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Tuesday, 17 March 2015

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Monday, 2 March 2015

Award-winning Book - Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand: The Five Practices that Create Great Workplaces – Professor M.S.Rao

“Jim, Barry and Michael have produced a truly enjoyable read in an Australasian context. Through a wealth of real-world examples and thorough research, they identify universal leadership practices that will be of value to all managers, from CEO to the front line, who want to take on new challenges or refresh their approach to achieve more.” —Josh Bayliss, CEO, Virgin Group (Worldwide)

What are the Details of the Book?

If you want to understand leadership from the perspective of Australia and New Zealand, read this book. If you want to acquire leadership behaviors, tools and techniques, read this book. If you want to grow as an extraordinary leader, read this book. James Kouzes, Barry Posner and Michael Bunting’s authored book Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand: The Five Practices that Create Great Workplaces is divided into seven chapters outlining the five practices that can help you achieve amazing outcomes.

What is Inside?

The book unveils the authors’ experience and research and their passion for leadership. They analyzed around the globe more than 5000 interviews and case studies and more than five million survey responses from all kinds of organizations, industries, functions, levels, occupations, ages and ethnicities. This book emerged from their global research. It outlines that when performing at their best, leaders: Model the Way; Inspire a Shared Vision; Challenge the Process; Enable Others to Act; and Encourage the Heart. It reveals strange research findings as follows: According to the Gallup research organization, a staggeringly low 13 per cent of employees worldwide are engaged. Worse, Gallup says, ‘over the past twelve years, these low numbers have barely budged, meaning that the vast majority of employees worldwide are failing to develop and contribute at work’.

Leadership Takeaways

Leadership can be learned. It’s an observable pattern of practices and behaviors and a definable set of skills and abilities.
You can move mountains if you’re prepared to involve people, and listen, and help them find a way.
It’s what you do with what you have before you die that makes the difference.
Being an exemplary leader means that you will have to clarify values by finding your voice and affirming shared values, and set the example by aligning actions with shared values.
Leaders report that the clearer they are about their leadership philosophy, the more committed and engaged they are in what they’re doing.
Articulating your values and beliefs clearly gives your team a framework for understanding what’s important. It guides them to make the right decisions. Just as the North Star guides sailors, your values keep you on course.
When you do what you think is right and give, it comes back to you. That’s what happens when leaders are clear about their values and are willing to live them.
When the lyrics and the melody of a song go together, you’ve got synchrony; for leaders, when the words and the deeds to together, you’ve got credibility. And credibility is the foundation of leadership. People will only willingly follow you when they believe in you. If people don’t believe in the messenger, they won’t believe the message.
People expect their leaders to be honest both with themselves and with others. Cynicism is bred when people feel that you are inconsistent-that is, you say one thing but you do another. You ask your team to do one thing, but you pay attention to something else entirely.
Where you stand depends upon where you sit. So you had better know where you are sitting (what your values are), so that you won’t end up standing (your actions) someplace else.
Doing this means you will have to envision the future by imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities, and enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.
Two of the most important things leaders can do to drive engagement are ‘communicate and reinforce with employees the organisation’s vision and values (and) ensure that day-to-day managerial behaviours, actions, and decisions are consistent with the core organizational values.
Leaders search for opportunities by seizing the initiative and looking outward for innovative ways to improve, and experiment and take risks by constantly generating small wins and learning from experience.
Leaders are not probability thinkers. They are possibility thinkers.
Exemplary leaders foster collaboration by building trust and facilitating relationships, and strengthen others by increasing self-determination and developing competence.
Trust is ultimately about opening yourself up to others making yourself vulnerable.
You can’t expect others to trust you if you are not wiling to trust them. If people feel trusted, informed and listened to, they are going to be far more productive in their jobs because they feel like there’s something good happening.
Praise and encouragement are the best gifts you can give anyone.
If you don’t know where you’re going, any road will get you there.
If you really want to make people feel valued and significant, you have to ‘make it relevant, make it in the moment and make it specific to what you’re recognizing or rewarding.
Exemplary leaders understand that great accomplishments are the result of team efforts, and that individuals are more engaged when they feel they are part of a team than when they feel they are all alone and no-one has their back.
If you want to boost employee engagement, you have to encourage the heart of the people you work with. People not sustain high levels of energy and productivity if they believe that nobody else cares about the hard work they are doing.
One of the fundamental reasons why people don’t take the initiative to lead is that too often they believe that leadership is for somebody else, not for them.
Leadership is local, but it’s also universal.
Highly engaged people become leaders. They do whatever is necessary to get the job done-they do what needs to be done through their sweat, imagination and sustained persistence without anyone needing to tell or cajole them to produce. In the highest performing organizations, everyone is a leader.
Leadership engages people and brings out the best in them. And engagement, in turn, drives higher levels of performance and more outstanding accomplishments. This virtuous cycle begins with you becoming a being the best leader you can possible be.
Clarify values by finding your voice and affirming shared values, and set the example of aligning actions with shared values.
Envision the future by imagining exciting and ennobling possibilities, and enlist others in a common vision by appealing to shared aspirations.
People will never follow you unless they know where you’re leading them and they’re inspired by that destination, that results, that future.
Leaders don’t sit around waiting for things to happen-they make things happen. They are constantly looking for ways of innovating and improving their processes and results. They are never content with the status quo. They despise mediocrity.
Foster collaboration by building trust and facilitating relations, and strengthen others by increasing self-determination and developing competence.
When people aren’t performing well, your job as a leader isn’t to criticize berate or blame them-it is to encourage, coach and uplift them.
Leadership is never easy. It’s easy to read about leadership. It’s easy to attend a leadership training program. It’s not easy to actually apply what you learn.
The Leadership Challenge is not intellectual; it’s far deeper and more personal.

