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Picture Yourself A Leader

The award-winning Picture Yourself a Leader explores how we often underestimate our influence on others. We fail to recognize the impact we have on people and their ability to thrive. The true challenges exist in the humanity underlying our efforts. We’re flawed human beings trying to be our best selves. We may follow the right steps and still see our efforts fall short. Through short—often hilarious—illustrated vignettes of personal and professional experiences, the book offers tips on how to overcome common human stumbles. Each digestible nugget makes it fun to challenge our status quo.

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“The stories and quotes she shares are educational and easy to understand and absorb, so you’re not stuck trying to teach yourself something complex and can get straight to using the ideas now. This kind of structure is not an easy feat to achieve, so I applaud the author for her ability to communicate these concepts so effortlessly. 

I highly recommend “Picture Yourself a Leader” by Elisabeth Swan to anyone in business or those interested in leadership techniques.”

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Praise for the Book

Picture yourself… a reader of this book!
Mark GrabanAuthor of books including "The Mistakes That Make Us"
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This gem offers a well-written and a refreshing take on leadership, problem solving, and the relationship between the two. Elisabeth nails the most common mindsets and behaviors that get in peoples' way and offers practical and inviting ways to explore alternatives. Shifting how we think and act results in better problem solving and leaders that people truly want to follow.
Karen MartinAuthor "Clarity First"
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I love how Elisabeth Swan so effectively imparts the “wisdom of many” in her book "Picture Yourself a Leader."
Mike OsterlingCo-Author of several books including "Value Stream Mapping" and "The Kaizen Event Planner"
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In "Picture Yourself a Leader," author Elisabeth Swan offers big leadership lessons in small bites and sprinkles them with seasoning from some of the world's best leadership thinkers. Read it through and then keep it nearby for instant lessons when you're looking for a breakthrough idea on an important topic
Richard SheridanCEO & Chief Storyteller at Menlo Innovations, and Author of "Joy Inc." and "Chief Joy Officer"
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The book is full of wisdom, learned the hard way, by living through and learning to overcome these “potholes.”
Jeffrey LikerBestselling Author of "The Toyota Way"
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Elisabeth Swan has crafted an insightful and delightful book to help leaders of all kinds become more effective as they work to create change. If you are looking to become a better problem solver, leader, or human being, "Picture Yourself a Leader" is your guide to help you on your journey!
Katie AndersonAuthor of "Learning to Lead, Leading to Learn"
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I like the light perspective Elisabeth takes when writing. I could imagine episodes happening in front of me. I was truly captivated by this book.
Sammy ObaraCEO of Honsha.org
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"Picture Yourself a Leader" is an invaluable resource for those seeking to improve at work, in the community, or in their personal life.
Mike OsterlingCo-Author of several books including "Value Stream Mapping" and "The Kaizen Event Planner"
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Elisabeth has written this for more people than the professional striver. It’s really fun to read—I laughed out loud—it’s accessible and enlightening to boot. I plan on buying this book for my daughters, and for myself. I found it incredibly valuable.
Brian ManningFormer editor at the International Herald Tribune in Paris
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You can benefit from this book if you are a new beginner or a seasoned professional and will enjoy the humor and humanity with each page turn.
Chris BurnhamHost of The Lean Leadership Podcast
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I got my copy of "Picture Yourself a Leader" and I could not stop until I’d read it cover to cover. I had so many moments where I couldn’t stop laughing and nodding as I recognized the reality we live in every day!
Lily AngelocciLean Six Sigma Master Black Belt and Transformational Healthcare Lead for UC San Diego Health
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"Picture Yourself a Leader" made me burst out laughing and provoked some serious reflection. As a department head in the ever-changing film and television business, I am always looking for better ways to communicate with my colleagues
Anne McCabeDirector of Idina Menzel: Which Way to the Stage?
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"Picture Yourself a Leader" is an open invitation to discover how you influence others—in all the ways—as a parent, friend, colleague, teacher, professional leader, or ordinary citizen. You’ll be surprised! Elisabeth Swan is a sharpshooter at stirring things up—deep, hilarious, and on target.
Viki MerrickCo-Producer of The Moth Radio Hour
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"Picture Yourself a Leader" is full of charm, wit, intelligence, and guidance for achieving real leadership qualities. A must-read for anyone interested in being a change agent in our ever-changing world.
Mariam WeismanProfessor of Business Law and Tax at Florida International University
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A must-read for anyone interested in becoming a leader worth following.
Sasha YablonovskyCo-CEO of LoanSpark
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bookstackAbout the Book

The book makes clear that the word “leader” can mean many things. Leaders aren’t necessarily associated with a slot on an organizational chart. Leading a life, family, social circle, or work team makes you a leader, and you can lead from anywhere. Sometimes you’re simply a leader in the moment. There are influential problem solvers who may not consider themselves leaders, yet they are. And there are leaders who don’t see that problem solving is their primary purpose, but it is.

Elisabeth’s collection of insights, challenges and opportunities offers invaluable guidance on how to work with others more effectively while illuminating how we influence others—knowingly or not. Each chapter invites the reader to recognize themselves and their potential influence in their personal life and at work. With each challenge, Elisabeth adds curated advice and experience from other leaders, authors, practitioners, and experts, broadening the conversation with alternative viewpoints, lived experience, and potential solutions.

Structured as an informal guide, the micro-lessons offer practical ways to improve how we think and act, with prompts for readers to consider in bite-sized portions

 

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