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Moxie: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership 1st Edition

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Leaders today need to be mindful of their circumstances as well as mindful of their own strengths and shortcomings. They need to have the disposition to succeed as well as the inner resourcefulness to persevere. Leaders must be willing to do things differently but also draw on tried and true traits, such as courage and gumption. Moxie is a concept that the modern leader is wise to adopt--one part courage, one part can-do spirit, and one part recognition. In Moxie: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership, author John Baldoni uses concrete, tried-and-true steps to bring out the inner leader in everyone. For management and employees alike, Moxie provides a roadmap to inspire innovation and effective leadership. Whether you're already at the helm of your organization or still looking for a way up the ladder, Moxie is the leadership tool you can't do without. Built on the MOXIE framework, leaders learn how Motivation, Opportunity, an "X" factor, Innovation, and Engagement work together for success.

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John Baldoni is a prolific thought leader. With Moxie, he helps leaders recognize the fire that drives them. Touching on leadership, innovation, and engagement, John brings to life the excitement that drives us all to strive for the pinnacle of success which is often quite elusive. Moxie is a must read for any C-level manager or executive who wants to bring the energy back to their life and their career.
Marshall Goldsmith, Top 50 Thinker and best-selling author of What Got You Here Won’t Get You There and MOJO

John Baldoni’s newest offer Moxie is a valuable book for today’s leaders. Drawing on examples from great trailblazers of the past, Baldoni shows how effective leaders work and behave with passion and purpose. Brilliantly integrating the traditional psychology of self-awareness with the critical need for people skills and resiliency, Moxie proves to be the whole package. Highly readable and inspiring!
Stephen M. R. Covey, bestselling author of The Speed of Trust and coauthor of Smart Trust

Mindfulness, Opportunity, X Factor, Innovation, Engagement. MOXIE. Just what corporate America is missing today. John Baldoni is known for coaching high-level executives as well as for his columns and books. Whether starting out with an innovative idea that is attracting investors or well established and sitting in the corner office, John’s new book should be on the must-read list for those striving for excellence and success.
Mike Myatt, best-selling author of Hacking Leadership and Forbes leadership columnist

Finally, the definitive work on leadership! With laser-focus and global, historical perspective, John Baldoni has gifted us with the essence of real-life, authentic qualities that inspire teams, companies and nations to greatness.
Denis Waitley, best-selling author of The Psychology of Winning

Don't let the title fool you! John’s book is not about being a business tough-guy. It is about having the inner resolve to find your special place as a leader and use it to make an impact on others. Once you read the real-life examples of leaders we all admire, you’ll narrow in on your own X-Factor. Go out and buy this book!
Paul Spiegelman, former CEO of The Beryl Companies and the New York Times best-selling author of Patients Come Second

John Baldoni hits on the greatest challenge and opportunity facing today’s leaders in his new book Moxie. Those in power who abuse their position lose the faith and trust of followers; those who work hard at their jobs and try to do the right thing gain influence. People want to follow them because they trust them.
Barbara Kimmel, executive director, Trust Across America

Moxie! Every great leader has it. Every great leader looks for it in the people he or she leads. Look under the hood of the most exciting and successful companies of our time and you'll find Moxie. Study the people who have changed history. You'll find Moxie. Read this book and let John Baldoni masterfully unpack for you one of the most sought after character strengths in the world.
Kevin Freiberg, coauthor of the international bestseller NUTS! Southwest Airlines’ Crazy Recipe for Business and Personal Success and Do Something Now: Be the One Who Makes Something Happen

With Moxie, John Baldoni explores what it takes to lead from the inside out. By focusing on mindfulness, Baldoni demonstrates how leaders can use their inner resolve to paint a picture of the future and overcome obstacles in order to achieve success for the organization.
Gary P. Von Kennel, retired global CEO of Rapp Worldwide and former CEO of Tracy Locke Advertising

