Serve to Lead

"Leadership as service is so obvious once one has pondered the idea and its application--and, alas, so rare in current practice. This is a superb book."

--TOM PETERS, Author of The Little BIG Things and In Search of Excellence

"Serve to Lead distills timeless leadership principles into readily accessible, actionable practices that you can put to work today."

--WARREN BENNIS, Distinguished Professor of Business, University of Southern California and author of On Becoming a Leader

"Serve to Lead is the essential guidebook to 21st century leadership. On a personal level, this book has changed my life. I urge men and women who aspire to make a difference in the world to let it change theirs as well."

--MARTI BARLETTA, Author of Marketing to Women and Prime Time Women

"Serve to Lead is a book of far-ranging insight, as much about life as it is about business. It is concise, thoughtful and--perhaps most importantly--useful."

--FRANK BLAKE, Former CEO, The Home Depot

"Serve to Lead is a really great book."

--LEO HINDERY, JR ., Managing Director, InterMedia Partners

"'Who are you serving?' is the question at the heart of Serve to Lead, and it is the question that will change your entire vision of how you lead. If you are committed to being a truly effective leader in the twenty-first century, read this book--today."

--HUGH HEWITT, Host, Hugh Hewitt, MSNBC

"Serve to Lead has inspired me to actually change my leadership behavior: it's powerful stuff and gets results! It should be required reading for all aspiring CEOs."

--TAARIQ LEWIS, Founder, CEO, Aquila Services, Inc.

"Serve to Lead is one of the few business books I've read that offers a truly democratic vision of leadership--a vision that can helpleaders of every kind better serve their colleagues, their clients, and their community. Pick up a copy now and use Strock's insights to turn the raw material of your life into a masterpiece of service."

--DANIEL H. PINK, Author of A Whole New Mind and Drive

"Leadership is about service. Serve to Lead shows us how. Organizations today need leaders at all levels throughout the enterprise, not just at the top. This book is a must-read for everyone who aspires to lead through service."

--BILL NOVELLI, Former President & CEO of AARP

"This inspirational book offers a heartfelt, revolutionary approach for twenty-first-century leadership. With its vision for our transition from a transaction-based to a relationship-based world, Serve to Lead is a blueprint for leadership success."

--ROBIN GERBER, Author of Leadership the Eleanor Roosevelt Way: Timeless Strategies from the First Lady of Courage

"Serve to Lead is much more than a stake through the heart--if it exists--of fossilized hierarchies everywhere. Putting service before self, Strock has written an invaluable guidebook to the purposeful life. Boy, do we need it now!"

--RICHARD NORTON SMITH, Presidential Historian and author of On His Own Terms: A Life of Nelson Rockefeller