The book concludes with a thought provoking story differentiating between deciding and doing as follows:

There’s a popular riddle about 12 frogs. It goes like this: if there are 12 frogs sitting on a log, at the edge of a pond and five of these 12 frogs decide to jump into the water, how many frogs remain on the log? What’s your answer? Seven? Zero? 12? Five?

The correct answer is 12. Twelve frogs remain on the log. Why? Because there is very big difference between deciding to do something and actually doing it.

The book calls for getting off the log and into the water to excel as a better leader.

What is the Recommendation?

The book outlines five practices of exemplary leadership with real world examples. It is a well researched book highlighting leadership behaviors with practical applications to lead from the front. It contains case studies and inspiring stories of successful companies and leaders. It helps ordinary leaders grow as extraordinary leaders. The leadership ideas and insights are well-punched hitting the bull’s eye. Although the book is written from the perspective of Australia and New Zealand, the basic leadership principles and philosophies remain the same, and can be applied in other countries as well. Precisely, leadership is applicable for both local and global. It is a must read for leaders and CEOs to improve their leadership behavior and achieve leadership excellence and effectiveness. This book is useful for leadership scholars and practitioners and leaders at levels including CEOs. You can gift this book to your friends to inspire them to grow as leaders. Enjoy reading this book!

“The exemplary leaders that are liberally featured in this book provide compelling evidence of the power of this framework as it has been applied to a wide range of organisations within Australia and New Zealand. This book should become a compulsory mainstay of the leadership libraries of both emerging and established leaders from all sectors of the economy.” —Professor Brad Jackson, Head of School of Government, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand

References

http://www.amazon.com/Extraordinary-Leadership-Australia-New-Zealand/dp/0730316696

Extraordinary Leadership in Australia and New Zealand: The Five Practices that Create Great Workplaces by James Kouzes, Barry Posner and Michael Bunting (Wiley; 1 edition, February 16, 2015)

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Professor M.S. Rao’s Honors, Activities, International Achievements and Publications

Honors and Activities

Global Top Gurus 30 Leadership honored as an upcoming International Leadership Guru URL: http://www.globalgurus.org/leadership/upcoming.php

Vision 2030 One Million Global Leaders URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2014/12/professor-m-s-raos-vision-2030-one_31.html has been ranked as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the ‘Not For Profit’ category of Leadership Excellence 500 Awards, LEAD 2015 event in Dallas, USA

Advisor for Board of Global Leadership Awards Committee – Malaysia. Presided as a panel judge for Global Leadership Awards – 2011 and 2012 Malaysia vide link: http://globalleadershipawards.com/HTML/judges.html

Included as one of the leading achievers from around in Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2013 (30th Pearl Anniversary Edition).