Moxie is that rare leadership book that is both fresh and enduring and will make you think about how you lead. A coach at heart, John has written a must read for aspiring leaders as well as CEOs in a style that resembles a great conversation with a good friend. Bookstores are filled with leadership books that try to capture the next big leadership thing; in Moxie, John offers the big things that endure and help leaders succeed regardless of industry or environment. If you are a leader, this book will serve as a trusted resource for years to come.
Brian Layer, CEO of N2growth and retired brigadier general in the US Army

In Moxie, Baldoni offers a good selection of things to try and if you remain Mindful (as the M in MOXIE suggests) then you will quickly identify those techniques that serve you well. MOXIE is an entertaining read with some excellent learning points.
Martin Rhodes, executive coach and performance improvement specialist; Principal Consultant at Atkins and Managing Director at Capstan Blue

Baldoni’s book is aimed at a management audience, but is also a gold mine for business journalists. It has some great tips that might help business journalists who regularly interview CEOs and senior managers. For each of his moxie definitions, he offers a series of questions that could be useful when preparing for an interview.
Business Journalism

Baldoni illustrates his points with tales about leaders as diverse as South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and Campbell Soup Company’s Doug Conant. He also notes that opportunity can be viewed as the flip side of a setback: Inherent in adversity is a willingness to look beyond the immediate problem to see possibilities over the horizon.”
Biz Ed Magazine

Baldoni’s book is aimed at a management audience, but is also a gold mine for business journalists. It has some great tips that might help business journalists who regularly interview CEOs and senior managers. For each of his moxie definitions, he offers a series of questions that could be useful when preparing for an interview.
Reynolds Center, BusinessJournalism.org

Baldoni illustrates his points with tales about leaders as diverse as South Africa’s Nelson Mandela and Campbell Soup Company’s Doug Conant. He also notes that opportunity can be viewed as the flip side of a setback: Inherent in adversity is a willingness to look beyond the immediate problem to see possibilities over the horizon.”
Biz Ed Magazine

Using examples from current and historical leaders and companies... [MOXIE] illustrates how savvy leaders use opportunity and innovation to overcome obstacles, reinvent, and make change work for them.
Booklist

A quick read, the book is inspiring rather than academic. Dealing with the turbulent nature of business requires a bold person at the head of an organization, and Baldoni shows numerous examples of such people. A solid addition to the leadership section on the business shelf. Library Journal

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Routledge; 1st edition (October 30, 2014)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 192 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1629560219
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1629560212
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 14.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.6 x 0.8 x 8.6 inches

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John Baldoni is an internationally recognized keynote speaker and author of 16 books that have been translated into ten languages. He is also ranked globally as a top ten leadership coach,

John’s thought leadership is reflected in his writing as well as his choice of media: columns, videos and books. John also integrates piano improvisations into his keynotes which he illustrates with his still life photos. John is also the host of LinkedIn Live’s GRACE under pressure interview series, a platform that has enabled him to interview more a hundred global business, academic and thought leaders and doers.

John’s books include Grace Under Pressure: Leading Through Change and Crisis; Grace Notes: Leading in an Upside-Down World; GRACE: A Leader’s Guide to a Better Us; MOXIE: The Secret to Bold and Gutsy Leadership; Lead with Purpose; Lead Your Boss and The Leader’s Pocket Guide.

In 2022, Thinkers 360 named John a Top 10 Thought Leader for both Leadership and Management. Also in 2022, Global Gurus ranked John a Top 20 global leadership expert, a list he has been on since 2007. In 2021, the International Federation of Learning and Development named John a World-Class Mentor and named him to its Hall of Fame. In 2018 Inc.com named John a Top 100 speaker and Trust Across America honored John with its Lifetime Achievement Award for Trust. In 2014 Inc.com listed John as a Top 50 leadership expert.

John is also a member of the renowned 100 Coaches, a group of executive coaches and thought leaders from the worlds of business, academia and social service. 100 Coaches was founded by Marshall Goldsmith.

John established a career as a highly sought-after executive coach, where he has had the privilege of working with senior leaders in virtually every industry from pharmaceutical to real estate, packaged goods to automobiles, and finance to health care.

