Ego Free Leadership, Brandon Black
Ego Free Leadership, Brandon Black
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Ego Free Leadership
Ending the Unconscious Habits that Hijack Your Business

Author: Brandon Black, Shayne Hughes

Narrator: Brandon Black, Shayne Hughes, Amy Anuk

Unabridged: 7 hr 27 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/19/2017


Synopsis

“I’ve got a solution,” Encore’s CFO tells Brandon, “but it’s unorthodox.” It’s 2005, and Brandon Black has just been promoted to CEO of Encore Capital, a company struggling to navigate an increasingly difficult business environment. Faced with a rapidly declining stock price and low workplace morale, Brandon knows he needs change—and fast. Following his CFO’s advice, he and his executive team start working with Learning as Leadership (LaL) and its president, Shayne Hughes. Through their partnership, Encore’s executive team learns to root out the unproductive ego habits that undermine collaboration and performance.As they instill these more effective behaviors throughout the organization, Encore begins to solve problems collectively, prioritize resources without infighting, and focus on the initiatives with the greatest strategic value. When the financial crisis of 2008–09 forces 90 percent of its competitors out of business, Encore thrives, with its profits increasing by 300 percent and its stock price by 1,200 percent. Told from two lively first-person perspectives, Ego Free Leadership brings listeners along for Encore’s incredible success story. They’ll see a CEO overcome his unconscious resistance to modeling the change he wants in his team and discover a time-tested road map for eliminating the destructive effects of the ego in teams and organizations.

About Brandon Black

Brandon Black retired as the chief executive officer and director of Encore Capital Group in 2013. He is currently the president of the board for the Country Montessori School and the chairman of the board for Santa Fe Christian Schools. He also serves as a CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocate) for a foster youth.

About Shayne Hughes

Shayne Hughes is President of Learning as Leadership, a thirty-year-old leadership development and culture change company based in the San Francisco Bay Area. Shayne has been a featured speaker at the San Francisco Commonwealth Club, a frequent presenter at Systems Thinking in Action, and has given many corporate keynotes. He has also taught leadership at the University of California Haas School of Business, the University of Michigan’s Executive MBA Program and the Darden School of Business.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Candace on June 10, 2017

There is just one problem with this book. The very people who need most to read and heed it are least likely ever to pick it up. Ego Free Leadership does an outstanding job of telling the story of how a business in an industry with an unsavory reputation become a place where employees were inspired......more

Goodreads review by Christin.P on May 16, 2017

*Received a digital copy for an honest review* Blaming, avoiding, over-controlling, assuming ill intent – in the workplace, our egos wear many masks to cover our need to be right or our fear of failure. Unsurprisingly, behaviors based on stress and anxiety often lead to politics and power struggles a......more

Goodreads review by Matias on January 14, 2021

A sincere growth story with many relatable anecdotes and experiences. While it offers little new per se it delivers a core message of putting your ego in check and the team and purpose before the urge to be right or to be seen as great. It is a rather American perspective on it and some today would h......more

Goodreads review by Christy on May 27, 2018

This book was a reading requirement for a leadership training at work - I didn’t choose to read it. It took me 7 months to get through it, dreading opening it every time I knew I had to finish it. The general concepts presented around leadership self awareness were quite helpful; however, the fundam......more

Goodreads review by Billy on October 01, 2023

This book caught me off guard. I wasn't prepared for it's format and at first wasn't very comfortable with the narrative. Mostly because it's deferment. However, the various stories and chapters were powerful, meaningful, and relevant to the day to day activities in my life. Whether with clients, ag......more


Quotes

“It is unabashedly authentic, with unbridled self-evaluation and unvarnished honesty.” Nigel Morris, cofounder of Capital One

“This book captures the challenges—and solutions—of leading large-scale change.” Roy Bridges, former center director at NASA Kennedy Space Center and NASA Langley Research Center

“If you can’t attend a Learning as Leadership course or get Shayne as an executive coach, this book is the next best thing!” Lee Rivas, president of Elsevier and LexisNexis Health

“The book immediately had me thinking of situations I am dealing with as a leader and how I might manage them (and myself!) differently.” Jeff Bradach, CEO of Bridgespan