Back in the Nest

by Alan E. Nelson, Katie H. Peckham

Back in the Nest is a unique book on organizational leadership, emphasizing building a team. A group of animals, led by a wise sheep dog named Max, organize to get an egg back in its nest. This full color illustrated story book is 1 of 4 in the KiddieLead Green Module, written by preschool expert, Katie Peckham and young leader specialist, Dr. Alan E. Nelson. The book ends with a reproducible coloring page and 3 activities to do with children, to help them practice both leadership as well as service. For more info, go to www.LeadYoungTraining.com.

38 pages, Paperback

Published November 3, 2016

About the author

Alan E. Nelson, Ed.D., is a social entrepreneur, professor, and young leader expert, who lives near Los Angeles, California. He has a graduate degree in psychology-communication and doctorate in leadership (University of San Diego). As an adjunct professor at USC Marshall School of Business, the Naval Postgraduate School, and Pepperdine University, he teaches leadership, org behavior and change, and related topics.

At midlife, Alan came to the conclusion that the best leadership development is used on adults, after they're set in their ways. He began his pioneering work on identifying and developing 10-18 year olds, gifted in leadership. "The goal is to get to leaders while they're moldable, not moldy," Nelson quips. He is the founder of LeadYoung Training Systems (www.LeadYoungTraining.com) and KidLead Inc. (a non-profit).

Dr. Nelson is the author of 20 books, over 200 articles, and 150 hours of young leader training curricula. He's a corporate trainer and keynoter, focusing on an array of topics, usually related to his writings. He lives with his wife of 36 years, Nancy, in Thousand Oaks, CA.