Leadership is never something we can fully master. It is an elusive journey to keep growing and going.

Many times as leaders, we can get into a rut in our leadership. We can get stagnant. For whatever reason, our leadership has become bland.

Then there are those that we lead. Perhaps they have lost faith in our leadership ability. For whatever reason, the followers don’t have the same energy around our initiatives.

Like a once sharp knife, our leadership has become dull. We need honing steel to sharpen our leadership. Where do you find that?

In this episode of A New Direction, Major General John Granski (RET’d) joins us to talk about his little book entitled, “Leadership Sharpeners – Leading as an Iron-Sharpened Leader”.

General Gronski’s new pocket book, “Leadership Sharpeners – Leading as an Iron-Sharpened Leader” is a must-have for every person.

This is a small compact powerhouse leadership book that will engage you, inspire you, and if you will consistently follow the chapters in this book will change into the leader your followers always hoped you would be.

General Gronski, combines his passion for leadership with outstanding research and his experience as a U.S. Army Major General to give us the most valuable nuggets to be a great leader.

One of the most fantastic things about this pocket book is that he takes ideas that normally would be used in the military and as he says “civilianizes” it.

The book is a great combination of practical and thought-provoking.  Dealing with everything from your mindset to your behavior.

A perfect book for anyone, whether you are in leadership or aspire to grow as a leader in your business or family.

Go to www.johngronski.com to get your signed copy, but you can also get your copy of Leadership Sharpeners on Amazon too!

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Having spent a few days in Israel during the Hamas/Israel conflict I had a different and unique experience. The news media, as typical does not tell the whole story, or they focus on only on a particular aspect of the war and only look at what they believe is important eliminating extremely important details.

And often we want to know things like: How do you lead when confront by an enemy who is focused on terror? What does a leader do? How do you not only lead others but lead yourself? And what principles can you and I take away from leadership in this type of a conflict that we can apply to our lives.

In this special episode of A New Direction, we bring back Major General (Ret) John Gronski who spent time in the middle east during the Iraq war under trying circumstances.

The General and I spend time talking about how to deal with an enemy that is bent on your destruction.  What kind of leader do you need to be in the face of a violent and chaotic enemy, and more.

General Gronski’s book entitled “Iron Sharpened Leadership: Transforming Hard-Fought Lessons Into Action” is in my opinion one of the most complete books on leadership you will ever read.

Throughout the book General Gronski gives you action steps in each chapter that you can take from the concepts and apply it to your life right now.

Unlike most leadership books I have read, General Gronski dives into the importance of the spiritual self when it comes to leadership.

And rather than dance around the issue he makes it abundantly clear that the spiritual you needs to be in training the like the physical, mental, and emotional you.

The book is available in Audible so there are no excuses to listen to or read the book.  Get your copy by clicking HERE or on the picture.

You can learn more about General John Gronski, subscribe to his newsletter or learn more about his online classes and where he is speaking by going to www.johngronski.com

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When it comes to leadership we often focus on “leadership” skills. That sounds good, but that is nothing more than horizontal development. Focusing on those skills is like adding more programs to your computer and expecting it to run faster and more efficiently. The fact is if you want your computer to run faster and more efficiently you need to upgrade the operating system. The same is true of leadership, if you want to be better at making better decisions you don’t need more skills, you need an upgrade to your mind. On this episode of A New Direction Dr. Ryan Gottfredson joins us again to discuss how leaders can level up their leadership through vertical development. How to upgrade the operating system in your mind to become an Elevated Leader your team and your company always desired you to be.

Ryan Gottfredson‘s book The Elevated Leader: Level Up Your Leadership Through Vertical Development delves into the areas of leadership development that no book I have read has ever ventured into.  The fact of the matter is digging into our operating system, the mind, the will, the emotions and the mind/body connection is relatively new in the literature.  The truth however lies in the fact that you can get all the leadership training in the world, but if you are dealing with your errors of your mindsets, and your own stuff, you will stay stuck.  One of the most fascinating and impactful part of The Elevated Leader is Dr. Gottfredson‘s work and insight into how trauma can stunt our development.  The fact is most of us experience trauma, but either we deny it, ignore it, or suppress it, but the fact remains, it is our trauma that will keep up from our development.  We all need to take a closer look at it.  The book is absolutely so powerful.  Please take a look at the FREE assessments that Dr. Gottfredson offers on his website they are truly insightful.  Click on this link right here or go to:  ryangottfredson.com/resources/#assessments

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