Honored Photo on the cover page of prestigious international Magazine - The Leaders International – October 2012 issue.

Honored Photo on the cover page of prestigious international Magazine – African Leadership Magazine – September 2013 issue.

Community Award Winner for book "Success Tools for CEO Coaches" from Small Business Book Awards, USA for 2014 URL: http://bookawards.smallbiztrends.com/management-2014/success-tools-for-ceo-coaches-8/ (HRMID Emerald published book review URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/HRMID-08-2014-0122)

Award-winning book, "21 Success Sutras for Leaders" URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI has been selected as one of ten finalists for the Department of Leadership Studies Outstanding Leadership Book Award – 2013 at the University of San Diego URL: http://www.sandiego.edu/soles/departments/leadership-studies/thought-leadership/book-award.php

Award-winning book “Smart Leadership: Lessons for Leaders” URL: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D9S8SCW is published in Spanish language e-book.

Award-winning research paper on innovative leadership concept 'Soft leadership: a new direction to leadership', URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17087126 is amongst the most frequently downloaded in Industrial and Commercial Training, Emerald UK

Received International Award - ‘International Coach of the Year 2013’ from prestigious ‘Comprehensive Coaching U, Inc’ URL http://www.coachinstitute.com/CoachoftheYear/winners.html

Shared about “Soft Leadership” in a podcast interview with “Natural Born Coaches” URL: http://www.naturalborncoaches.com/podcasts/episode-73-professor-m-s-rao-the-father-of-soft-leadership/ Or in iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/ca/podcast/natural-born-coaches/id940465957

Shared leadership wisdom in a podcast interview with Dose of Leadership Podcast which is one of the top leadership podcasts in iTunes URL: http://www.doseofleadership.com/professor-m-s-rao/

Prestigious ‘Center for Mentoring Excellence’ featured interview in section ‘Mentoring Matters’ Nov 2014 URL: http://campaign.r20.constantcontact.com/render?ca=fd5a3731-67b5-4ee2-91d0-5dddb721c30f&c=db4fbea0-4a90-11e4-982e-d4ae5275505f&ch=dba3d210-4a90-11e4-9869-d4ae5275505f

Video interview on ‘Leadership Branding’ in prestigious ‘The CEO Magazine’ URL: http://repository.the-ceo-magazine.com/videos/leadership-secrets-prof-ms-rao.html

Interview featured in Development and Learning in Organizations, Emerald UK. URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17050959

Successfully participated in 2013 Emerald/EFMD Outstanding Doctoral Research Award, UK.

Ranked as No.1 among the speakers in India as per reviews on Speakerpedia.org with endorsements by international leadership gurus such as Marshall Goldsmith, Brian Tracy, Jim Kouzes, Norm Smallwood and others at Speakerpedia: http://speakerpedia.com/speakers/professor-msrao

Maintaining four Blogs titled ‘Professor M.S. Rao’s Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders’ URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in ‘Where Knowledge is Wealth’ vide URL: http://profmsr.blogspot.com ‘Born for the Students’ vide URL: http://professormsrao.blogspot.com and ‘Knowledge Grows When Shared’ vide URL: http://professormsraoguru.blogspot.com having more than 1000 articles that are widely read globally with average hits of 700 per day.

