Author Shows Business Leaders How to Get Out of Their Own Way

Oct. 11, 2011 - PRLog -- BOONTON, NJ, October 2011—Sometimes leadership can feel like a never-ending burden — like Sisyphus pushing the mythical rock up the hill only to have it roll down again and again. Fortunately, there is a much easier, much better way to lead.

In his first book, Small Shifts Toward Collaborative Freedom (www.smallshiftsbook.com), leadership guru Richard Magid details how small shifts in your approach to leadership can literally change your business — and your life.

Calling on field-tested methods and insights, Richard uses case studies to debunk the notion that the Lone Leader (the modern day Sisyphus) can “go it alone” in a business world of fast-paced change. Instead, Magid issues a clarion call for the courage to shift to a new model of shared responsibility.

In this thought-provoking book you’ll discover how small shifts in your approach to leadership can literally change your business — and your life.

Here are a few key points that Richard discusses in his book:

• Small changes in behaviors can have significant impact on your bottom line.

• A majority of these small shifts are in our control. We are responsible for so many of the limiting behaviors that we experience.  We cause them!

• The longer we suspend our judgments and attachments to the past, the more likely we are to engage those around us and open ourselves to new possibilities; those never considered possible before.

• The guidance of a coaching conversation will increase the likelihood that these shifts will stick.

• We need to recognize the embedded viruses and defaults in our organizations in order to foster the highest levels of collaboration and creativity.

• We can either deal with our business as the burden it has become or embrace it for the opportunities that it can provide us.

In Small Shifts Toward Collaborative Freedom (www.smallshiftsbook.com), Richard Magid delivers a message that will be applauded by any business owner: it only takes a few small shifts to lighten your burden and strengthen your business and bottom line.

Ellen Rothschild-Taube, Partner and Director of Marketing at Digiscribe says Small Shifts “brings awareness of how small changes in dialogue, attitude, and perspective can transform you in ways you never imagined.”

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About Richard Magid
Richard Magid founded SoundBoard Consulting Group to support business leaders in building more productive and profitable companies through the ideals of collaborative leadership. In addition to strategic consulting and leadership development, Richard is certified in Advanced Facilitation, Conflict Resolution, and Executive Coaching. With more than 30,000 hours of coaching experience, Richard and his team have consulted with over 250 businesses.

For further information on Richard's book, please visit www.smallshifts.com