John has authored more than 800 leadership columns for a variety of online publications including Forbes, Harvard Business Review and Inc.com. John also produced and appears in a video coaching series for SmartBrief, a news channel with over 4 million readers. John is the author and host of two online leadership courses: “Leading through Change & Crisis” and “Leading with Resilience + Grace” for Methods of Leaders/100 Coaches. John’s leadership resource website is www.johnbaldoni.com

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Patrica Lenkov

A great read!

Reviewed in the United States on October 18, 2014

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Sage advice on leadership! Moxie as an Acronym (for Mindfulness, Opportunity, X Factor, Innovation and Engagement) is so interesting and should provide insight for leaders of all types of organizations. This book is very well written with many real life examples and illustrations to drive home the ideas.

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g k

A Must have book on Leadership!

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2014

Moxie is a must-have book on leadership! I have read many books on leadership and I'm extremely impressed with the practical points to be a great bold leader. I highly recommend Moxie!

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PeaceBee

The usual management speak

Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2015

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If we were all kind, generous, helpful and resourceful we would have world peace. The book takes a similar approach to leadership. It does not tap into an individual's diverse and unique self but instead creates a template into which any leader should fit in order to be effective or successful. Same as 90 of the 100 books in the topic do. Even if a reader felt inspired for few short minutes or even days, it will fail to bring about a lasting change.

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No guts.

Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015

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Baldoni offers interesting insights in this book but I had to wonder… What is the target audience? If this book is targeted at leadership professionals looking to make a difference in their organization this book falls flat. There are some cursory examples, but nothing that will change your philosophy on leadership or engagement. For most of the book I found myself wishing I could get a refund.

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Christopher Merlo

Nice, hardcover

Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2014

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This book feels right. Nice, hardcover, compact format perfect for quickly slipping in and out of a travel bag. Great slipcover design with a compelling title. Who doesn't want Moxie when it comes to navigating day-to-day business and personal challenges.

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Chappie

Easy and fast read. Great Book!

Reviewed in the United States on December 13, 2015

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Simple and to the point with references easy to follow. BLUF - Buy, read, and share with staff to better coach, counsel, and mentor.

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Robert Morris

How to develop leadership qualities of being exceptionally mindful, opportunistic, innovative, empathic, and engaged

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2015

As I began to work my way through John Baldoni's narrative, I was again reminded off a scene early in the Mary Tyler Moore Show series when Mary Richards (Moore) is being interviewed by Lou Grant (Ed Asner):

Grant: You know, Mary, you've got spunk.
Richards: Oh thank you, Mr. Grant.
Grant: I hate spunk!

Not everyone appreciates spunk or moxie but I agree with Baldoni that the most effectve leaders have it. The word may be derived from the brand name of a bitter, non-alcoholic drink, 1885; perhaps as far back as 1876 as the name of a patent medicine advertised to "build up your nerve." Baldoni interviewed a number of senior-level executives and shares much of what he learned from them in this book. As he explains, "Leaders with moxie are those who have competence to do their jobs, credibility to bring people together, and confidence to believe in themselves as well as in the strengths of others."

His focus is on an acronym: Mindfulness, Opportunity, X-factor, Innovation, and Engagement. Those leaders who put MOXIE into practice "are those who prepare themselves for the constancy of change and set an example for others to follow. Moxie then becomes a principle by which individuals can put their leadership selves into gear in order to accomplish a goal for themselves, their teams, and their organizations."

I presume to add that, whatever their size and nature may be, all organizations need effective leaders at all levels and in all areas of the given enterprise. Moreover, it is no coincidence that most of the companies annually ranked among the most highly admired and best to work for are also among the companies annually ranked as the most profitable with the greatest cap value in their industry.