Articles in LinkedIn URL: https://www.linkedin.com/today/author/119727854

Blog ‘Where Knowledge is Wealth’ URL: http://profmsr.blogspot.com was named among the “Best 21st Century Leadership Blogs” URL: http://servetolead.org/best-21st-century-leadership-blogs-new-media/ along with the blogs of eminent international management thinkers including Tom Peters, John Maxwell and Bill George

Webinars

“Soft Leadership: A New Leadership Perspective” organized by International Leadership Association on August 29th, 2012 URL: http://www.ila-net.org/Webinars/Archive/Rao082012.html
“How do CEOs Overcome Leadership Challenges in Turbulent Times?” organized by MILE on October 15, 2014 URL: http://community.mile.org/index.php/mile-webinars?tasks=specific_webinar&webinarid=166 & https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_i6-w40Spw
“21 Success Sutras for Leaders” organized by TechGig.com (A Times Group Initiative) on 17 October, 2012 vide URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sm5-WdUhovc
“Soft Leadership: Make Others Feel More Important” organized by TechGig.com (A Times Group Initiative) on 17 June, 2013 vide URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_eKZKgurCs
“Success Tools for CEO Coaches: Be a Learner, Leader and Ladder’ URL” organized by TechGig.com (A Times Group Initiative) on 18 April, 2014 vide URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PixUVAQu0Ns
“Success Guide: An Inspirational Guide to Excel as a Leader and CEO” organized by TechGig.com (A Times Group Initiative) on 13 May, 2014 vide URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-EsM8Y_BoA
“Shortlist Your Employer: Acquire Soft Skills to Achieve Your Career and Leadership Success to Excel as a CEO” organized by TechGig.com (A Times Group Initiative) on June 12, 2014 vide URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RG9vQ9AcTEY
“Vision 2030 - One Million Global Leaders” organized by TechGig.com (A Times Group Initiative) on July 23, 2014 URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBCO-gWmTRk

List of articles published - International:

KUDOS URL: https://www.growkudos.com/profiles/9351

ORCID URL: http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1855-7969

Industrial and Commercial Training (Emerald Journal, UK)

PhD paper ‘Enhancing employability in engineering and management students through soft skills’ URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/ICT-04-2013-0023
Exploring “Meka's method” to achieve effective teaching and training outcomes URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17096536&ini=aob
Transformational leadership – An academic case study URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/ICT-07-2013-0043
Soft leadership: a new direction to leadership URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17087126
Timeless tools to manage your time URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/ICT-09-2013-0059

Development and Learning in Organizations (Emerald Journal, UK)

Is cutting development and training in a recession a good idea? Looking at the IT and ITeS sector in India URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/10.1108/14777280910982915
Interview with Professor M.S. Rao, author of Secrets of Your Leadership Success – The 11 Indispensable E's of a Leader URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?articleid=17050959

Human Resource Management International Digest (Emerald Journal, UK)

Smart leadership blends hard and soft skills: … and emphasizes the importance of continuous learning URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID-04-2013-0023
Can HR leaders excel as company chief executive? URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID-05-2013-0034
Blend hard and soft skills to fast-track a management career http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID-10-2013-0079
Twenty-one steps to successful leadership: Coaching is better than poaching when engaging executives of the future http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID-01-2014-0013
It really does pay to give employees a pat on the back: The dos and don’ts of effective feedback http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID-07-2014-0088
Success tools for CEO coaches: Be a learner, leader and ladder http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/HRMID-08-2014-0122

Human Resource Management International Digest (Emerald Journal, UK) - Book Reviews

Coaching Understood: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0967-0734&volume=21&issue=4&articleid=17089712&show=abstract
Painless Presentations: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/journals.htm?issn=0967-0734&volume=21&issue=4&articleid=17089713&show=abstract
An Introduction to Management Consultancy http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/full/10.1108/HRMID-10-2014-0145
Global Business Leadership 2nd ed URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/HRMID-07-2014-0091a
Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way: Developing and Applying a Forward-Focused Mindset URL: http://www.emeraldinsight.com/doi/abs/10.1108/HRMID.04422faa.002

Training and Management Development Methods (Emerald Journal, UK)

‘Meka’s Method’ – an innovative teaching and training method
Twenty-one success sutras for chief executives.

