BECOME: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership^®

ABOUT THE BOOK

The world’s greatest leaders focus on three critical things: they are committed to accomplishing something that matters; they articulate a vision that others embrace; and they demonstrate a series of five critical commitments to themselves and their teams.

In Become: The Five Commitments of Purposeful Leadership (McGraw-Hill Education), Mark Hannum, Chief Research Officer Emeritus at Linkage and a leading executive coach, consultant, practitioner and researcher in the leadership field, reveals the evidence-based secrets that have surfaced from vast data Linkage has collected on leadership effectiveness.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Mark Hannum is Chief Research Officer Emeritus at Linkage. An organization development consultant by training, Mark’s focus has been on understanding and improving executive processes and decision making.

Through his work with executive teams, leadership teams, and shared services organizations; his clients have credited him with helping them manage through difficult risks, improve business operations, lead and coach through acquisitions and integrations, and take advantage of growth opportunities.

Mark led Linkage’s most significant research effort to date, analyzing over 30 years of leadership data and more than 100,000 leadership assessments, which culminated in Linkage’s Purposeful Leadership^® model and approach. The findings formed the foundation for Rethinking Leadership: The Power of Purpose.