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From Bud to Boss: Secrets to a Successful Transition to Remarkable Leadership

ISBN: 978-0-470-94389-2

January 2011

Jossey-Bass

320 pages

Description

PRAISE FOR FROM BUD TO BOSS

“Making the transition from peer to leader can be a very perilous journey, but it just got a whole lot easier now that Kevin Eikenberry and Guy Harris have written From Bud to Boss. It’s an engaging read, full of immensely practical advice and compelling real-life examples. You must take this book along with you as you start your new adventure into leadership.”
—JIM KOUZES, award-winning coauthor of the best-selling The Leadership Challenge and The Truth About Leadership; Dean’s Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University

“I wish someone had given me this book fifteen years ago. That was the very first thought I had while reading this book: I really could have used this. Fortunately, I still can. It was amazing to read about the situations described here, as I recalled similar situations, one after another. Everything Kevin and Guy write about seems to have occurred in my past, either to me or my colleagues. This book is real.”
—HARRI JARVELIN, human resource director, Neste Oil

“In From Bud to Boss, Kevin Eikenberry and Guy Harris provide a remarkably lucid guide to becoming a leader and building a team. In addition to sage advice, they offer lots of practical suggestions for being the very best leader you can become.”
—BILL GEORGE, Harvard Business School professor, former Medtronic CEO, best-selling leadership author

From Bud to Boss is an engaging, enlightening, refreshing read on leader-ship. It’s like having a good conversation with a wise friend who cares about helping you become the best you can be. Thanks Kevin and Guy—I will definitely recommend this book.”
—JANICE BEER, vice president, People Potential, Canada

About the Author
Kevin Eikenberry is the Chief Potential Officer of The Kevin Eikenberry Group, a learning consulting company that provides a wide range of services including training delivery and design, facilitation, performance coaching, organizational consulting, and speaking services. He has worked with Fortune 500 companies, smaller firms, universities, and government agencies including the American Red Cross, Aramark, Chevron Phillips Chemical Company, Invesco, John Deere, Nexen, OPTI Canada, Purdue University, Sears Canada, Shell, Southwest Airlines, the U.S. Marine Corp, the U.S. Mint, and Verizon. He also speaks frequently to organizations such as The National Institute of Health (NIH), The American Farm Bureau Federation, ISPI and ASTD. He is author of several books, creator of a suite of training products, publisher of three e-newsletters, former host of an internet radio show, and a frequent blogger. He lives in Indianapolis and has a degree from Purdue University.

Guy Harris is the owner of Principal Driven Consulting and a master trainer and coach with The Kevin Eikenberry Group. Previously, he was a nuclear engineering officer in the US Navy, a manager in the chemical industry, an entrepreneur. He is a Certified Human Behavior Specialist, a Master trainer in the DISC Model of Human Behavior, and a Conflict Resolution Subject Matter Expert. He is co-author of several books, publisher of an e-newsletter, and blogger. He lives in Crawfordsville, IN and has degrees fromNorth Carolina State University and Rutgers University.