Expanding Your Influence (The Emerging Leader's Guide)

This book is the first in a series by Jonathan H. Sutton which focuses on equipping Emerging Leaders to expand their influence through personal mastery. Each chapter gives leaders practical suggestion for strategically developing the skills and experience needed to grow as a leader, create value, and build a reputation made of substance instead of hype. This book is intentionally simple and practical so that anyone can read it and begin applying the fundamental messages to their own leadership scenario.

Many people overestimate their ability to influence things beyond their control, while at the same time underestimating their ability to influence the things within their control. Leaders who use this books as a guide for expanding their influence will grow and develop the parts of their life for which they have the most control (themselves), they will then see the center of their circle of influence (what they can control) expand, thereby pushing out the perimeters of their influence so that their overall influence is increased. Most people do this backwards by worrying and stressing about the things they cannot control (the outer reaches of their influence) and neglecting the parts they can control (their own thoughts, behaviors, and experiences). Leaders who systematically focus on the things they control gain the leverage they need to broaden their reach and produce real results.