Greater Than Yourself
Too many people assume the timeless principles of true leadership—of helping others achieve their full potential—don’t apply Monday through Friday during work hours or in any circumstance where a paycheck is involved.
In GREATER THAN YOURSELF, Steve Farber proves them wrong: in this powerful and inspiring story, Farber shows that the goal of a genuine leader is to help others — teammates, employees, and colleagues—become more capable, confident, and accomplished than they are themselves. Through the actions of a forward-thinking and extraordinarily successful CEO, Farber reveals the three keys to achieving this: Expand Yourself, Give Yourself, and Replicate Yourself.
Filled with actionable principles and innovative ideas, GREATER THAN YOURSELF is perhaps the most powerful message today’s business leaders can learn.
The Radical Leap
Named as One of the 100 Best Business Books of All Time
“Every leader needs to hear this message and take it to heart. This is a terrific book.”
- Patrick Lencioni; Author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team; President, The Table Group
The business world is ready for an entirely new approach to leadership, and Steve Farber has written the perfect book to energize business leaders and help them make the leap into extreme leadership. In fact, taking a giant "L.E.A.P" forward is exactly what Farber prescribes. What exactly is an extreme leader? One who cultivates love, generates energy, inspires audacity, and provides proof. In his exciting and innovative new business parable, The Radical Leap, Farber explores an entirely new leadership model, one in which leaders aren’t afraid to take risks, make mistakes in front of employees, or actively solicit employee feedback. His book dispenses with the typical, tired notions of what it means to be a leader.
The Radical Leapreveals the questions leaders must ask themselves in order to truly become extreme leaders.
The Radical Edge
"The best book you’ll read this year. Captivating from the first page and jam-packed with invaluable lessons. This is a must read. The Radical Edge is terrific!"
- Jason Jennings New York Times bestselling author Hit the Ground Running: A Manual for New Leaders and Less is More: How Great Companies Use Productivity as a Competitive Tool in Business
In his bestselling book The Radical Leap, Steve Farber introduced readers to Extreme Leadership, showing them how to renew their passion and excitement and become committed to changing the world for the better by disregarding normal constraints.
Now, Farber takes readers to an even higher level of self-discovery in The Radical Edge by exploring answers to these questions:
• How can people amp up their lives to amazing levels of achievement?
• If individuals assume personal responsibility, can customers, companies, and employees change for the better?
• Is it really possible to shake off inertia and transform your work—and your life?
The Radical Edge presents the challenge of stoking the fires of success in your business, amplifying the personal joy and meaning in your life, and changing the world for the better all at the same time.
Advance praise for:
Greater Than Yourself
"I encourage you to set aside your pre-conceived notions of success and accomplishment and throw yourself whole-heartedly into the GTY [Greater Than Yourself] endeavor."
- Patrick Lencioni, author, The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, from the foreword to Greater Than Yourself
"Greater Than Yourself is a terrific—no, wonderful—idea. Steve is a tremendous writer and an original thinker."
- Tom Peters, World Renown Management Guru, author, In Search of Excellence
"Raising someone up does not reduce your stature—in fact, it exalts you in ways you have to experience to believe. Greater Than Yourself shows how you can begin improving the world by giving of yourself. It’s a wonderful message wrapped in a highly entertaining, well written story."
- Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager® and Leading at a Higher Level
"Greater Than Yourself is more than a good tale well told. It's a path-breaking book that brings to life the ultimate leadership lesson—that the highest purpose of our work is the development of other leaders. It's a gift for your mind and your spirit. I enthusiastically recommend it."
- Jim Kouzes
coauthor of the bestselling book The Leadership
Challenge, Dean's Executive Professor of Leadership, Leavey School of Business, Santa Clara University
"In today's unsettling world, our greatness as leaders is determined by our ability to instill greatness in others. Reading Steve Farber's wonderful book Greater Than Yourself will teach you how to do this—and that may be the greatest lesson of all."
- Marci Shimoff New York Times bestselling
author of Happy for No Reason and featured teacher in The Secret