This book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it.

Leadership is not about position, or authority.
It's not about big speeches or grand visions.

Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families--and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed.

They are not.

Because, leadership is an activity--small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too.

That's why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.

Leadership isn't what you think it is.

First, leadership and authority are two different things. That means that anyone can lead, and leadership starts with you and must engage others. Leadership is mobilizing people to make progress on complex challenges. Helping, motivating and inspiring people to change is what leadership is about. Because when everyone leads, we untap the full potential to solve the toughest challenges.

In Your Leadership Edge, Ed O'Malley and Amanda Cebula provide a practical, comprehensive guide designed to help you hone the behaviors, attitudes and mindset necessary to create lasting impact for yourself, your organization and your community. The book describes four competences--Diagnose Situation, Manage Self, Energize Others, and Intervene Skillfully--and dives deeply into each one with a list of skills and tactics that can help you lead anytime, anywhere.

This book is not about leadership, at least in the way we normally think about it.

Leadership is not about position, or authority.
It's not about big speeches or grand visions.

Leadership is engaging others to solve daunting challenges. Those challenges appear in our professional lives, in our communities, our families--and they seem unsolvable, beyond our ability to see what needs to be done or outside our capacity to make the changes needed.

They are not.

Because, leadership is an activity--small actions taken in moments of opportunity. And as you start to look around, you can begin to see more of those moments, seize the opportunity in those moments. Most importantly, you can help others see those opportunities too.

That's why everyone can lead and the real power to solve our most important challenges is when everyone leads.

At a time when so much in civic life is disheartening, What's Right with Kansas gives hope for a better tomorrow.

Created by committed citizens, the book shares the real-life stories of dozens of Kansans who demonstrate the principles taught at the Kansas Leadership Center. It also shows that anyone can make progress on what we care most about in our communities.

El liderazgo no es lo que crees que es.

Primero, el liderazgo y la autoridad son dos cosas diferentes. Eso significa que cualquiera puede liderar y el liderazgo comienza contigo y debe involucrar a los demás. El liderazgo está movilizando a las personas para avanzar en desafíos difíciles. Ayudar, motivar e inspirar a las personas a cambiar es de lo que se trata el liderazgo. Porque cuando todos lideran, aprovechamos todo el potencial para resolver los desafíos más difíciles.

En Comienza Contigo, Ed O'Malley y Amanda Cebula proporcionan una guía práctica y completa diseñada para ayudarlo a perfeccionar los comportamientos, las actitudes y la mentalidad necesarios para crear un impacto duradero para usted, su organización y su comunidad. El libro describe cuatro competencias: Diagnosticar la situación, Manejarse a sí mismo, Energizar y Motivar a los demás e Intervenir hábilmente, y se sumerge profundamente en cada una con una lista de habilidades y tácticas que pueden ayudarlo a liderar en cualquier momento y en cualquier lugar.

Este libro no trata sobre liderazgo (al menos en la forma en que normalmente lo pensamos).

El liderazgo no tiene que ver con un puesto o con la autoridad. No se trata de grandes discursos o grandes visiones.

El liderazgo es involucrar a otros para resolver desafíos difíciles. Esos desafíos aparecen en nuestras vidas profesionales, en nuestras comunidades, en nuestras familias y parecen no tener solución, más allá de nuestra capacidad de ver lo que hay que hacer o fuera de nuestra capacidad para hacer los cambios necesarios.

No lo son.

Porque, el liderazgo es una actividad, pequeñas intervenciones en momentos de oportunidad. A medida que usted comienza a observar a su alrededor, comenzará a ver más de esos momentos y a aprovechar la oportunidad durante esos momentos. Lo más importante es que también podrá ayudar a otros a ver esas oportunidades.

Por eso decimos que todos pueden liderar y el verdadero poder para resolver nuestros desafíos más importantes es cuando todos lideran.

In Leading Health, Ed O'Malley, the CEO of the Kansas Health Foundation, wants to expand your definition of Health. Did you know that voter participation, elementary school literacy rates, and broadband access are all predictors of community health and life expectancy? And did you know that Kansas' Health ranking among other U.S. states is dropping?

And if those broader societal measures matter than we all have a role to play in leading the efforts to improve Health in Kansas. Leading Health shows us how.