Leader to Leader Journal (USA)

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ltl.20019/abstract and to buy: www.wiley.com/go/permissions

Leadership Excellence

Don’t Compete, Collaborate: Achieve your leadership excellence URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/LE/2015/February/index.html#/15/
21 Timeless Tools to Excel as a CEO: Touch your tipping point URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/LE/LeadershipExcellence_October2014/index.html#/22/
Success Tools for CEO Coaches: Be a learner, leader and ladder URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/LE/LeadershipExcellence_November2014/index.html#/42/
‘Iconic Leaders - Learn to Lead Like Steve Jobs’ in November 2011

Personal Excellence

Pursue Your Passion: Provide meaning to your life URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/PE/2015/PersonalExcellence_February2015/index.html#/28/
21 Success Sutras: Timeless principles to achieve personal excellence URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/PE/PersonalExcellence_October2014/index.html#/7/
Lead Your Boss with Soft Skills: Manage your boss with hard skills URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/PE/PersonalExcellence_November2014/index.html#/33/
Achieve Success: 12 mistakes to avoid URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/PE/PersonalExcellence_December2014/index.html#/14/
‘Empty Your Cup’ in October, 2010

Talent Management Excellence

Retaining the Right Talent: Performers versus star performers URL: http://design.hr.com/ExcellenceEssentials/TM/2015/TM_FEB2015/index.html#/21/

American Society for Training and Development - ASTD (T +D Magazine)

https://www.td.org/Publications/Magazines/TD/TD-Archive/2012/05/Myths-and-Truths-About-Soft-Skills.aspx

The Journal of Values Based Leadership (USA)

Journal of Business Studies Quarterly (US)

http://jbsq.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/06/JBSQ_June2012_14.pdf

Training Magazine US

Continuous Learning and Constant Feedback URL: http://www.trainingmag.com/continuous-learning-and-constant-feedback
Action Plan New CEOs during First 100 Days URL: http://www.trainingmag.com/action-plan-new-ceos-during-first-100-days
Manage Your Boss with Hard Skills; Lead Your Boss with Soft Skills URL: http://www.trainingmag.com/manage-your-boss-hard-skills-lead-your-boss-soft-skills

Under30CEO

Acquire Soft Skills to Fast-Track Your Career Success URL: http://under30ceo.com/acquire-soft-skills-fast-track-career-success/
11 Keys to Achieve Leadership Effectiveness URL: http://under30ceo.com/11-keys-achieve-leadership-effectiveness/

Training Journal UK

A plan for action – A blueprint for success for CEOs in their first 100 days published in May 2014 issue URL: http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/2696d0e9#/2696d0e9/46

UN Post

Vision to Build Global Leaders URL: http://www.unpost.org/vision-global-leaders/
Leadership Skills for Indian Students URL: http://www.unpost.org/students-leadership/
Volunteer to Make a Difference URL: http://www.unpost.org/volunteer-make-difference/
Givers Build a Better World URL: http://www.unpost.org/givers-build-better-world/
Build a Better World with Social Media URL: http://www.unpost.org/build-a-better-world-with-social-media/
Mandela – Mahatma Gandhi of South Africa URL: http://www.unpost.org/mandela/
Religion and Love to Achieve World Peace URL: http://www.unpost.org/religion-love-peace/
Universal Brotherhood for International Peace URL: http://www.unpost.org/universal-brotherhood-international-peace/
Messenger of Non-Violence and World Peace URL: http://www.unpost.org/gandhi-messenger-non-violence-world-peace/
An Honor to be a Woman in India URL: http://www.unpost.org/honor-india-women/
Build Leadership for Women Leaders URL: http://www.unpost.org/women-leadership/
Mahatma Gandhi – Soft Leadership URL: http://www.unpost.org/mahatma-gandhi-soft-leadership/
Soft Leadership and Youth for Peace and Prosperity URL: http://www.unpost.org/youth-leaders/
Build Leaders Around You to Make a Difference URL: http://www.unpost.org/build-leaders-around-make-difference/
Build Your Leadership Brand URL: http://www.unpost.org/leadership-brand/
To Travel is To Lead URL: http://www.unpost.org/travel-to-lead/
Corporate Governance and Ethical Leadership URL: http://www.unpost.org/ethical-leadership/
Autonomy for Private Educational Institutions URL: http://www.unpost.org/autonomy-for-private-educational-institutions/
Revolutionize Indian Education System URL: http://www.unpost.org/indian-education/
Alarming Indiscipline in Indian Education URL: http://www.unpost.org/alarming-indiscipline-in-indian-education/
Inspire Students to Make a Difference URL: http://www.unpost.org/inspire-students/
International Leadership URL: http://www.unpost.org/international-leadership/

