The Leap to Leader Quotes

“You often have to be an actor when you’re a leader, That doesn’t mean that you’re not yourself and that you’re not authentic. It means that depending on the person you’re speaking to and what you need from them, you have to become an actor in terms of how you deal with them. It’s an art.”
― Adam Bryant, The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

“So many problems at work occur because people don’t have these kinds of conversations.”
― Adam Bryant, The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

“Yes, you need toget all the input. Be collaborative. Get the data you need. But in the end, it's your call, and a lot of people have trouble with this ownership. Then they have trouble sticking with their decisiom, and they point fingers when it doesn't work out. You have to be able to live with your decisions and own them”
― Adam Bryant, The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

“Making the leap to leader requires killing your old self.”
― Adam Bryant, The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership

“You should have a life plan. But your life plan shouldn’t be thrown off by having a really bad boss who doesn’t like you. If your plan is so narrow that you can’t survive a bad boss then you are not doing the planning right.”
― Adam Bryant, The Leap to Leader: How Ambitious Managers Make the Jump to Leadership