration degree from The College of William and Mary.\u003cbr\u003e He is currently the president of the board for the Country Montessori School and the chairman of the board for Santa Fe Christian Schools. He also serves as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for a foster youth.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eShayne Hughes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Shayne Hughes is president of Learning as Leadership, a culture change and leadership development firm serving the private and public sectors. His expertise in creating cultures of open communication and collaboration has led to substantial improvements in organizational and personal performance for such clients as Fairchild Semiconductor, NASA, Sandia National Laboratories, Shell Oil, and Capital One, among others. He is also experienced in the complex dynamics of family businesses.\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Hughes has taught leadership at the University of California Berkeley's Haas School of Business, the University of Michigan's Executive MBA Program, and the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business. He is a frequent keynote speaker at many conferences and corporate retreats.\u003cbr\u003e Fluent in French, Mr. Hughes earned his B.A. from the University of California Berkeley and completed graduate studies in group facilitation at the University of Tours in France. His writing has been published in Harvard's \u003ci\u003eDu Bois Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDiversity Executive\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eForbes.com\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eChief Executive\u003c\/i\u003e magazine. He has been profiled in \u003ci\u003ePsychology Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and he blogs for the \u003ci\u003eHuffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e Mr. Hughes also authored the coming-of-age memoir \u003ci\u003eWhen the Running Began\u003c\/i\u003e, in which he shares authentically how the pains of his past became infused with substance abuse and the coping strategies of his ego, and what it took to grow beyond them.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 9.1 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 14, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47398721028274,"sku":"9781626343795","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/dcc9014548942889adf1227013c77df1.webp?v=1778056618","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/ego-free-leadership-ending-the-unconscious-habits-that-hijack-your-business-hardcover","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}