Business Review USA

Why you should avoid massaging your boss's ego URL: http://www.businessreviewusa.com/leadership/3622/s-ego

Chief Learning Officer Magazine (US)

http://www.clomedia.com/articles/is_autocratic_leadership_relevant_today

International Journal of Professional Management (UK)

http://www.ipmajournal.com/articles/Vol7_Iss3_Article2.php

The Leaders International (Malaysia)

http://www.theleaders-online.com/art/challenges%20global%20leaders.pdf

Deshmond Tutu Foundation

http://www.tutufoundationusa.org/2012/09/love-your-mother-but-don%E2%80%99t-hate-others%E2%80%99-mother/

Daily Edventures featured interview in the column ‘A Hero in Education’ URL: http://dailyedventures.com/index.php/2014/01/14/professormsrao/

List and Links of Books Published

Amazon Author Profile: http://www.amazon.com/M.-S.-Rao/e/B00MB63BKM

21 Success Sutras for Leaders (ISBN 978-81-31787-59-5) (Pearson) Link: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI
Success Can Be Yours (ISBN: 978-93-325-0828-6) (Pearson) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Success-Can-Be-Yours-ebook/dp/B00DYKS4GA
Smart Leadership: Lessons for Leaders (ISBN: 978-81-207-7415-5) (Sterling Publishers) Link: http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00D9S8SCW Translated in Spanish language e-book.
Spirit of Indian Youth – Soft Skills for Young Managers (ISBN 978-81-7722-377-4) (Publisher – Biztantra John Wiley Group) Link: http://www.amazon.in/Soft-Skills-Young-Managers-Prof/dp/8177223771
Stand Out! – Build a Successful Career and Become a Global Leader (ISBN 978-93-80828-42-8) (Vitasta Publishers)–Marketed by Times Group Books. Link http://shopping.indiatimes.com/books/wellness-series/stand-out/40851/p_B918246
Success Tools for CEO Coaches: Be a Learner, Leader and Ladder (ISBN: 978-93-5110-249-6) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) http://www.amazon.in/SUCCESS-COAHES-LEARNER-LEADER-LADDER/dp/9351102491
Secrets of Your Leadership Success - The 11 Indispensable E’s of a Leader (ISBN: 978-93-5023-632-1) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) Amazon Link: http://www.amazon.com/Secrets-Your-Leadership-Success-Indispensable/dp/1619030381
Strategies for Improving Your Business Communication: The Book for Leaders to Communicate and Achieve Professional Success (ISBN: 978-93-5023-8165) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Strategies-Improving-your-Business-Communication/dp/9350239434/ref=sr_1_148?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359111435&sr=1-148
Sharpen Your Mind: Acquire Tools to Achieve Your Success (ISBN: 978-93-5023-816-5) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Sharpen-Your-Mind-M-Rao/dp/9350238160/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1359111739&sr=1-1&keywords=9789350238165
Student Leaders: Growing From Students To CEOs (ISBN: 978-93-5110-163-5) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Student-Leaders-Growing-Students-CEOS/dp/9351101630 and http://www.amazon.com/Student-Leaders-Growing-Students-CEOs/dp/9351101630
Students: Concerns, Clarifications and Conversations on Career and Leadership Success (ISBN 978-93-5110-473-5) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) http://www.amazon.in/Students-Concerns-Clarifications-Entrepreneurship-Leadership/dp/9351104737/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405925200&sr=8-1&keywords=9789351104735
