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by Mick Hunt (Author)
A powerful leadership instruction manual designed to help you bring out the best in your team members
In How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never had One: The Blueprint for Modern Leadership, entrepreneur, podcaster, and leader, Mick Hunt, delivers a deeply honest story about leadership that offers hands-on insights and actionable frameworks you can apply at your organization today. The author provides strategies that are tailor-made for modern leaders who are engaging with a diverse workforce.
After a powerful foreword by Les Brown, How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never had One marries proven leadership strategies forged in the real world with a fresh perspective on work that is inspiring and practical.
Inside the book:
- A toolkit for modern leadership that leverages transparency, resilience, influence, listening, and vision
- Powerful case studies of real-life leaders - including soldiers, corporate executives, and healthcare leaders - who have found ways to overcome common leadership strategies and achieved extraordinary outcomes
- Strategies for addressing obstacles unique to leading a contemporary workforce
An exciting and inspiring new take on how to lead in the modern era, How to Be a Good Leader When You've Never had One is an essential resource for managers, executives, and other business leaders seeking an authentic, authoritative, and actionable playbook for the kind of leadership the world needs today.
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In How To Be A Good Leader When You've Never Had One: The Blueprint for Modern Leadership, accomplished entrepreneur, podcaster, and leader, Mick Hunt, delivers a powerful and honest story about leadership that includes tailor-made strategies for modern leaders engaged with diverse workforces. The author offers hands-on insights and actionable frameworks you can apply immediately at your company, in your own team, to help your followers realize their potential.
Following an original Foreword by Les Brown, How To Be A Good Leader When You've Never Had One combines proven leadership strategies forged in the real world with a fresh perspective on work and careers designed to guide and inspire you to greater things. You'll find a comprehensive tool kit for modern leadership that highlights transparency, resilience, influence, listening, and vision. You'll also discover illuminating case studies of real-life leaders, including soldiers, corporate executives, and healthcare professionals, who have crafted effective strategies to overcome common obstacles.
Hunt explains how you can meet the challenges posed by leading contemporary workforces composed of people of all ages and backgrounds. He explores stories of transformation -- of individuals, teams, and organizations -- informed by his own life and experience that provide advice that goes beyond generic clich?s and corporate platitudes. The book contains roadmaps to generating real, lasting impact.
An inspiring and exciting new take on how to lead people in the modern era, How To Be A Good Leader When You've Never Had One is an essential book for managers, executives, founders, and other business leaders looking for an authoritative, hands-on playbook for the kind of leadership that solves big problems today.
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Praise for HOW TO BE A GOOD LEADER WHEN YOU'VE NEVER HAD ONE
"Mick Hunt didn't just write a book on leadership--he's rewriting the whole playbook. In How To Be A Good Leader When You've Never Had One, Mick gives you the kind of straight-up, no-fluff guidance today's leaders actually need. It's bold. It's practical. And it's built for those of us who had to figure it out without a roadmap. If you're serious about leveling up and becoming the kind of leader people want to follow, Mick's the one to learn from."
--DAYMOND JOHN, Founder, President, and CEO of FUBU, and Founder of The Shark Group
"In a leadership genre rife with recycled and remixed clich?s, Mick Hunt has produced a rare gem. How To Be A Good Leader When You've Never Had One is written with power and clarity, and is bursting with agenuine urgency that is only possible to muster when you're telling the world something fresh and new."
--CHEF ROBERT IRVINE, Entrepreneur and Philanthropist
"It's the true blueprint of modern leadership. And Mick Hunt is the voice we've been waiting for."
--LES BROWN, World-Renowned Motivational Speaker and Mentor to Mick Hunt
"This isn't just a book--it's Mick Hunt in print. And that's a gift every aspiring leader needs."
--CORDERO BOWLEG, Manager, USAA Insurance
"I've read hundreds of leadership books, but few hit like this. How To Be A Good Leader When You've Never Had One isn't just another manual--it's a lifeline. Mick Hunt delivers a raw, purpose-driven blueprint forged from experience, not theory. His concept of leading from your 'because' is what separates those who inspire from those who just manage. This book is honest, actionable, and long overdue. Whether you're stepping into leadership or rediscovering your fire--don't just read it. Live it."
--NICK NANTON, ESQ., Emmy(R) Award-Winning Director and Producer
Author Biography
MICK HUNT is a renowned leader, entrepreneur, and co-host of the popular Mick Unplugged podcast. He is the creator of the revolutionary MICK Factor framework, which challenges outdated leadership norms and inspires leaders to cultivate trust, foster creativity, and deliver extraordinary results.
