Brad Englert is an author, advisor and technologist who has had a long tech career in Austin.  He is a civic minded leader is now dedicated to helping others craft their success.  His new book "Spheres of Influence: How to creat and nurture authentic business relationships" is now available on Amazon (or wherever you get your books).   He spent 22 years at Accenture, and then 8 years a CIO at UT Austin.  He believes his successful career came from being able to transcend a traditional network.     Best advice he ever got about being a leader?  "Get out of the office and tell them you give a damn".   About Brad Enlgert

Brad Englert is the founder of Brad Englert Advisory and an author, advisor, and technologist. Brad worked for Accenture in Austin for 22 years, including 10 years as a partner. He then served The University of Texas at Austin for eight years, including seven years as the chief information officer. Brad earned a masters of public affairs degree from The University of Texas at Austin and a bachelor of arts degree in social sciences with honors and distinction from Shimer College, which is now the Shimer Great Books School at North Central College in Naperville, Illinois.  About the book "Spheres of Influence" Spheres of Influence: How to Create and Nurture Authentic Business Relationships, offers a practical guide to help emerging and established leaders develop and perfect the critical hard skill of building effective and lasting professional relationships. The crunchy, real-world stories in this book are relevant to a diverse range of industries, organizations, and backgrounds. The internal sphere of influence are those relationships with whom you have the most impact: boss, executive leaders, direct reports and staff. Relationships with customers, peers and influencers, and vendors form the external sphere of influence. Three principles apply to all business relationships: understand their goals and aspirations, set and their manage expectations, and genuinely care about their success. Spheres of Influence is an Amazon bestseller in three categories: Leadership Training, Mentoring & Coaching, and Customer Relations.