Striking Stories on Love and Romance: Spread the Message of Love (ISBN: 978-93-5110-568-8) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors) http://www.amazon.in/Striking-Stories-love-Romance-Rao/dp/9351105687/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1405925187&sr=8-1&keywords=9789351105688
Success Guide: An Inspirational Guide to Excel as a Leader and CEO (ISBN: 978-93-5110-890-0) (Shroff Publishers & Distributors)
Soft Leadership - Make Others Feel More Important (ISBN 978-81-7515-653-1) (Galgotia Publications) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Leadership-Make-others-important/dp/8175156538
Smartness Guide: Success Tools for Students (ISBN: 978-81-75157-0-26) (Galgotia Publishers) Link: http://www.amazon.in/Success-Tools-Students-Smartness-Guide/dp/817515702X
Spot Your Leadership Style – Build Your Leadership Brand (ISBN: 978-81-8220-372-3). (Global Vision Publishers) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Spot-Your-Leadership-Style-M-S/dp/8182203724
Secrets for Success – Failure is Only a Comma, Not a Full Stop (ISBN 978-93-80856-16-2) (Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd) Link: http://laxmipublications.com/servlet/lpgetbiblio?bno=001479
Soft Skills – Enhancing Employability (ISBN 978-93-80578-38-5) (I.K. Publishers) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Skills-Enhancing-Employability-Connecting-Corporate/dp/9380578385
Soft Skills for Students – Classroom to Corporate (ISBN 978-93-80902-90-6) (Aadi Publications) Link: http://www.amazon.com/Soft-Skills-Students-Classroom-Corporate/dp/9380902905
Soup for Academic Leaders: Acquire Teaching Tools to Achieve Your Academic Leadership Success (ISBN: 978-81-269-1768-6) (Atlantic Publishers) Link: http://www.amazon.in/Soup-For-Academic-Leaders-Leadership/dp/8126917687
Sage Advice for Students and Educators: Stay Inspired! (ISBN: 978-81-8152-312-9) (Book Enclave) http://www.amazon.co.uk/Student-Leaders-Growing-Students-CEOS/dp/9351101630
Soar Like Eagles! Success Tools for Freshers (ISBN: 978-81-7800-308-5) (BSP Publishers) http://www.amazon.in/Soar-Eagles-Success-Tools-Freshers/dp/8178003082
Success Sutras for Students: Stay Inspired (ISBN: 978-81-269-1852-2) (Atlantic Publishers) http://www.amazon.in/Success-Sutras-Students-Stay-Inspired/dp/8126918527
Sutras for CEOs: Acquire Leadership Wisdom from Global Leadership Gurus (ISBN: 978-93-82630-34-0) (Aadi Publications) http://www.amazon.in/SUTRAS-ACQUIRE-LEADERSHIP-WISDOM-GLOBAL/dp/9382630295
Stay Hungry: Leadership Lessons from Leadership Gurus for Leaders and CEOs (ISBN: 978-93-80619-77-4) (Good Times Books Pvt. Ltd) http://www.flipkart.com/stay-hungry-leadership-lessons-guru-leaders-ceos/p/itmdxdjqdxnfztfh?pid=9789380619774&otracker=start&q=9789380619774&as=off&as-show=off http://www.infibeam.com/Books/stay-hungry-leadership-lessons-leadership-guru-leaders-ceos-m-s-rao/9789380619774.html
Sutras from Management Gurus: Sage Advice for Learners, Leaders and CEOs (ISBN: 978-93-81159-72-9) (Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd)
Sharing Knowledge on Career, Leadership and Success: Improve Your Attitude and Personality to Excel as a Leader (Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd)
Short Stories on Life Leadership: Life is Beautiful! (Laxmi Publications Pvt. Ltd)
Stand Out as a Global Leader: Strive for Global Peace and Prosperity to Make a Difference (ISBN: 978-93-82630-56-2) (Aadi Publications) http://www.amazon.in/Stand-Out-Global-Leader-Prosperity/dp/9382630562

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