These are among the dozens of passages of greatest interest and value to me, also listed to suggest the scope of Baldoni's coverage:

o Mini-profile of Nelson Mandela (Pages 2-7)
o Self-Awareness, and, Self-Knowledge (7-11)
o State of Mindfulness (15-17)
o Mindful Leadership (18-19)
o Making the Most of Serendipity (26-27)
o Mini-profile of Ben Hogan (28-31)
o Facing Adversity, and, Leveraging Adversity (31-34)
o Making Things Happen: Three Case Studies (34-38)
o Mini-profile of Margaret Thatcher (53-56)
o Five Other Factors: Creativity, Intelligence, Compassion, Humor, and Ambition (60-71)
o Make the Most of a Challenge (78-80)
o Mini-profile of Sergio Marchionne (80-83)
o Obstacles to Innovation (83-85)
o Discipline of Innovation(87-88)
o Introverts Know How to Engage Others (100-102)
o Mini-profile of Dolly Parton (102-105)
o Engaging with Purpose (106-108)
o Engagement: The Leader's Responsibility (110-113)
o Mindful Engagement (115-116)
o Engage with Your Presence (119-120)
o Fostering Engagement (125-126)
o "Your Moxie Handbook: Making Moxie Work for You" (131-143)

In Leading with GRIT: Inspiring Action and Accountability with Generosity, Respect, Integrity, and Truth, Laurie Sudbrink explains that, in her research lab, she and her colleagues focus "on two traits that predict achievement: grit and self-control. Grit is the tendency to sustain interest in and effort toward very long-term goals. Self-control is the voluntary regulation of behavioral, emotional, and attentional impulses in the presence of momentarily gratifying temptations or diversions. On average, individuals who are gritty are more self-controlled, but the correlation between these two traits is not perfect: Some individuals are paragons of grit but not self-control, and some exceptionally well-regulated individuals are not especially gritty." The same is true of moxie so beware of simplification and stereotyping.

Readers will appreciate Baldoni's skillful use of the "Closing Thought" section that appears at the conclusion of all five chapters. He also includes some formulae (e.g. "Innovation = Creativity + Application"), followed by "Leadership Questions" and "Leadership Directives" that serve two separate but related purposes: They facilitate the reader's interaction with key points, and, they facilitate, indeed expedite frequent review of important material later.

Obviously, no brief commentary such as mine can possibly do full justice to the abundance of valuable information, insights, and counsel that Baldoni provides. However, I hope that I have at least indicated why I think so highly of this book.

One final point: You can't acquire moxie by reading a book but you can locate it within yourself and this book can help you do that. You already possess it. The challenge is to develop and enrich it. How? By sharing the experiences of high achievers whom John Baldoni interviewed, such as Donald Altman, Doug Conant, Chet Elton, Mark Goulston, Ryan Lance, and Rich Sheridan. They and other high achievers overcame all manner of problems with self-doubt, anxiety, and even terror. Most human limits are self-imposed. That is probably what Henry Ford had in mind when suggesting, "Whether you think you can or think you can't, you're probably right."

The choice is yours. It always has been.

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Stephen J. Gill

Telling the Stories of Leaders with MOXIE

Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2014

Most books about leadership explain what a leader must do to be successful. John Baldoni takes a different approach. Through the voices and experiences of highly successful leaders from all kinds of organizations, Baldoni tells us how a leader must be to be successful. He calls this having MOXIE, which stands for:
• Mindfulness... having an awareness of oneself that is informed by others; an awareness of the present while preparing for the future
• Opportunity... recognizing needs and wanting to meet those needs
• X-Factor – knowing what you believe and can do that make you unique
• Innovation... willing to embrace doing something new and to keep trying even in the face of failure
• Engagement... believing that you will be successful by helping others be successful

Baldoni tells us about a wide range of leaders who have demonstrated MOXIE, from Nelson Mandela to Ben Hogan to Margaret Thatcher to Sergio Marchionne to Dolly Parton. Although quite different leadership experiences, all of them were very successful in their fields. These examples serve to make the point that regardless of situation, whether playing professional sports, surviving injustice, governing a nation, running a multinational company, or being a superstar entertainer, MOXIE is the common denominator.

As in his previous books, Baldoni shows his adeptness at using stories to make a point. And this use of stories is what makes this book so engaging and useful. He makes the qualities of an exceptional leader accessible to all people who aspire to a leadership role in their organizations.

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