Bestselling author, entrepreneur, keynote speaker and strategic consultant Gary C. Laney helps business professionals turn leadership competencies into competitive superpowers that can set them apart from the competition in his new book, Become a Super Leader: The 4 Essential Anchors for Mastering Influential Leadership. “Here’s the secret: No one is born with the ability to be a super leader, but it can be learned,” Laney said. “Acquiring competitive competencies is achievable and developing one or more leadership attributes into a personal superpower is doable.”
Superpowers
In the book, Laney presents forty top-ranked competencies gleaned from a three-year study conducted with more than one thousand business leaders. He teaches readers how to trim the list down to the top thirteen they want to focus on. Then, Laney takes it one step further with a system for turning one or two leadership competencies into competitive superpowers.
Included are interviews with four globally known leaders: Nando Cesarone, EVP and President of UPS U.S.; Cindi Bigelow, CEO of Bigelow Tea Company; David Meltzer, CEO and co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and former CEO of the legendary Leigh Steinberg Sports Agency; and Jody Richards, CEO of Process Technology and an EY Entrepreneur of the Year.
Intended for established and emerging leaders alike, Become a Super Leader is for those who are not satisfied with status quo success, are confident their journey is far from over, and want to rise to the level of influential and super leader. “You must raise your sights, look to the horizon, and envision yourself as a high-performing leader and — this is the most important thing — follow a personal plan to identify, develop and acquire the leadership competencies and then the competitive superpower that will set you apart from the competition,” Laney added. “The question is, are you willing to commit? If so, then strap yourself in and get ready to soar to new heights in your leadership quest.”
About the author
Gary C. Laney is CEO of Success Masters, the number one bestselling author of The Power of Strategic Influence, former hi-tech software executive and a serial entrepreneur. A dynamic speaker and trainer, Laney has inspired and motivated tens of thousands of entrepreneurs, business leaders and salespeople. He has thirty five years of executive management and start-up experience with twenty companies, including a public company where he was the vice president of sales. He is known for his ability to turn around businesses and create dramatic revenue growth. He has a triple major MBA from Northwestern’s Kellogg School of Management in finance, marketing and policy.
His new book, Become a Super Leader, is being used as the theme for the upcoming Influential Leadership Symposium on April 5 at the Sonoco Pavilion, Darla Moore School of Business, University of South Carolina. Eight high-level corporate, academic, and civic leaders are traveling in to speak at the event.
