The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity - Softcover

Singhal, Anil K.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1394369298 ISBN 13: 9781394369294

Publisher: Wiley, 2025

Synopsis

NATIONAL BESTSELLER

Maintain focus on the first, critical 5% of any project and multiply your results

In The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity, veteran technology leader and executive Anil Singhal delivers a transformative approach to project management and company leadership. He explains how to focus your efforts on the first, critical stages of any project or initiative to multiply your results and efficacy, delegating the rest to their capable team.

The book is a blueprint for building resilient organizations, departments, teams, and projects that can withstand today's unpredictable and volatile environment. You'll learn to avoid micromanagement and maintain your focus on the big, strategic picture, while a well-managed team brings you the results you need.

You'll also find:

• Strategies for determining how to properly set priorities and satisfy employees, customers, and shareholders
• Techniques for building trust amongst your workforce, your leadership, and other stakeholders
• Myth-busting advice that blows up misleading and counterproductive habits held by businesspeople and leaders around the world

Perfect for managers, directors, executives, entrepreneurs, founders, and other business leaders, The 5% Rule of Leadership will be invaluable to anyone who wants to lead with values and purpose―and deliver remarkable results.

About this title

About the Author

ANIL K. SINGHAL is the Co-founder, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of NetScout, a software developer that makes products to help customers monitor the reliability and security of their business networks. He provides strategic leadership, vision, operational priorities, and engagement and succession planning for the company's management team.

From the Back Cover

Praise for THE 5% RULE OF LEADERSHIP

"Anil Singhal's unconventional wisdom is evident on every page, and by the end of the book, readers will be convinced that the leadership qualities and business practices he has innovated are instrumental in building a lean but not mean enterprise."
―Eric Cole, PhD, founder and CEO of Secure Anchor Consulting

"In The 5% Rule of Leadership, Anil Singhal has expertly woven both the art and the science of leadership into a remarkably simple and powerfully cogent treatise on how to lead in a performance-oriented, highly civil, and integrity-laden way. I heartily recommend it to all aspiring leaders."
―Douglas R. Conant, New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestselling author, former CEO of Campbell Soup Company and Chairman of Avon Products

"The 5% Rule of Leadership is gold. However, dig deeper―there are so many other refreshing nuggets and perspectives in this must-read book―especially on the entrepreneur journey."
―Andrew J. Nash, founder and Managing Partner of UpOver Ventures

"The 5% Rule of Leadership shares the journey of an incredible company built to grow, innovate, and endure for generations. This is a great read for any leader."
―Kyle Dufresne, Senior Vice President of Artificial Intelligence Go to Market at Dell Technologies

"Anil's book stands out not just as an engaging read but as a beacon that leaves a lasting imprint on the reader, inspiring leaders at every level to cultivate a workplace where human values are not just adjuncts but the cornerstone of business success."
―Antonio Grasso, founder and CEO of Digital Business Innovation

From the Inside Flap

Today's executives, leaders, and managers are strapped for both time and resources. They are expected to monitor and manage countless projects and initiatives, achieving results and maintaining competing, and occasionally contradictory, standards.

In The 5% Rule of Leadership: Using Lean Decision-Making to Drive Trust, Ownership, and Team Productivity, veteran technology executive and entrepreneur Anil Singhal delivers an insightful and contrarian discussion on leadership that busts long-held myths about how to create a powerhouse organization. Singhal explains how to build a resilient and effective company that can thrive in any economic environment and will stand the test of time.

The author draws on over thirty years of experience and outstanding results at NetScout, a premier network security organization. He walks you through the steps you need to take to successfully complete any project and convincingly demonstrates why high-level leaders only need to be involved in the first 5% of any undertaking. He also explains that if leaders lay the groundwork properly, they can safely delegate the next 95% to their team while providing limited oversight.

In the book, you'll learn how to avoid micromanagement and maintain your focus on big-picture strategic concerns by building a lean organization that doesn't overtax any one person or department. You'll discover how to implement a powerful, dedicated culture that emphasizes fairness, trust, and ownership while delivering a great quality of life for your team members.

Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, The 5% Rule of Leadership will earn a prominent place in the libraries of professionals doing their best to navigate today's unpredictable and volatile business climate.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2025
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1394369298
• ISBN 13: 9781394369294
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256