The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks: For continued success in leadership

Leadership has been recognized as a deal maker and breaker. Many studies have shown that the crises we are facing at the individual, family, community, societal, organizational, and national levels are the results of failure in leadership. Nonetheless, there is no shortage of leaders. The problem we are facing is the lack of holistic leadership; the lack of well-rounded leaders who are well equipped to wither away challenges, become exemplary, and resourceful.

In The 9 Cardinal Building Blocks, Dr. Assegid Habtewold unveiled the nine fundamental leadership attributes equally important for prospective, emerging, and seasoned leaders. He pointed out that leaders who are continually succeeding and making huge differences are those who embraced and developed the 9 cardinal building blocks discussed in this book. Unfortunately, they are in short supply.

This book is a one-stop-window-shop to recognize, adopt, develop, and fine-tune the vital leadership traits that are necessary to succeed in your leadership continually. It provides you insights, reality checks, processes, steps, assessments, assignments, and the opportunity to reflect and come up with action items as you progress on the leadership spectrum toward becoming successful, exemplary, and resourceful leader. You can also use the book as a reference and guide as you empower your mentees.

The book also featured three exemplary leaders from diverse industries. When we review the leadership attributes of these impactful leaders, we can easily appreciate that they adopted the 9 cardinal building blocks. On the other hand, leaders who have fallen from grace or those who failed to make meaningful impact didn't develop (fine-tune) some of these cardinal building blocks. If your desire is to succeed in your leadership continually, change the world, and leave legacy, you should consider embracing, developing, and fine-tuning the nine cardinal building blocks. You may start this rewarding journey by reading this book.